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200 14$aThe Americanization of France $esearching for happiness after the Algerian War /$fBarnett Singer
210   $aLanham, MD $cRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.$d2013
215   $a1 online resource (222 p.)
300   $aIncludes index.
311   $a1-4422-2165-8 
327   $aTitle Page; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Algerian Challenge in the Last Serious France; De Gaulle, the Algerian Denouement, and the End of an Era; From French Chanteurs to American Ye?-Ye?; Other Aspects of the "Happiness Revolution" in the 1960s and Beyond; Today's Americanized France; Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Author
330   $aThis engaging, knowledgeable book traces the American path France has followed since resolving its searing Algerian conflict in 1962. Barnett Singer convincingly demolishes two pervasive cliche?s about modern France: first, that the country has never been fit to fight wars, including wars on terror; and second, that the French have always been and remain overwhelmingly anti-American. The end of the war led to an important sea change, clearing the way for France to embrace American culture, especially rock 'n' roll, and more generally, an American-style emphasis on personal hap
606   $aNational characteristics, French
607   $aFrance$xCivilization$y1945-
607   $aFrance$xCivilization$xAmerican influences
607   $aAlgeria$xHistory$yRevolution, 1954-1962$xInfluence
607   $aFrance$xPolitics and government$y1958-
615  0$aNational characteristics, French.
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