Observing America the commentary of British visitors to the United States, 1890-1950 / [electronic resource] :
Robert P. Frankel.
- Madison, Wisc. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2007.
- xvi, 318 p. ; 24 cm.
- Studies in American thought and culture .
- Studies in American thought and culture. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
E-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal American Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about/
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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--Foreign public opinion, British.--History--Great Britain--20th century.--Attitudes.--Great Britain--Travel--United States.
United States--Civilization--Foreign public opinion, British--History--20th century.
National characteristics, American Public opinion Intellectuals Intellectuals