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Special relations : the Americanization of Britain? / H.L. Malchow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Malchow, Howard L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- Social movements--History--20th century.
- Social movements.
- Great Britain--Civilization--American influences.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Civilization--1945-.
- Great Britain--Relations--United States.
- United States--Relations--Great Britain.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (389 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Special Relations reevaluates Anglo-American cultural exchange by exploring metropolitan London's culture and counterculture from the 1950's to the 1970's. It challenges a tendency in cultural studies to privilege local reception and attempts to restore the concept of Americanization in this critical era of mass tourism, professional exchange, and media globalization-while acknowledging an important degree of cultural hybridity and circularity. The study begins with the influence of American modernism in the built environment and in ""Swinging London"" generally, and then moves to
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Mayfair modern
- pt. 2. The counterculture
- pt. 3. Freedom
- pt. 4. Postmodern, antimodern.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804777834
- 0804777837
- OCLC:
- 726734862
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