Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-442) and index.
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Preface / Claude Fohlen -- Pt. I. The United States as Exoticism -- 1. The Journey -- 2. At First Sight -- 3. Western -- 4. Les Negres -- 5. A "Manipulated and Mechanized Life" -- Pt. II. Models from the United States -- 6. A Truly American Democracy -- 7. A Political Life without Grandeur -- 8. The New World of Education -- 9. La Belle Americaine -- 10. From the Mormons to Americanism -- 11. Social Hell or Social Harmony? -- Pt. III. The United States as Power -- 12. Immigration: Strength of Weakness? -- 13. Business -- 14. And Now, Imperialism -- 15. Is There a Culture in the United States?