Buffalo Bill in Bologna - The Americanization of the World, 1869-1922

Zusammenfassung Reveals that the globalization of American mass culture that seems unstoppable today began as early as the mid-nineteenth century. This book narrates how the circuses! amusement parks! vaudeville! mail-order catalogs! dime novels! and movies that developed after the Civil War actually doubled as agents of American cultural diplomacy abroad.

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• Authors: Rob Kroes, Kroes Rob, Robert W. Rydell, Robert W. Kroes Rydell, Robert W./ Kroes Rydell, RYDELL ROBERT W KROES ROB, Rydell Robert W.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2012
• EAN: 9780226007120
• ISBN: 978-0-226-00712-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Globalization, Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period)