Title Becoming Americans in Paris : transatlantic politics and culture between the World Wars / Brooke L. Blower.

Publication Info.	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
	©2011

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Description	1 online resource (x, 354 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-340) and index.
Contents	Introduction : the age of world wars -- Triumphant arrivals -- Reluctant hosts -- The Sacco-Vanzetti riots -- Prefect Chiappe's purging of Paris -- Legionnaires on parade -- The expatriates reconsidered -- Epilogue : the beginning of American innocence.
Summary	Americans often look back on Paris between the world wars as a charming escape from the enduring inequalities and reactionary politics of the United States. In this bold and original study, Brooke Blower shows that nothing could be further from the truth. She reveals the breadth of American activities in the capital, the lessons visitors drew from their stay, and the passionate responses they elicited from others. For many sojourners-not just for the most famous expatriate artists and writers- Paris served as an important crossroads, a place where Americans reimagined their position in the wor.
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Subject	Americans -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.
	Americans.
	France -- Paris.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
	Politics and culture -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.
	Politics and culture.
	Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Political culture.
	United States.
	United States -- Relations -- France.
	Relations.
	France.
	France -- Relations -- United States.
	United States -- Civilization -- French influences.
	Civilization.
	France -- Civilization -- American influences.
Chronological Term	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Blower, Brooke Lindy, 1976- Becoming Americans in Paris. New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011 9780199737819 (DLC) 2010018235 (OCoLC)639939552
ISBN	9780199781119 (electronic book)
	0199781117 (electronic book)
	9780199737819 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
	0199737819 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)

Title Becoming Americans in Paris : transatlantic politics and culture between the World Wars / Brooke L. Blower.

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