The American century : consensus and coercion in the projection of American power / edited by David Slater and Peter J. Taylor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Contributors -- Preface -- Part I. Introductions: American Destiny? -- 1. Locating the American Century: A World-systems Analysis -- 2. Locating the American Century: Themes for a Post-colonial Perspective -- Part II. Economic Capacities: American Know-how? -- 3. Global Shift -- the Role of United States Transnational Corporations -- 4. The Dynamics of US Managerialism and American Corporations -- 5. Overseas Investment by US Service Enterprises -- 6. The Rise and Decline of US International Monetary Hegemony -- 7. The 'New' Developmentalism: Political Liberalism and the Washington Consensus -- Part III. Political Capacities: The Arsenal of Democracy? -- 8. Inaugurating the American Century: 'New World' Perspectives on the 'Old' in the Early Twentieth Century -- 9. European Integration and American Power: Reflex, Resistance and Reconfiguration -- 10. The United States, the 'Triumph of Democracy' and the 'End of History' -- 11. Taking the Cold War to the Third World -- 12. US Influence in the Making of the Contemporary Amazon Heartland -- 13. American Power and the Portuguese Empire -- 14. The Reality of American Idealism -- 15. Contradictions of a Lone Superpower -- Part IV. Cultural Capacities: The American Dream? -- 16. Occult Hollywood: Unfolding the Americanization of World Cinema -- 17. Global Disney -- 18. 'The Kind of Beat Which is Currently Popular': American Popular Music in Britain -- 19. American Philanthropy as Cultural Power -- 20. Between North and South: Travelling Feminisms and Homeless Women -- 21. Americanization of the World -- Part V. Conclusion: American Centuries? -- 22. Multiple Themes, One America; One Theme, Multiple Americas -- Index.

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