Observing America : the commentary of British visitors to the United States, 1890-1950 /
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Madison, Wis. :
University of Wisconsin Press,
c2007
Madison, Wisc. : c2007 Madison, Wisc. : [2007] |
Series: | ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
ACLS Humanities E-Book Studies in American thought and culture |
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Table of Contents:
- The plight of the cities : W.T. Stead and 1890's 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 1920's
- 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 1940's
- Conclusion : lost republic, lost tradition
- 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 on the culture of the United States in the 1920s
- The new deals : Harold Laski, H.G. Wells, and Roosevelt's America vs. Stalin's Russia
- The businessman's America : Harold Laski's view of the United States in the 1940s
- Conclusion : lost republic, lost tradition