Signs of Americanization: The United States and the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867

On the occasion of the Exposition universelle of 1867 the term Americanization first appeared in France. Jules and Edmond Goncourt feared that the exhibition would lead to “the Americanization of France”. My article explores the opposition between the rather unspectacular US-section at the exhibitio...

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Main Author: Volker Barth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2024-10-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/97827