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The Sheikh's Batmobile
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Poplak Richard |
In 2005, Al Shamshoon—an Arabized version of The Simpsons—debuted on an Egyptian satellite station. Pop-culture commentator Richard Poplak was so intrigued that he set off to uncover other examples o… |
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East-West interchanges in American art
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East-West Interchanges in American Art Symposium (2009 Smithsonian American Art Museum) |
289 p. : 26 cm |
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God and gold
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Walter Russell Mead |
"An illuminating account of the birth, the rise, and the continuing rise, of a global political and economic system that rested first on the power of Britain and rests today on that of the United Sta… |
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God and gold
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Walter Russell Mead |
"An illuminating account of the birth, the rise, and the continuing rise, of a global political and economic system that rested first on the power of Britain and rests today on that of the United Sta… |
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Through a screen darkly
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Martha Bayles |
"What does the world admire most about America? Science, technology, higher education, consumer goods--but not, it seems, freedom and democracy. Indeed, these ideals are in global retreat, for reason… |
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Fabricating the Absolute Fake - Revised Edition
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Jaap Kooijman |
When rock star Bono told Oprah Winfrey that America is an ideal that is supposed to be contagious, the talk show host was moved to tears. Such an imagined America, rather than the nation-state USA, i… |
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The American invasion
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Francis Williams |
Report of American business penetration of Britain, and an attack on some aspects of the civilization that sponsored it. |
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The Asian American century
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Warren I. Cohen |
"In a perceptive and engaging meditation on the relationship between East Asia and the United States, Warren I. Cohen examines how cultural influences have transformed - and benefited - both Asians a… |
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Mark Twain in Japan
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Tsuyoshi Ishihara |
"Explores the history of Mark Twain's reception in Japan in the spheres of books, children's magazines, and anime, the impact of Japanese translations on Twain's public image, how Japanese culture ha… |
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Big brother, little brother
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Sang-Dawn Lee |
"Big Brother, Little Brother provides a fascinating case study of the impact of American culture on an East Asian nation. Sang-Dawn Lee's concise cultural history describes how the influx of U.S. aid… |
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