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Buffalo Bill in Bologna: The Americanization of the World, 1869-1922
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Buffalo Bill in Bologna: The Americanization of the World, 1869-1922 Hardcover - 2005

by Rydell, Robert W., Kroes, Rob

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  • Title Buffalo Bill in Bologna: The Americanization of the World, 1869-1922
  • Author Rydell, Robert W., Kroes, Rob
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition New
  • Pages 232
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
  • Date 2005-08-08
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SA00AB-00314
  • ISBN 9780226732428 / 0226732428
  • Weight 0.99 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.34 x 6.26 x 0.77 in (23.72 x 15.90 x 1.96 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1920's
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Civilization, Popular culture - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004024389
  • Dewey Decimal Code 303.482

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From the rear cover

When it comes to the production and distribution of mass culture, no country in modern times has come close to rivaling the success of America. From the revolutions in central Europe and the Soviet Union that drew heavily on distinctly American symbols like blue jeans and rock 'n' roll to former president Bill Clinton's image juxtaposed with Elvis Presley's on a Republic of Chad postage stamp, the reach of American mass culture extends into every corner of the globe. Most believe this is a twentieth-century phenomenon made possible by cinema and television, but in the masterful Buffalo Bill in Bologna, Robert W. Rydell and Rob Kroes show that its roots are far deeper.

Buffalo Bill in Bologna reveals that the process of globalizing American mass culture began as early as the mid-nineteenth century. In fact, as the authors show, by the end of World War I, the United States already boasted an advanced network of culture industries that served to promote American values overseas. They narrate how the circuses, amusement parks, vaudeville, mail-order catalogs, dime novels, and movies developed after the Civil War-tools central to hastening the reconstruction of the country-actually doubled as agents of American cultural diplomacy abroad. As symbols of America's version of the "good life," cultural products became a primary means for people around the world, especially in Europe, to reimagine both America and themselves in the context of America's growing global sphere of influence. Paying special attention to the role of the world's fairs, the exporting of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show to Europe, the release of The Birth of a Nation, and Woodrow Wilson's creation of the Committee on Public Information, Rydell and Kroes offer an absorbing excursion through America's cultural expansion at the turn of the century.

A tour de force that recasts what has been popularly understood about this period of American and global history, Buffalo Bill in Bologna will be viewed as a major contribution to our understanding of American mass culture's rise to prominence.

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  • Choice, 06/01/2006, Page 1880
  • Library Journal, 06/01/2005, Page 148
  • New York Review of Books, 11/03/2005, Page 10

About the author

Robert W. Rydell is professor of history at Montana State University-Bozeman. He is the author of six books, including All the World's a Fair and World of Fairs, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Rob Kroes is professor of American studies at the University of Amsterdam. He is the author of eleven books, including, most recently, If You've Seen One, You've Seen the Mall and Us and Them: Questions of Citizenship in a Globalized World.

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