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From the Gothic to the contemporary, glass has transformed the structural, formal, and philosophical principles of architecture. In The Glass State, Annette Fierro views the many meanings of transparency in architecture. Specifically, she analyzes the transparent monumental buildings that were built in Paris between 1981 and 1998 as part of Francois Mitterrand's program of Grands Projets. The Grands Projets provide a rare opportunity to study a finite set of buildings constructed of similar materials, in the same time period, in a specific urban landscape, and with related ideological missions. Fierro employs a "discourse of the detail," in which the smallest architectural detail manifests the political, theoretical, and urban contexts of the building's design and construction. She examines the paradox of the most pared down architectural configurations being used to support the most complex meanings. Intrinsic to Mitterrand's glass buildings in Paris, for example, is a political concept: the metaphor of accessibility as a means of breaking open cultural institutions previously closed to the public. In addition to the structures of the Grands Projets -- the Institut du Monde Arabe, the Grande and Petite Pyramides du Louvre, the glass greenhouses at utopian park projects at La Villette and Andre Citroën and the Bibliotheque nationale de France -- Fierro discusses the Fondation Cartier and two precedent structures, the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Eiffel Tower.

Glass construction --- Public architecture --- Architecture and state --- Symbolism in architecture --- Construction en verre --- Architecture publique --- Architecture --- Symbolisme en architecture --- History --- Histoire --- Politique gouvernementale --- Mitterrand, François, --- Paris (France) --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- Constructions --- Glasconstructies ; Parijs ; 1981-1998 --- Glasarchitectuur ; Parijs ; 1981-1998 ; openbare gebouwen --- Museumarchitectuur ; Parijs ; Centre Pompidou --- Perrault, Dominique ; Parijs ; Bibliothèque Nationale François Mitterand --- Pei, Ieoh Ming ; Le Grand Louvre --- Architectuur ; Parijs ; Institut du Monde Arabe (1987) --- Nouvel, Jean ; Parijs ; Fondation Cartier --- 691.6 --- 72.01 --- Bouwmaterialen ; glas, vensterglas, spiegelglas --- Architectuur ; theorie, filosofie, esthetica --- Mitterrand, François, --- Glass architecture --- Glass as structural material --- Glass in architecture --- Building --- State and architecture --- Architectural symbolism --- Signs and symbols in architecture --- Architecture, Public --- Civic architecture --- Mitterrand, François

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Bibliotheekgebouwen. --- Bibliothèque Nationale de France. --- Library architecture --- National libraries --- Architecture des bibliothèques --- Bibliothèques nationales --- Perrault, Dominique. --- Bibliothèque nationale de France --- Buildings. --- Paris (France) --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- Constructions --- Perrault, Dominique --- 727.8 --- 022 --- 027.54 <44 PARIS> --- -National libraries --- -#BIBC:ruil --- Perrault, Dominique °1953 (°Clermont-Ferrand, Frankrijk) --- Architectuur ; 1989-1995 ; Dominique Perrault --- Bibliotheken ; Parijs ; Bibliothèque nationale --- Architectuur ; bibliotheken --- 72.07 --- Libraries, National --- Government libraries --- Architecture --- Bibliotheekgebouwen. Gebouwen voor documentatie. Archiefgebouwen. Octrooikantoorgebouwen --- Bibliotheekgebouwen. Bibliotheekinrichting --- Rijksoverheidsbibliotheken. Staatsbibliotheken. Nationale bibliotheken (Koninklijke Bibliotheek)--Frankrijk--PARIS --- Architecten. Stedenbouwkundigen A - Z --- Gebouwen voor opleiding en wetenschap ; bibliotheken, archieven, documentatiecentra --- Bibliotheque nationale de France --- -Biblioteca Nacional de Francia --- BNF (Bibliothèque nationale de France) --- Faguo guo jia tu shu guan --- French National Library --- Hpha-ran-siʼi Rgyal-gñer Dpe-mdzod-khaṅ --- France. --- Bibliothèque nationale (France) --- Bibliothèque de France --- Buildings --- -Buildings, structures, etc --- -Buildings --- Perrault, Dominique, --- 027.54 <44 PARIS> Rijksoverheidsbibliotheken. Staatsbibliotheken. Nationale bibliotheken (Koninklijke Bibliotheek)--Frankrijk--PARIS --- 022 Bibliotheekgebouwen. Bibliotheekinrichting --- 727.8 Bibliotheekgebouwen. Gebouwen voor documentatie. Archiefgebouwen. Octrooikantoorgebouwen --- Bibliothèques (constructions) --- Critique architecturale --- Grands travaux --- Site François Mitterand --- -Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France --- Paris. BnF --- Bibliothèque Nationale de France. --- Architecture des bibliothèques --- Bibliothèques nationales --- Bibliothèque nationale de France --- #BIBC:ruil --- Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France --- Biblioteca Nacional de Francia --- Bibliothèques (constructions)

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There are over 1,000 McDonald's on French soil. Two Disney theme parks have opened near Paris in the last two decades. And American-inspired vocabulary such as "le weekend" has been absorbed into the French language. But as former French president Jacques Chirac put it: "The U.S. finds France unbearably pretentious. And we find the U.S. unbearably hegemonic." Are the French fascinated or threatened by America? They Americanize yet are notorious for expressions of anti-Americanism. From McDonald's and Coca-Cola to free markets and foreign policy, this book looks closely at the conflicts and contradictions of France's relationship to American politics and culture. Richard Kuisel shows how the French have used America as both yardstick and foil to measure their own distinct national identity. They ask: how can we be modern like the Americans without becoming like them? France has charted its own path: it has welcomed America's products but rejected American policies; assailed America's "jungle capitalism" while liberalizing its own economy; attacked "Reaganomics'" while defending French social security; and protected French cinema, television, food, and language even while ingesting American pop culture. Kuisel examines France's role as an independent ally of the United States--in the reunification of Germany and in military involvement in the Persian Gulf and Bosnia--but he also considers the country's failures in influencing the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations. Whether investigating France's successful information technology sector or its spurning of American expertise during the AIDS epidemic, Kuisel asks if this insistence on a French way represents a growing distance between Europe and the United States or a reaction to American globalization. Exploring cultural trends, values, public opinion, and political reality, The French Way delves into the complex relationship between two modern nations.Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.--

Public opinion --- Anti-Americanism --- Antiamericanism --- United States --- France --- ABŞ --- ABSh --- Ameerika Ühendriigid --- America (Republic) --- Amerika Birlăshmish Shtatlary --- Amerika Birlăşmi Ştatları --- Amerika Birlăşmiş Ştatları --- Amerika ka Kelenyalen Jamanaw --- Amerika Qūrama Shtattary --- Amerika Qŭshma Shtatlari --- Amerika Qushma Shtattary --- Amerika (Republic) --- Amerikai Egyesült Államok --- Amerikanʹ Veĭtʹsėndi︠a︡vks Shtattnė --- Amerikări Pĕrleshu̇llĕ Shtatsem --- Amerikas Forenede Stater --- Amerikayi Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Ameriketako Estatu Batuak --- Amirika Carékat --- AQSh --- Ar. ha-B. --- Arhab --- Artsot ha-Berit --- Artzois Ha'bris --- Bí-kok --- Ē.P.A. --- EE.UU. --- Egyesült Államok --- ĒPA --- Estados Unidos --- Estados Unidos da América do Norte --- Estados Unidos de América --- Estaos Xuníos --- Estaos Xuníos d'América --- Estatos Unitos --- Estatos Unitos d'America --- Estats Units d'Amèrica --- Ètats-Unis d'Amèrica --- États-Unis d'Amérique --- Fareyniḳṭe Shṭaṭn --- Feriene Steaten --- Feriene Steaten fan Amearika --- Forente stater --- FS --- Hēnomenai Politeiai Amerikēs --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- Hiwsisayin Amerikayi Miatsʻeal Tērutʻiwnkʻ --- Istadus Unidus --- Jungtinės Amerikos valstybės --- Mei guo --- Mei-kuo --- Meiguo --- Mî-koet --- Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Miguk --- Na Stàitean Aonaichte --- NSA --- S.U.A. --- SAD --- Saharat ʻAmērikā --- SASht --- Severo-Amerikanskie Shtaty --- Severo-Amerikanskie Soedinennye Shtaty --- Si︠e︡vero-Amerikanskīe Soedinennye Shtaty --- Sjedinjene Američke Države --- Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Severnoĭ Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Si︠e︡vernoĭ Ameriki --- Spojené staty americké --- SShA --- Stadoù-Unanet Amerika --- Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá --- Stany Zjednoczone --- Stati Uniti --- Stati Uniti d'America --- Stâts Unîts --- Stâts Unîts di Americhe --- Steatyn Unnaneysit --- Steatyn Unnaneysit America --- SUA (Stati Uniti d'America) --- Sŭedineni amerikanski shtati --- Sŭedinenite shtati --- Tetã peteĩ reko Amérikagua --- U.S. --- U.S.A. --- United States of America --- Unol Daleithiau --- Unol Daleithiau America --- Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Ameriko --- US --- USA --- Usono --- Vaeinigte Staatn --- Vaeinigte Staatn vo Amerika --- Vereinigte Staaten --- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika --- Verenigde State van Amerika --- Verenigde Staten --- VS --- VSA --- Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amirīkīyah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amrīkīyah --- Yhdysvallat --- Yunaeted Stet --- Yunaeted Stet blong Amerika --- ZDA --- Združene države Amerike --- Zʹi︠e︡dnani Derz︠h︡avy Ameryky --- Zjadnośone staty Ameriki --- Zluchanyi︠a︡ Shtaty Ameryki --- Zlucheni Derz︠h︡avy --- ZSA --- Η.Π.Α. --- Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής --- Америка (Republic) --- Американь Вейтьсэндявкс Штаттнэ --- Америкӑри Пӗрлешӳллӗ Штатсем --- САЩ --- Съединените щати --- Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі --- ولايات المتحدة --- ولايات المتّحدة الأمريكيّة --- ولايات المتحدة الامريكية --- 미국 --- Foreign public opinion, French. --- Civilization --- American influences. --- Relations --- Spojené obce severoamerické --- American English. --- American business enterprises. --- American cultural imperialism. --- American culture. --- American hegemony. --- American politics. --- American popular culture. --- American power. --- Americanization. --- Americanize. --- Atlantic Alliance. --- Coca-Cola. --- France. --- Francois Mitterand. --- French consumers. --- French identity. --- French way. --- Gulf War. --- Jack Lang. --- Reaganomics. --- Ronald Reagan. --- United States. --- Yugoslavia. --- anti-Americanism. --- business practice. --- cultural affairs. --- culture. --- domestic policy. --- economic policy. --- foreign policy. --- foreign relations. --- free markets. --- hyperpower. --- multinational corporations. --- national identity. --- social policy. --- États-Unis --- É.-U. --- ÉU