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The American Enemy The History of French Anti-Americanism

Paperback • 2006 • English

The American Enemy The History of French Anti-Americanism

By Philippe Roger

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About the book

Georges-Louis Buffon, an eighteenth-century French scientist, was the first to promote the widespread idea that nature in the New World was deficient; in America, which he had never visited, dogs don't bark, birds don't sing, and—by extension—humans are weaker, less intelligent, and less potent. Thomas Jefferson, infuriated by these claims, brought a seven-foot-tall carcass of a moose from America to the entry hall of his Parisian hotel, but the five-foot-tall Buffon remained unimpressed and ref...Show more

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ISBN

9780226723693

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published year

2006

Language

English

Original title

The American Enemy The History of French Anti-Americanism

Format

Paperback

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