Cold War Holidays : American Tourism in France

Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiii Introduction: Consumerism, the Cold War, and Globalization 1(12) CHAPTER 1. Rationed Pleasure: Leisure before and after the War 13(20) CHAPTER 2. Fellow Travelers: The Rise of Tourism in U.S. Foreign Policy 33(22) CHAPTER 3. Radiance or Colonization? French Divisions over American Tourism 55(26) CHAPTER 4. Making France Safe for Middle-Class Americans: The Marshall Plan and the French Hotel Industry 81(19) CHAPTER 5. Pleasure with a Purpose: The Struggle to Create an Atlantic Community 100(25) CHAPTER 6. The Ugly American: The Travel Boom and the Debate over Mass Culture 125(25) CHAPTER 7. The Rude French: Modernity and Hospitality in de Gaulle's France 150(32) CHAPTER 8. The Dollar Challenge: The Persistence of Consumerism in the 1960's 182(21) Conclusion: Nations and Global History 203(8) Notes 211(50) Selected Bibliography 261(16) Index 277