TY  - BOOK
AU  - Slater,David
AU  - Taylor,Peter J.
TI  - The American century: consensus and coercion in the projection of American power 
SN  - 0631212221
AV  - E169.1. A471966 1999
U1  - 973.92 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Oxford, UK, Malden, Mass.
PB  - Blackwell
KW  - National characteristics, American
KW  - Civilization, Modern
KW  - American influences
KW  - Americanization
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign economic relations
KW  - Foreign relations
N1  - 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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