TY - GEN AU - Frankel,Robert Perry TI - Observing America: the commentary of British visitors to the United States, 1890-1950 T2 - Studies in American thought and culture PY - 2007/// CY - Madison, Wisc. PB - University of Wisconsin Press KW - Foreign public opinion, British KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Attitudes KW - Travel KW - United States KW - Civilization KW - National characteristics, American KW - Public opinion KW - Intellectuals N1 - 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 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb08789 ER -