Review Article: Unmasking Americanization: de Grazia’s Irresistible Market Empire Advancing through Twentieth Century Europe

Clark, Peter and Todeva, Emanuela (2006): Review Article: Unmasking Americanization: de Grazia’s Irresistible Market Empire Advancing through Twentieth Century Europe. Published in: Prometheus , Vol. 24, No. 1 (2006): pp. 101-115.

Abstract

Victoria de Grazia’s book is at the centre of two related debates in innovation studies.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Americanization, International Colonizing, Consumer Capitalism
• Subjects: B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B3 - History of Economic Thought: Individuals

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