Travelling Goods, Travelling Moods: Varieties of Cultural Appropriation (1850-1950)

Looking at cultural appropriation from around the world, this volume uses the field of cultural studies-heavily influenced by both economics and sociology-as a lens through which to view the paradigm of transcultural consumption. The editors present a variety of consumptive phenomena including: the introduction of Chinese foods to the United States, Ford cars in Germany, and American schoolbooks in the Philippines. Rejecting the idea that these interactions were simply forms of "Americanization," *Travelling Goods, Travelling Moods* fills a gap in consumer studies and enriches the debate about cultural transfer.