Fascination and misgivings : the United States in French opinion, 1870-1914

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Fascination and misgivings : the United States in French opinion, 1870-1914

Jacques Portes ; translated by Elborg Forster

Cambridge University Press, 2000

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Fascination réticente

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-442) and index

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内容説明

Through the views of French travelers and diverse French studies about the United States, this book shows that the US took a pivotal place in French consciousness during the second half of the nineteenth century. The American landscape, skyscrapers, and the presence of Native and African Americans were puzzling and exotic to the French. At the same time, towns and industry were proof of an emerging economic power. Meanwhile, the French people found attractive models of social engineering in American society: schools and universities, the changing role of women, the emergence of the middle class. Even before World War I, the US found its place in French opinion, following trends that were to continue throughout the twentieth century: fascination and misgivings, attraction and repulsion.

目次

  • Preface Claude Fohlen
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The United States as Exoticism: 1. The journey
  • 2. At first sight
  • 3. Western
  • 4. Les Negres
  • 5. A 'manipulated and mechanized life'
  • Part II. Models from the United States: 6. A truly American democracy
  • 7. A political life without grandeur
  • 8. The new world of education
  • 9. La Belle Americaine
  • 10. From the Mormons to Americanism
  • 11. Social hell or social harmony?
  • Part III. The United States as Power: 12. Immigration: strength or weakness?
  • 13. Business
  • 14. And now, imperialism
  • 15. Is there a culture in the United States?
  • Conclusion
  • Selective bibliography
  • Index.

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