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Not Like Us - by Richard Pells (Paperback)

Not Like Us - by  Richard Pells (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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. Index.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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. Richard Pells provides a new paradigm for understanding the survival of local and national cultures in a global setting.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Richard Pells</b> is a professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. He has held visiting professorships at universities in the Netherlands, Denmark, Brazil, and Australia, and has lectured widely in Europe and America on topics in cultural history. The author of <i>The Liberal Mind in a Conservative Age</i> and <i>Radical Visions and American Dreams</i>, he lives in Austin, Texas.

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