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Observing America: the commentary of British visitors to the United States, 1890-1950
Robert Perry Frankel
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Frontmatter
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Preface (page ix)
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Introduction: The Forebears (page 3)
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1 The Plight of the Cities: W. T. Stead and 1890s Urban America (page 17)
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2 The Bonds of Blood: W. T. Stead's Vision of Anglo-American Unity at the Turn of the Century (page 52)
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3 The Promise of America: H. G. Wells and the Progressive Era (page 76)
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4 The Global Stage: H. G. Wells on America's Emergence in the First World War (page 111)
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5 Main Street America: G. K. Chesterton and the Culture of the United States in the 1920s (page 140)
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6 The New Deals: Harold Laski, H. G. Wells, and Roosevelt's America versus Stalin's Russia (page 178)
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7 The Businessman's America: Harold Laski's View of the United States in the 1940s (page 212)
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Conclusion: Lost Republic, Lost Tradition (page 243)
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Acknowledgments (page 249)
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Notes (page 251)
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Bibliography (page 293)
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Index (page 307)
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Published: c2007
Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
- 9780299218805 (hardcover)
- 9780299218836 (ebook)