Making of European Consumption

Facing the American Challenge

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Av P. Lundin, T. Kaiserfeld, Per Lundin, Thomas Kaiserfeld

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American ideals and models feature prominently in the master narrative of post-war European consumer societies. This book demonstrates that Europeans did not appropriate a homogenous notion of America, rather post-war European consumption was a process of selective appropriation of American elements.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-01-23
Mått140 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt463 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series
Antal sidor256
Upplaga2015
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781137374035

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Adri A. Albert de la Bruhèze, University of Twente, the NetherlandsKjetil Fallan, University of Oslo, NorwayTerje Finstad, Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyStig Kvaal, Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyMary Nolan, New York University, USADavid Nye, University of Southern DenmarkPer Østby, Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyEmanuela Scarpellini, University of Milan, ItalyKarin Zachmann, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Introduction; Per Lundin 1. Negotiating American Modernity in Twentieth-century Europe; Mary Nolan 2. Americanization as Creolized Imagery: The Statue of Liberty During the Cold War; David Nye 3. Forging Europe's Foodways: The American Challenge; Karin Zachmann 4. Tackling Norwegian Cold: The Breakthrough of Home Freezing; Terje Finstad, Stig Kvaal, and Per Østby 5. Americanization and Authenticity: Italian Food Products and Practices in the 1950s and 1960s; Emanuela Scarpellini 6. Love and Hate in Industrial Design: Europe's Design Professionals and America in the 1950s; Kjetil Fallan 7. Confronting the Lure of American Tourism: Modern Accommodation in the Netherlands; Adri A. Albert de la Bruhèze 8. Exploring European Travel: The Swedish Package Tour; Thomas Kaiserfeld 9. Coping with Cars, Families, and Foreigners: Swedish Postwar Tourism; Per Lundin