by Vicente Verdú · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433966377
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«El planeta americano» is the sociological essay by Vicente Verdú, published by Editorial Anagrama in paperback (176 pages, in Spanish).
The essay shows how the United States has gone from being a country with specific cultural products to a global model that permeates daily life, the economy and thought. Verdú argues that this expansion is consistent with foundational American ideals and warns of the risks of adopting it without a critical eye.
It belongs to Anagrama's Compactos collection (no. 206) and won the Anagrama Essay Prize; the work was originally published in 1999.
For readers of essays and sociology interested in the cultural influence of the United States on politics, economics and daily life.
Vicente Verdú was a Spanish writer, journalist and economist.
