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

Contents Locating the American century : a world-systems analysis / Peter J. Taylor -- Locating the American century : themes for a post-colonial perspective / David Slater -- Global shift : the role of United States transnational corporations / Peter Dicken -- Dynamics of US managerialism and American corporations / Michael Taylor -- Overseas investment by US service enterprises / P.W. Daniels -- Rise and decline of US international monetary hegemony / Mark Holmes and Eric Pentecost -- 'New' developmentalism : political liberalism and the Washington consensus / Kate Manzo -- Inaugurating the American century : 'new world' perspectives on the 'old' in the early twentieth century / Michael Heffernan -- European integration and American power : reflex, resistance and reconfiguration / Michael Smith -- United States, the 'triumph of democracy' and the 'end of history' / R.J. Johnston -- Taking the Cold War to the Third World / Klaus Dodds -- US influence in the making of the contemporary Amazon heartland / Berta K. Becker and Roberto S. Bartholo, Jr. -- American power and the Portuguese empire / James Sidaway -- Reality of American idealism / Gillian Youngs -- Contradictions of a lone superpower / David Campbell -- Occult Hollywood : unfolding the Americanizaton of world cinema / Marcus A. Doel -- Global Disney / Alan Bryman -- 'Kind of beat which is currently popular' : American popular music in Britain / Tim Cresswell and Brian Hoskin -- American philanthropy as cultural power / Morag Bell -- Between North and South : travelling feminisms and homeless women / Claudia de Lima Costa -- Americanization of the world / Pablo González Casanova -- Multiple themes, one America ; one theme, multiple Americas / David Slater and Peter J. Taylor.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 99014781
ISBN0631212213 (alk. paper)
ISBN0631212221 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E169.1 .A471966 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold