Unlikely allies : Britain, America, and the Victorian origins of the special relationship
2007, First Edition. Hambledon Continuum, London. Fine cloth copy in a fine, very slightly edge-bumped dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #478637
ISBN: 9781847251916
Summary; Duncan Andrew Campbell describes and analyses the often turbulent and surprising relationship between Britain and the United States in the 19th century. Physical Description; viii, 307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. Contents; The war both sides won - Who reads an American book? - Trade, immigration and the transfer of capital and technology - Taking liberties and beacons of freedom - Squabbles and squalls: the scramble for North America and the diplomatic relationship form 1815 to 1860 - John Bull, Cousin Jonathan and Johnny Reb: Great Britain and the American Civil War, 1861-65 - The road to rapprochement: Anglo-American diplomatic relations from 1865 to the First World War - Arguing affinities; debating differences: British politics and the United States in the later nineteenth century - Towards a transatlantic culture - Conclusion: closer cousins? Subjects; 1783-1921. Diplomatic relations. Great Britain. Great Britain Foreign relations 19th century. Great Britain Foreign relations United States. USA. United States. United States Foreign relations 1783-1865. United States Foreign relations 1865-1921. United States Foreign relations Great Britain.
Price: €125.00