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This article is about the different effects that American "glamour" has had on other parts of the world. It focuses on post World War II when glamour became a more prominent factor in society. This article says the American film industry is much to blame for this new found attention on glamour. This article specifically focuses on Italy and the effects that glamour had on mass consumption of material possessions. Gundle, Stephen. "Hollywood Glamour and Mass Consumption in Postwar Italy." Journal of Cold War Studies, vol. 4, No. 3 (2002): 95-118. Web. 30 Oct 2010.

Glazer, Diane L. "AMONG FRIENDS: ITALIAN FUTURISM COMES TO AMERICA." New Sound: International Magazine for Music 34 (2009): 62-75. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2010. This article is the description of the first Futurist artist in America and how Futurism changed when it came over from Italy. It is mostly an analysis of "the first American futurist", Joseph Stella, and a "futurist composer", Edgar Varese. The author also compares these American futurists with the founding Italian futurist, Filippo Marinetti.

Glazer, Diane L. "Among Friends: Italian Futurism Comes to America." New Sound: International Magazine for Music 34 (2009): 62-75. Web. 28 Oct. 2010. This article is about the arrival and spread of Italian Futurist ideas throughout the New York City culture in the early 20th century. It goes into detail the lives of the first American Futurist painter, Joseph Stella and a composer by the name of Edgard Varèse. In the article, the lives of these two artists are analyzed from the perspective of the work that they created. Through their works a friendship was made. Through this friendship and contribution to the art community Futurism grew through New York.

Adamson, Walter L. "Contexts and Debates Fascinating futurism: The historiographical politics of an historical avant-garde." Modern Italy 13.1 (2008): 69-85. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Contains descriptions of a couple distiguishable groups of futursts and elaborates on there differences. The article also gives adaquate background information on people like Marinetti as well as for the futurist and fascist movements themselves. The author indicates that there may be some confusion in separation the fascist and futurist movements but the author attemps to correct this issue.

Benton, Tim. "Dreams of Machines: Futurism and l'Esprit Nouveau." Journal of Design History 3.1 (1990):19-34. JSTOR. Web.17 Nov. 2010. This article contains the views of Reyner Banham on Futurism and its affect on the theory and design of machines. It analyses the thoughts of Filippo Marinetti, who wrote the Maniifesto. Specifically it engages in the development of the automobile. Futurism had a part in the development in many things especially in car advancement.