Read the summary and the most important questions on Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations 1609-2009 | 9781438430133 | Hans Krabbendam; Cornelis A. van Minnen; Giles Scott-Smith

• 6.1.1 inleiding

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• most pro american country in europe since 1945

  Netherlands

• cultural borrowing N L from

  france, britain germany and after 1945 us

• the us no cultural imperialism according to kennedy but

  we did not swallow american cultural products, hook, line and sinker but mediated them, creolizing american products and making them identifiably dutch. not all things american were accepted. europeans oftend found america most arresting as counterpoint, a society they were not and would never want to be.

• why is it hard to talk about ties between us and nl without talking about europe

  because europe has its own cultural policies and its own transnational cultural institutions

• 3 levels of postwar cultural relations us-nl

  1. government policy
  2. high culture
  3. and broader forms of cultural expression: rock n roll--> religion

• why important us-nl cultural relations

  1. its interesting to see how cultural ideas and practices traveld the atlantic.
  2. second: pattern that emerged out of the post war relationship: strong but uneven presence of american cultural influence has always depended on he good offices of organizations, networks and persons --. determined the cultural exchange
     
  3. thirdly its important to look at the decades since ww 2 to show critical changes over time: level of acceptance and appreciation for american cultural products, forms in whihc they were mediated and the kinds of sponsors involved

• 6.2 cultural initiatives of the new allies 1940's

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• 1950's american influence netherlands more systematic

  government policy; us government established an american library in the nl and the us information agency systematically presented material about the us for the dutch public

• american influences were most felt in areas where the

  traditions were thinnest

• electric guitar bands-->inspiration for indo abnds.

  early indication of youth interest in american music and american ideals of freedom and individualism. american cultural forces in that sense could also be regarded as undermining structures of authority

• american cultural influence

  moral/ religious ooder and commercial terms, american goods and tourist