Fascination and Misgivings: The United States in French Opinion, 1870–1914 - Hardcover

Portes, Jacques

 
9780521653237: Fascination and Misgivings: The United States in French Opinion, 1870–1914
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521653231 ISBN 13: 9780521653237
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Through the views of French travelers and diverse French studies about the United States, this book shows how French opinion of the United States evolved during the late nineteenth century. Aspects of American life were puzzling and exotic to the French, yet American towns and industry gave the proof of an emerging economic power, and American society provided attractive models of social engineering. Even before World War I, the United States found its place in French opinion, following trends that continued throughout the twentieth century: fascination and misgivings, attraction and repulsion.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

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"Meticulously researched, [an] elegantly written work." Journal of Modern History

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521653231
ISBN 13 
9780521653237
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
468

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