| Description |
1 online resource (273 pages) |
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Preface; Ch01. Republican Yankees; Ch02. Coronation and After; Ch03. Victoria and Albert; Ch04. Yankee Doodle Comes to Town; Ch05. Seeing the Queen; Ch06. Before the Deluge; Ch07. Civil War at Home; Ch08. An End to Seclusion; Ch09. Guest Tales; Ch10. "Grandmother England"; Ch11. Command Performances; Ch12. Jubilee Encore; Ch13. Last Encounters; Afterword. Caisson for a Queen; Acknowledgments; Notes; Sources; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
Little seems to have changed since Queen Victoria's day in the instant magnetism of British royalty across the Atlantic Ocean; yet for the first generations liberated by revolution, the British Isles and its sovereigns seemed as remote as the moon. In theyoung nation, Americans who were little interested in the sons and daughters of their last king, George III, developed a love-hate relationship with Victoria, his granddaughter, that lasted for all her sixty-four years on the throne, ending only with herdeath in the first weeks of the twentieth century. Victoria's long reign encompassed much o |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 -- Public opinion
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Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861 -- Public opinion
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Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861. fast (OCoLC)fst01774332 |
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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901. fast (OCoLC)fst00031183 |
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National characteristics, American -- History -- 19th century
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Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Americans -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Americans.
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International relations.
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National characteristics, American.
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Public opinion.
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Public opinion, American.
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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 -- History -- 19th century
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Great Britain.
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United States.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781611490619 |
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1611490618 |
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