Fascination and Misgivings - The United States in French Opinion, 1870-1914

Zusammenfassung Through the views of French travelers and diverse French studies about the United States! Jacques Portes shows that the US took a pivotal place in French consciousness during the second half of the nineteenth century. They were trends that continued throughout the twentieth century: fascination and misgivings! attraction and repulsion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Claude Fohlen; Introduction; Part I. The United States as Exoticism: 1. The journey; 2. At first sight; 3. Western; 4. Les Nègres; 5. A 'manipulated and mechanized life'; Part II. Models from the United States: 6. A truly American democracy; 7. A political life without grandeur; 8. The new world of education; 9. La Belle Américaine; 10. From the Mormons to Americanism; 11. Social hell or social harmony?; Part III. The United States as Power: 12. Immigration: strength or weakness?; 13. Business; 14. And now, imperialism; 15. Is there a culture in the United States?; Conclusion; Selective bibliography; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Portes Jacques, Jacques Portes, Jacques (Universite De Paris Viii) Portes, PORTES JACQUES
• Mitarbeit: Fohlen Claude (Vorwort), Elborg Forster (Übersetzung), Forster Elborg (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521026918
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02691-8
• Seiten: 468
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Allgemeines, Lexika; USA, Cultural Studies, France, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909