How the World Was Won - The Americanization of Everywhere

In this dazzling new book, cultural critic and historian Peter Conrad tells the story of the spectacular rise and subsequent waning of American influence across the world since 1945. Politics, war and commerce form the inevitable backdrop to his tale, but Conrad also treats us to a kaleidoscopic presentation of America''s unstoppable creativity: its output of great, good and enjoyably bad art, of jeans and jazz, fast food and fridges, space travel, comic books and motorbikes, technologies and therapies, along with the heroic, erotic or violent cinematic visions that have Americanized even our dreams.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Conrad
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780500252086
• ISBN: 978-0-500-25208-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business; USA, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Social History;Politics;Identity;USA