Uncouth nation : why Europe dislikes America / Andrei S. Markovits.

No survey can capture the breadth and depth of the anti-Americanism that has swept Europe in recent years. From ultraconservative Bavarian grandmothers to thirty-year-old socialist activists in Greece, from globalization opponents to corporate executives--Europeans are joining in an ever louder chor...

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Main Author: Markovits, Andrei S. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2007.
Series:Public square (Princeton, N.J.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • ch. 1. Anti-Americanism as a European lingua franca
  • ch. 2. European anti-Americanism : a brief historical overview
  • ch. 3. The perceived "Americanization" of all aspects of European lives : a discourse of irritation and condescension
  • ch. 4. The massive waning of America's image in the eyes of Europe and the world
  • ch. 5. "Twin brothers" : European anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism
  • ch. 6. Anti-Americanism : a necessary and welcomed spark to jump-start a European identity?
  • Notes
  • Index.