General Information

Language

English.

Published

Oxford, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 1999.

Physical Description

xiv, 362 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Slater, David, 1946-

Taylor, Peter J. (Peter James), 1944-

Subjects

Subject

National characteristics, American.

Civilization, Modern > American influences.

Americanization > History > 20th century.

United States > Foreign economic relations.

United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

edited by David Slater and Peter J. Taylor.

Content

Locating the American century : a world-systems analysis / Peter J. Taylor -- Locating the American century : themes for a post-colonial perspective / David Slater -- Global shift : the role of United States transnational corporations / Peter Dicken -- Dynamics of US managerialism and American corporations / Michael Taylor -- Overseas investment by US service enterprises / P. W. Daniels -- Rise and decline of US international monetary hegemony / Mark Holmes and Eric Pentecost -- 'New' developmentalism : political liberalism and the Washington consensus / Kate Manzo -- Inaugurating the American century : 'new world' perspectives on the 'old' in the early twentieth century / Michael Heffernan -- European integration and American power : reflex, resistance and reconfiguration / Michael Smith -- United States, the 'triumph of democracy' and the 'end of history' / R. J. Johnston -- Taking the Cold War to the Third World / Klaus Dodds -- US influence in the making of the contemporary Amazon heartland / Berta K. Becker and Roberto S. Bartholo, Jr. -- American power and the Portuguese empire / James Sidaway -- Reality of American idealism / Gillian Youngs -- Contradictions of a lone superpower / David Campbell -- Occult Hollywood : unfolding the Americanization of world cinema / Marcus A. Doel -- Global Disney / Alan Bryman -- 'Kind of beat which is currently popular' : American popular music in Britain / Tim Cresswell and Brian Hoskin -- American philanthropy as cultural power / Morag Bell -- Between North and South : travelling feminisms and homeless women / Claudia de Lima Costa -- Americanization of the world / Pablo González Casanova -- Multiple themes, one America ; one theme, multiple Americas / David Slater and Peter J. Taylor.

ISBN

0631212213

0631212221

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	973.92 SLA		General Stacks	Donation of School of Public Policy.

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