American Culture in Europe: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface vii
• Introduction: America and Europe, Fragile Objects of Discourse 1
• References 12
• 1 - The U.S. Center of World Science and Emulating Centers: Japan and Western Europe 15
• Note 36
• References 37
• 2 - Peripheries in World Science: Latin America and Eastern Europe 39
• Note 64
• References 64
• 3 - The Specter of Amerikanisierung, 840-1990 67
• Notes 84
• References 84
• 4 - The Colonization of the Russian Political and Legal System 91
• Notes 114

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface vii
• Introduction: America and Europe, Fragile Objects of Discourse 1
• References 12
• 1 - The U.S. Center of World Science and Emulating Centers: Japan and Western Europe 15
• Note 36
• References 37
• 2 - Peripheries in World Science: Latin America and Eastern Europe 39
• Note 64
• References 64
• 3 - The Specter of Amerikanisierung, 840-1990 67
• Notes 84
• References 84
• 4 - The Colonization of the Russian Political and Legal System 91
• Notes 114
• 5 - Youth Culture and Lifestyle in Modern Greece 119
• Notes 140
• References 140
• 6 - African-American Images in German Advertising, 1987-1992: The Uses of Imagined Diversity 145
• Notes 159
• References 160
• 7 - Choosing Exile: Richard Wright, the Existentialists, and Cultural Exchange 163
• Notes 175
• References 179
• 8 - The Space Between the Boundaries: Globalization and Americanization 181
• Notes 194
• References 195
• Index 201
• About the Contributors 211