Old world, new world : Great Britain and America from the beginning / Kathleen Burk.

Author/creator Burk, Kathleen
Format Book
Edition1st American ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008, ©2007.
Descriptionxvi, 797 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects
United States--Foreign relations. --Great Britain.
Great Britain--Foreign relations. --United States.

Contents Prologue: looking Westwards -- Conquest and Colonisation: 1607-1763 -- The War for American Independence: 1763-1783 -- War and rumours of war: 1783-1872 -- 19th century travellers' tales -- Some elements of everyday life in the 19th and 20th centuries -- The turning of the tide: 1871-1945 -- Anglo-American marital relations: 1870-1945 -- The alliance since 1945.
Abstract A history of the relationship between Great Britain and the United States ranges from the establishment of the first English colony in the New World to the present day, examining both nations in terms of what connected them and what drove them apart.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [660]-775) and index.
ISBN9780871139719 (hc.)
ISBN0871139715

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Joyner General Stacks E 183.8.G7 B85 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold