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International views : America and the rest of the world
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- Creator
- [edited by] Keith Gumery
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : Pearson Longman, [2007]
- ©2007
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 238 pages ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 032138881X, 9780321388810
- OCLC
- ocm68192379
- Introduction: What the world thinks of America. -- 1. Globalization or Americanization? Americanization / Roger De La Gaarde ; Globalization / Anthony Giddens ; We are all Americans / Vicente Verdú ; The world gets in touch with its inner American / G. Pascal Zachary ; It's a flat world, after all / Thomas L. Friedman. -- 2. Reflections on U.S. influence. What we think of America (1) / Hanan Al-Shaykh ; Challenging rest of the world with a new order / Roger Cohen, David E. Sanger, and Steven R. Weisman ; American public diplomacy in the Islamic world / Andrew Kohut ; Rights to remember / Harold Hongju Koh ; Symbols of destruction / Elemer Hankiss ; Response to 9.11: individual and collective dimensions / Rajeev Bhargava ; What we think of America (2) / Raja Shehadeh ; It's time we all signed up for the rest of the world team / Matthew Parris
- 3. A new world order. The national security strategy of the United States / George W. Bush ; The new American century / Arundhati Roy ; America and world power / Immanuel Wallerstein ; Power & duty: U.S. action is crucial to maintaining world order / Gary Schmitt ; Over there / Eric Schlosser ; America the ignorant / Laura Miller ; The globalization of politics: American foreign policy for a new century / James M. Lindsay and Ivo H. Daalder ; The American military empire / John M. Swomley, Jr. -- 4. The international influence of American culture. Bored with USA? / Brendon O'Connor ; In 2,000 years will the world remember Disney or Plato? / Mark Rice-Oxley ; Is the world falling out of love with U.S. brands? / Dan Roberts ; Exporting the wrong picture / Martha Bayles ; Global sports, American sports / Mike Marqusee ; American culture goes global, or does it? / Richard Pells
- 5. In its own image. Simulated tourism at Busch Gardens: the old country and Disney's world showcase, EPCOT Center / Lawrence Mintz ; Degas in Vegas / Arthur C. Danto ; We are what we eat: we are a nation of immigrants! / David Rosengarten ; Can't help falling in love with world's Elvis impersonators / John Flinn ; Italian rappers try to hang on / Elisabetta Povoledo ; Hollywood warms to Asian movies, American-style / Renee Graham ; Gwenihana / MiHi Ahn