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Sinopsis

American ideals and models feature prominently in the master narrative of post-war European consumer societies. Some claim that the American way of life ultimately gained hegemony in Europe. The authors of this book assert that a crucial dimension is missing from the claim of American hegemony - namely, the realities of European power, and the often-complex actions taken by Europeans. In this volume, scholarship from different European countries demonstrates that Europeans maintained myriad views of America; Europeans did not appropriate a homogenous notion of America. The chapters illustrate how, by distinguishing between product and process innovations enables, patterns of appropriation become apparent. The contributors to this volume demonstrate that American elements - from models to practices to technologies - were more prominent in European process innovations than in product innovations. And, ultimately, post-war European consumption is best described as a process of selective appropriation -rather than the wholesale acceptance or rejection - of American ideals and models.

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Adri A. Albert de la Bruhèze, University of Twente, the Netherlands Kjetil Fallan, University of Oslo, Norway Terje Finstad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Stig Kvaal, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Mary Nolan, New York University, USA David Nye, University of Southern Denmark Per Østby, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Emanuela Scarpellini, University of Milan, Italy Karin Zachmann, Technical University of Munich, Germany

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9781349476800: The Making of European Consumption: Facing the American Challenge (Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series)

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ISBN 10:  1349476803 ISBN 13:  9781349476800
Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
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