Looking to America -- A Coming of Age -- 'The Meaning of America' -- 'Have We Any Friends?' -- Prosperity or Tragedy -- 'Master of the Earth' -- American Girls in Italy and Elsewhere -- Free-Enterprise Art -- Americanophilia -- On the Roads -- 'Americanize Yourselves!' -- Little America -- Astronauts and Assassins -- 'I Want it to Come HERE!' -- Neither Americas -- B-Day and Other Invasions -- Dialogues with Consumer Products -- The Campaign to Free America -- 'Why Do They Hate Us?' -- 'Thanks America'.
Summary:
Exploring America's influence on the world from an international perspective, the author, drawing on his impressive cultural skills to assess, surprise, invigorate and delight, looks at the wars, politics, movies, music, clothes, foods, novels, paintings and more that have shaped the world.
