The American Century in Europe

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

The concept of an American century / Alan Brinkley -- The United States and Europe in an age of American unilateralism / Walter LaFeber -- Democracy and power : the interactive nature of the American century / Federico Romero -- Europe : the phantom pillar / Ronald Steel -- Utopia and realism in Woodrow Wilson's vision of the international order / Massimo L. Salvadori -- The United States, Germany, and Europe in the Twentieth Century / Detlef Junker -- European elitism, American money, and popular culture / Volker R. Berghahn -- American myth, American model, and the quest for a British modernity / David W. Ellwood -- American religion as cultural imperialism / R. Laurence Moore -- Western alliance and scientific diplomacy in the early 1960s : the rise and failure of the project to create a European M.I.T. / Giuliana Gemelli -- American democracy and the welfare state: the problem of its publics / James T. Kloppenberg -- A checkered history : the new deal, democracy, and totalitarianism in transatlantic welfare states / Maurizio Vaudagna -- Consuming America, producing gender / Mary Nolan -- The right to have rights : citizens, aliens, and the law in modern America / Richard Polenberg