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

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Studies in American thought and culture.
Main Author: Frankel, Robert Perry, 1958-
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2007], ©2007.
Series:Studies in American thought and culture.
Subjects:
United States > Civilization > Foreign public opinion, British > History > 20th century.
National characteristics, American > Foreign public opinion, British.
Public opinion > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Intellectuals > Great Britain > Attitudes.
Intellectuals > Travel > United States.
Physical Description:xvi, 318 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
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.