The French way : how France embraced and rejected American values and power /

The French way : how France embraced and rejected American values and power /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Kuisel, Richard F.
Imprint:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 487 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Anti-Americanism -- France. Public opinion -- France. Anti-Americanism. Civilization -- American influences. Public opinion. Public opinion, French. International relations. United States -- Relations -- France. France -- Relations -- United States. France -- Civilization -- American influences. United States -- Foreign public opinion, French. France. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11279457

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ISBN:	9781400839971 1400839971 9780691151816 0691151814
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	There are over 1,000 McDonald's on French soil. Two Disney theme parks have opened near Paris in the last two decades. And American-inspired vocabulary such as "le weekend" has been absorbed into the French language. But as former French president Jacques Chirac put it: "The U.S. finds France unbearably pretentious. And we find the U.S. unbearably hegemonic." Are the French fascinated or threatened by America? They Americanize yet are notorious for expressions of anti-Americanism. From McDonald's and Coca-Cola to free markets and foreign policy, this book looks closely at the conflicts and con.
Other form:	Print version: Kuisel, Richard F. French way. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2011 9780691151816
Standard no.:	9786613290670

Table of Contents:

Preface
Note on anti-Americanism
America à la mode: the 1980s
Anti-Americanism in retreat: Jack Lang, cultural imperialism, and the anti-anti-Americans
Reverie and rivalry: Mitterrand and Reagan-Bush
The adventures of Mickey Mouse, Coca-Cola, and McDonalds in the land of the Gauls
Taming the hyperpower: the 1990s
The French way: society, economy and culture in the 1990s
The paradox of the fin de siècle: anti-Americanism and Americanization.