The Americanization of Europe : Culture, Diplomacy, and Anti-Americanism After 1945

"Recent tensions between the U.S. and Europe seem to have opened up an insuperable rift, while Americanization, deplored by some, welcomed by others, seems to progress unabated. This volume explores, for the first time and in a comparative manner, the role American culture and anti-Americanism play in eleven representative European countries, including major powers like Great Britain, France, (West) Germany, Russia/Soviet Union, and Italy as well as smaller countries like Austria, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Sweden, and Poland. Each contributor to the volume, all of them highly respected experts in their field, was asked to address the following four topics: the role of American public diplomacy, the transfer of American 'high culture, ' the impact of 'popular culture' ranging from Hollywood movies and TV to pop music and life-style issues, and the country specific features and history of anti-Americanism. The volume is enhanced by a substantial introduction by the editor, which looks both at the general 'culture clash' between the United States and Europe and at adaptations and blending processes that seem to have occurred in individual countries."-- Provided by publisher CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS COLD WAR ALLIANCES AND THE EMERGENCE OF TRANSATLANTIC COMPETITION: AN INTRODUCTION PART I: GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, (WEST)GERMANY BRITAIN: IN BETWEEN FROM FRENCH ANTI-AMERICANISM AND AMERICANIZATION TO THE “AMERICAN ENEMY”? A SPECIAL GERMAN CASE OF CULTURAL AMERICANIZATION PART II: SWEDEN, DENMARK, AUSTRIA TELEVISION, EDUCATION, AND THE VIETNAM WAR: SWEDEN AND THE UNITED STATES DURING THE POSTWAR ERA AMERI-DANES AND PRO-AMERICAN ANTI-AMERICANS: CULTURAL AMERICANIZATION AND ANTI-AMERICANISM IN DENMARK AFTER 1945 TWO SIDES OF THE COIN: THE AMERICANIZATION OF AUSTRIA AND AUSTRIAN ANTI-AMERICANISM Part III: USSR/Russia, Poland FROM COLD WAR TO WARY PEACE: AMERICAN CULTURE IN THE USSR AND RUSSIA POLAND: TRANSMISSIONS AND TRANSLATIONS Part IV: Italy, Greece, Spain CONTAINING MODERNITY, DOMESTICATING AMERICA IN ITALY THE INTERFACE BETWEEN POLITICS AND CULTURE IN GREECE WAITING FOR MR. MARSHALL: SPANISH AMERICAN DREAMS CONCLUSION IMAGINARY AMERICAS IN EUROPE’S PUBLIC SPACE SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES CONTRIBUTORS INDEX