The French Way : How France Embraced and Rejected American Values and Power /

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There are over 1,000 McDonald's on French soil. Two Disney theme parks have opened near Paris in the last two decades. And American-inspired vocabulary such as "le weekend" has been absorbed into the French language. But as former French president Jacques Chirac put it: "The U.S....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kuisel, Richard F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
International relations.
Public opinion, French.
Public opinion.
Civilization > American influences.
Anti-Americanism.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
Opinion publique > France.
Antiamericanisme > France.
Public opinion > France.
Anti-Americanism > France.
United States.
France.
France > Civilisation > Influence americaine.
United States > Foreign public opinion, French.
France > Civilization > American influences.
France > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > France.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Note on anti-Americanism
  • America à la mode: the 1980s
  • Anti-Americanism in retreat: Jack Lang, cultural imperialism, and the anti-anti-Americans
  • Reverie and rivalry: Mitterrand and Reagan-Bush
  • The adventures of Mickey Mouse, Coca-Cola, and McDonalds in the land of the Gauls
  • Taming the hyperpower: the 1990s
  • The French way: society, economy and culture in the 1990s
  • The paradox of the fin de siecle: anti-Americanism and Americanization.

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