Becoming Americans in Paris Transatlantic Politics and Culture Between the World Wars

Name: Becoming Americans in Paris Transatlantic Politics and Culture Between the World Wars
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ISBN: 9780199927586

ISBN-10: 0199927588

ISBN-13: 9780199927586

Edition: 2013

Authors: Brooke L. Blower

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Americans often look back on Paris between the world wars as a charming escape from the enduring inequalities and reactionary politics of the United States. In this bold and original study, Brooke Blower shows that nothing could be further from the truth. She reveals the breadth of American activities in the capital, the lessons visitors drew from their stay, and the passionate responses they elicited from others. For many sojourners-not just for the most famous expatriate artists and writers- Paris served as an important crossroads, a place where Americans reimagined their position in the world and grappled with what it meant to be American in the new century, even as they came up against…

Book details

List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 370
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.21" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 1.298



Introduction: The Age of World Wars



The Specter of Americanization



Triumphant Arrivals



Reluctant Hosts



Parisian Cultural Politics



The Sacco-Vanzetti Riots



Prefect Chiappe's Purging of Paris



American Political Culture



Legionnaires on Parade



The Expatriates Reconsidered


Epilogue: The Beginning of American Innocence


Abbreviations in the Notes


Notes


Bibliography


Index