LEADER 04321nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910455403603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-15724-8 010 $a9786612157240 010 $a1-4008-2729-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400827299 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788390 035 $a(EBL)457861 035 $a(OCoLC)436878096 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000264004 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11194909 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264004 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10283906 035 $a(PQKB)11572005 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457861 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36332 035 $a(DE-B1597)446396 035 $a(OCoLC)1013938415 035 $a(OCoLC)979578493 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400827299 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL457861 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312590 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL215724 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788390 100 $a20060321d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUncouth nation$b[electronic resource] $ewhy Europe dislikes America /$fAndrei S. Markovits 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 225 1 $aThe public square 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-17351-6 311 $a0-691-12287-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [225]-263) and index. 327 $aAnti-Americanism as a European lingua franca -- European anti-Americanism : a brief historical overview -- The perceived "Americanization" of all aspects of West European lives : a discourse of irritation and condescension -- The massive waning of America's image in the eyes of the world and in Western Europe's -- Twin brothers : European anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism -- Anti-Americanism : a necessary and welcomed spark to jump-start a European identity? 330 $aNo survey can capture the breadth and depth of the anti-Americanism that has swept Europe in recent years. From ultraconservative Bavarian grandmothers to thirty-year-old socialist activists in Greece, from globalization opponents to corporate executives--Europeans are joining in an ever louder chorus of disdain for America. For the first time, anti-Americanism has become a European lingua franca. In this sweeping and provocative look at the history of European aversion to America, Andrei Markovits argues that understanding the ubiquity of anti-Americanism since September 11, 2001, requires an appreciation of such sentiments among European elites going back at least to July 4, 1776. While George W. Bush's policies have catapulted anti-Americanism into overdrive, particularly in Western Europe, Markovits argues that this loathing has long been driven not by what America does, but by what it is. Focusing on seven Western European countries big and small, he shows how antipathies toward things American embrace aspects of everyday life--such as sports, language, work, education, media, health, and law--that remain far from the purview of the Bush administration's policies. Aggravating Europeans' antipathies toward America is their alleged helplessness in the face of an Americanization that they view as inexorably befalling them. More troubling, Markovits argues, is that this anti-Americanism has cultivated a new strain of anti-Semitism. Above all, he shows that while Europeans are far apart in terms of their everyday lives and shared experiences, their not being American provides them with a powerful common identity--one that elites have already begun to harness in their quest to construct a unified Europe to rival America. 410 0$aPublic square (Princeton, N.J.) 606 $aAnti-Americanism$zEurope 607 $aEurope$xRelations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xRelations$zEurope 607 $aEurope$xCivilization$xAmerican influences 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAnti-Americanism 676 $a303.48/24073 700 $aMarkovits$b Andrei S$0126425 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455403603321 996 $aUncouth nation$924232 997 $aUNINA