TY - BOOK AU - Ross,Kristin TI - Fast cars, clean bodies: decolonization and the reordering of French culture SN - 0262680912 AV - DC33.7. R65 1995 U1 - 944.083 PY - 1998/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - MIT Press KW - Decolonization KW - France KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Technology KW - Social aspects KW - Popular culture KW - Racism KW - French literature KW - History and criticism KW - Authors, French KW - Political and social views KW - Civilization KW - 1945- KW - American influences N1 - "An October book."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-250) and index; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1; La Belle Americaine --; Car History --; Moving Pictures --; Cars, Couples, and Careers --; 2; Hygiene and Modernization --; Housekeeping --; Keeping House --; 3; Couples --; The Great Divorce --; The Making of the New French Middle Class --; Neobourgeois Space --; 4; New Men --; New Men and the Death of Man --; Cadres --; Immobile Time --; Notes --; Selected Bibliography --; Selected Filmography --; Index ER -