The American century in Europe

Cover -- The American Century in Europe -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Concept of an American Century -- PART ONE DIPLOMATIC RESPONSES -- The United States and Europe in an Age of American Unilateralism -- Democracy and Power: The Interactive Nature of the American Century -- Europe: The Phantom Pillar -- Utopia and Realism in Woodrow Wilson's Vision of the International Order -- The United States, Germany, and Europe in the Twentieth Century -- PART TWO CULTURAL RESPONSES -- European Elitism, American Money, and Popular Culture -- American Myth, American Model, and the Quest for a British Modernity -- American Religion as Cultural Imperialism -- Western Alliance and Scientific Diplomacy in the Early 1960s: The Rise and Failure of the Project to Create a European M.I.T. -- PART THREE SOCIAL RESPONSES -- American Democracy and the Welfare State: The Problem of Its Publics -- A Checkered History: The New Deal, Democracy, and Totalitarianism in Transatlantic Welfare States -- Consuming America, Producing Gender -- The Right to Have Rights: Citizens, Aliens, and the Law in Modern America -- Contributors -- Index

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Moore, R. Laurence / Vaudagna, Maurizio -- The Concept of an American Century / Brinkley, Alan -- PART ONE. DIPLOMATIC RESPONSES -- The United States and Europe in an Age of American Unilateralism / Lafeber, Walter -- Democracy and Power: The Interactive Nature of the American Century / Romero, Federico -- Europe: The Phantom Pillar / Steel, Ronald -- Utopia and Realism in Woodrow Wilson's Vision of the International Order / Salvadori, Massimo L. -- The United States, Germany, and Europe in the Twentieth Century / Junker, Detlef -- PART TWO. CULTURAL RESPONSES -- European Elitism, American Money, and Popular Culture / Berghahn, Volker R. -- American Myth, American Model, and the Quest for a British Modernity / Ellwood, David W. -- American Religion as Cultural Imperialism / Moore, R. Laurence -- Western Alliance and Scientific Diplomacy in the Early 1960s: The Rise and Failure of the Project to Create a European M.I. T. / Gemelli, Giuliana -- PART THREE. SOCIAL RESPONSES -- American Democracy and the Welfare State: The Problem of Its Publics / Kloppenberg, James T. -- A Checkered History: The New Deal, Democracy, and Totalitarianism in Transatlantic Welfare States / Vaudagna, Maurizio -- Consuming America, Producing Gender / Nolan, Mary -- The Right to Have Rights: Citizens, Aliens, and the Law in Modern America / Polenberg, Richard -- Contributors -- Index