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The American Century

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APRIL 2022

  • Kenneth Weisbrode - BILKENT UNIVERSITY

TOPIC : Cultural Diplomacy

PLACES : North America - Caribbean - Europe - North Atlantic - South Atlantic - Africa

PERIODS : The Consolidation of Mass Cultures - The Atlantic Space Within Globalization

DOI : 10.35008/tracs-0016

ABSTRACT

In 1941, the influential publisher Henry Luce declared the century “American.” The United States’ new role was to redefine the world order, and this mission relied not only upon military power but also upon prestige and culture. To a large extent, this “universal” America was shaped by a historical and geographical construction of the Atlantic.

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