The Rise of Modernism in the Age of the Entertainment Empire
by
Genevieve Abravanel
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2012
How did Great Britain, which entered the twentieth century as a dominant empire, reinvent itself in reaction to its fears and fantasies about the United States? Investigating the anxieties caused by the invasion of American culture-from jazz to Ford motorcars to Hollywood films-during the first half...