LEADER 03581nam 22006492 450 001 9910782253703321 005 20170816155711.0 010 $a1-78138-666-8 010 $a1-84631-321-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000541167 035 $a(EBL)380603 035 $a(OCoLC)476209257 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000163163 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11167215 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000163163 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10106960 035 $a(PQKB)11067545 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127446 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781781386668 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL380603 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10369350 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC380603 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000541167 100 $a20170307d2003|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aGlobal America? $ethe cultural consequences of globalization /$fedited by Ulrich Beck, Nathan Sznaider and Rainer Winter$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aLiverpool :$cLiverpool University Press,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 275 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aStudies in social and political thought 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017). 311 $a0-85323-918-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Theoretical Perspectives; 1: Rooted Cosmopolitanism: Emerging from a Rivalry of Distinctions; 2: Assessing McDonaldization, Americanization and Globalization; 3: Culture, Modernity and Immediacy; Part II: National Case Studies; 4: Hyperpower Exceptionalism: Globalization the American Way; 5: Debating Americanization: The Case of France; 6: Consumption, Modernity and Japanese Cultural Identity: The Limits of Americanization? 327 $a7: Americanization, Westernization, Sinification: Modernization or Globalization in China?Part III: Transitional Processes; 8: Techno-Migrants in the Network Economy; 9: The Americanization of Memory: The Case of the Holocaust; 10: From the Lisbon Disaster to Oprah Winfrey: Suffering as Identity in the Era of Globalization; 11: Global Media, Cultural Change and the Transformation of the Local: The Contribution of Cultural Studies to a Sociology of Hybrid Formations; 12: 'Rockization': Diversity within Similarity in World Popular Music; 13: The Internet: An Instrument of Americanization? 327 $aPar IV: EpilogueAfterword: Rethinking Americanization; Index 330 $aMany contemporary issues cannot be readily or fully understood at the level of the nation state and the concept of globalization is used to develop understanding through the analysis of global (transnational) processes. This volume explores the phenomenon of Americanization, and its worldwide impact, and the cultural consequences of globalization. 410 0$aStudies in social and political thought. 606 $aGlobalization$xSocial aspects 606 $aAmericanization 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations 615 0$aGlobalization$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aAmericanization. 676 $a327.73 702 $aBeck$b Ulrich$f1944-2015, 702 $aSznaider$b Natan$f1954- 702 $aWinter$b Rainer$f1960- 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782253703321 996 $aGlobal America$93703228 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$148.50$u10/10/2017$5Poli