Not Like Us
Author | : Richard Pells |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2008-08-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780786723966 |
ISBN-13 | : 0786723963 |
Rating | : 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Download or read book Not Like Us written by Richard Pells and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debunking the myth of the "Americanization" of Europe, a noted historian presents an authoritative and engrossing cultural history of how America tried to remake Europe in its own image, and how the Europeans successfully retained their identity in the face of American mass culture. Pells provides a new paradigm for understanding the survival of local and national cultures in a global setting.