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1 online resource (xxxiii, 400 pages) : illustrations |
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List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface: Paying Respects; 1 Monarch-Love; or, How the Prince of Wales Saved the Union; 2 Imperial Nostalgia: American Elegies for British Empire; 3 Freedom and Deference: Society, Antislavery, and BlackIntellectualism; 4 The Anglophile Academy; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
Anglophilia charts the phenomenon of the love of Britain that emerged after the Revolution and remains in the character of U.S. society and class, the style of academic life, and the idea of American intellectualism. But as Tamarkin shows, this Anglophilia was more than just an elite nostalgia; it was popular devotion that made reverence for British tradition instrumental to the psychological innovations of democracy. Anglophilia spoke to fantasies of cultural belonging, polite sociability, and, finally, deference itself as an affective practice within egalitarian politics. Tamarkin traces the |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-381) 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 |
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In English |
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| Subject |
Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Democracy -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Civilization
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Civilization -- British influences
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Democracy -- Social aspects
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Political culture
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Popular culture
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Public opinion
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Public opinion, American
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International relations
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United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139937
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United States -- Civilization -- British influences.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89001973
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140162
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United States -- Relations -- Great Britain
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Great Britain -- Relations -- United States
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Great Britain -- Foreign public opinion, American
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Great Britain
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United States
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Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226789439 |
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0226789438 |
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1281966622 |
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9781281966629 |
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