Rival Modernities Katie R. Novak Edward Stillingfleet

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Rival Modernities Katie R. Novak Edward StillingfleetWhat do Buffalo Bill and Gustave Eiffel have in common? These celebrities are both part of Venita Datta's analysis of competing notions of modernity and French American relations at the turn of the twentieth century. Fin de siecle France saw itself as the premier modern country. A pioneer in the aviation and cinema industries, its capital Paris was home to the cultural avant garde. Nonetheless, the French harbored ambivalent feelings toward modernity