American Academy in Rome

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Monday, November 27, 2006
6pm LECTURE
Villa Aurelia
L.go di Porta di S. Pancrazio, 1

Victoria de Grazia
America’s Imperial Consumer Culture: Its Rise and Fall

Victoria de Grazia (FAAR’78, Isabel and Laurance P. Roberts Resident in Modern Italian Studies, American Academy in Rome; Professor of History and James C. Barker Professor of Contemporary Civilization, Columbia University) is the author of Irresistible Empire: America’s Advance through Twentieth Century Europe (2005). She will talk about the role of marketing, cinema, and other dimensions of American consumer culture in establishing U.S. global hegemony.

For further information: Contact the Programs Office (tel. +39-06-5846459)
American Academy in Rome
Via Angelo Masina 5
00153 Rome, Italy.

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