The American Enemy: The History of French Anti-Americanism

The American Enemy: The History of French Anti-Americanism
ISBN-10
0226723682
ISBN-13
9780226723686
Category
History
Pages
537
Language
English
Published
2005-05-12
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Author
Philippe Roger

Description

"Roger goes back 200 years to unearth the deep roots of this anti-Americanism and trace its changing nature, from the belittling, as Buffon did, of the "savage American" to France's resigned dependency on America for goods and commerce and finally to the fear of America's global domination in light of France's thwarted imperial ambitions. Roger sees French anti-Americanism as barely acquainted with actual fact; rather, anti-Americanism is a cultural pillar for the French, America an idea that the country and its culture have long defined themselves against."--BOOK JACKET.

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