Not Like Us: How Europeans Have Loved, Hated, And Transformed American Culture Since World War II

Americans traveling in Europe are often greeted with the familiar sight of American fast-food restaurants, television shows, and cultural icons such as Michael Jordan. American music plays on the radio, Coca-Cola is sold everywhere, and Disney traveled to France to open its next theme park. Much has been written about American cultural influences on the rest of the world, but in Nor Like Us, the eminent historian Richard Pells examines the more subtle and intriguing interplay between America and Europe in the decades since the end of World War II. In a masterful analysis of the past fifty years, Pells describes how the cultures on each side of the Atlantic have transformed one another, and he reveals the reasons why Europeans never have become truly "Americanized" and why it is a good thing they haven't.