America, the Old?

1. IntroductionBarack Obama’s election to the presidency in 2008 was greeted in most of Europe with joy, or at least relief, an emotion that was shared in a great many precincts in the United States. In both venues a curious mix of language attended these celebrations. A new day had dawned, it was...

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Julkaisussa:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas,
Päätekijä: Bratt, James D.
Aineistotyyppi: Article ou chapitre numérique
Kieli:Anglais
Julkaistu: European journal of American studies 2010
Linkit:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Yhteenveto:1. IntroductionBarack Obama’s election to the presidency in 2008 was greeted in most of Europe with joy, or at least relief, an emotion that was shared in a great many precincts in the United States. In both venues a curious mix of language attended these celebrations. A new day had dawned, it was said; the American people had turned a page to give themselves, and the rest of the world, a fresh start. Paradoxically, that meant that the USA would return to being its old, familiar self—a count...