02658nam 2200637 a 450 991081119420332120230126204819.00-8047-7783-710.1515/9780804777834(CKB)2670000000092538(EBL)692461(OCoLC)726734862(SSID)ssj0000525813(PQKBManifestationID)12213790(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525813(PQKBWorkID)10508211(PQKB)11503258(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127685(MiAaPQ)EBC692461(DE-B1597)564617(DE-B1597)9780804777834(Au-PeEL)EBL692461(CaPaEBR)ebr10470181(OCoLC)1198929643(EXLCZ)99267000000009253820101008d2011 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtccrSpecial relations the Americanization of Britain? /H.L. MalchowStanford, Calif. Stanford University Press20111 online resource (389 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-7399-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Mayfair modern -- pt. 2. The counterculture -- pt. 3. Freedom -- pt. 4. Postmodern, antimodern.Special Relations reevaluates Anglo-American cultural exchange by exploring metropolitan London's culture and counterculture from the 1950's to the 1970's. It challenges a tendency in cultural studies to privilege local reception and attempts to restore the concept of Americanization in this critical era of mass tourism, professional exchange, and media globalization-while acknowledging an important degree of cultural hybridity and circularity. The study begins with the influence of American modernism in the built environment and in ""Swinging London"" generally, and then moves toPopular cultureHistory20th centurySocial movementsHistory20th centuryGreat BritainCivilizationAmerican influencesGreat BritainCivilization1945-Great BritainRelationsUnited StatesUnited StatesRelationsGreat BritainPopular cultureHistorySocial movementsHistory303.48/241073Malchow Howard L550321MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811194203321Special relations4115114UNINA