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The Familiar Made Strange arises from a most original idea: take familiar texts we accept as self-evidently 'American' and expose their complex transnational histories, thus obliging the reader to view them with new eyes. The result is thought-provoking, lively, and quite simply a pleasure to read. -Marilyn Young, New York University, author of The Vietnam Wars, 1945-1990

The Familiar Made Strange arises from a most original idea: take familiar texts we accept as self-evidently 'American' and expose their complex transnational histories, thus obliging the reader to view them with new eyes. The result is thought-provoking, lively, and quite simply a pleasure to read. -Marilyn Young, New York University, author of The Vietnam Wars, 1945-1990 In this smart, exuberant, and often provocative set of essays, a renowned group of historians set themselves the task of making transnationalism work. I was struck by how often a transnational lens also required truly interdisciplinary approaches-artistic analysis, economics, cultural history, and international affairs are necessarily cohabiting here. For scholars, students, and teachers, this offers a capacious sense of possibility. It is a priceless collection. -Melani McAlister, author of Epic Encounters The Familiar Made Strange, a highly innovative book, focuses on specific icons and artifacts to illustrate themes and methodologies in transnational history. Combining strong writing and fascinating topics, this book will delight scholars, general readers, and students. -Emily S. Rosenberg, coeditor of Body and Nation

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Brooke L. Blower is Associate Professor of History at Boston University. She is the author of Becoming Americans in Paris: Transatlantic Politics and Culture between the World Wars. Mark Philip Bradley is Bernadotte E. Schmitt Professor of History at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Vietnam at War and Imagining Vietnam and America: The Making of Postcolonial Vietnam, 1919-1950 and coeditor of Making Sense of the Vietnam Wars: Transnational and International Perspectives and Truth Claims: Representations and Human Rights.

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