Title Observing America : the commentary of British visitors to the United States, 1890-1950 / Robert Frankel

Published Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 318 pages) Series Studies in American thought and culture Studies in American thought and culture. Contents The plight of the cities : W.T. Stead and 1890s urban America -- The bonds of blood : W.T. Stead's vision of Anglo-American unity at the turn of the century -- The promise of America : H.G. Wells and the progressive era -- The global stage : H.G. Wells on America's emergence in the First World War -- Main street America : G.K. Chesterton and the culture of the United States in the 1920s -- The new deals : Harold Laski, H.G. Wells, and Roosevelt's America versus Stalin's Russia -- The businessman's America : Harold Laski's view of the United States in the 1940s -- Conclusion : lost republic, lost tradition Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject National characteristics, American -- Public opinion Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Intellectuals -- Great Britain -- Attitudes Intellectuals -- Travel -- United States HISTORY. Civilization -- Foreign public opinion, British Intellectuals -- Attitudes Intellectuals -- Travel National characteristics, American -- Public opinion Public opinion SUBJECT United States -- Civilization -- Foreign public opinion, British -- History -- 20th century Subject Great Britain United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780299218836 029921883X

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