{"product_id":"cold-war-holidays-christopher-endy-9780807855485","title":"Cold War Holidays: American Tourism in France","description":"Moving beyond traditional state-centered conceptions of foreign relations, Christopher Endy approaches the Cold War era relationship between France and the United States from the original perspective of tourism. Focusing on American travel in France after World War II, \u003ci\u003eCold War Holidays\u003c\/i\u003e shows how both the U.S. and French governments actively cultivated and shaped leisure travel to advance their foreign policy agendas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the U.S. government's campaign to encourage American vacations in Western Europe as part of the Marshall Plan, to Charles de Gaulle's aggressive promotion of American tourism to France in the 1960s, Endy reveals how consumerism and globalization played a major role in transatlantic affairs. Yet contrary to analyses of globalization that emphasize the decline of the nation-state, Endy argues that an era notable for the rise of informal transnational exchanges was also a time of entrenched national identity and persistent state power. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lively array of voices informs Endy's analysis: Parisian hoteliers and cafe waiters, American and French diplomats, advertising and airline executives, travel writers, and tourists themselves. The resulting portrait reveals tourism as a colorful and consequential illustration of the changing nature of international relations in an age of globalization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Endy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807855480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807855485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.02w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2004 pg. 700","brand":"Christopher Endy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926311600383,"sku":"9780807855485","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_eaa047e5-af76-4a3e-875b-d3c991d20208.jpg?v=1681082365","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cold-war-holidays-christopher-endy-9780807855485","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}