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.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: P. Lundin
EAN: 9781137374035
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 4483 g
HEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED: 2015-01-23
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GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
WIDTH: 140 cm
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Book Themes:
Europe, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Consumerism, European history, Social and cultural history
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
