The Shock of America: Europe and the Challenge of the Century

by David Ellwood

Book Overview

The Shock of America is based on the proposition that whenever Europeans of the last 100 years or more contemplated those margins of their experience where change occurred, there, sooner or later, they would find America. How Europeans have come to terms over the decades with this dynamic force in their midst, and what these terms were, is the story at the heart of this text. Masses of Europeans have been enthralled by the real or imaginary prospects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019877883X
• ISBN13: 9780198778837
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.4" x 8.4"