This kindred people : Canadian-American relations and the Anglo-Saxon idea, 1895-1903 / / Edward P. Kohn

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813024403321
• Autore: Kohn Edward P (Edward Parliament), <1968->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2004
• ISBN: 1-282-86294-4; 9786612862946; 0-7735-7226-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.71073/09/034
• Soggetti: Anglo-Saxon race; Race anglo-saxonne; United States Relations Canada; Canada Relations United States; United States Foreign relations 1865-1921; Canada Foreign relations; Canada Relations exterieures Etats-Unis; Etats-Unis Relations exterieures Canada; Canada Relations exterieures 1867-1918; Etats-Unis Relations exterieures 1865-1921
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-245) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- The Anglo-Saxon Mirror -- The Venezuela Crisis, Canada, and American “Hemispherism”: The North American Context of the Rapprochement and the Anglo-Saxon Response -- John Charlton and the Limits of Anglo-Saxonism: The Failure of Reciprocity and the Anglo-American Joint High Commission -- “White Man’s Burden”: English-Canadian Anglo-Saxonism and the Spanish-American War -- The Crest and Decline of North American Anglo-Saxonism: The South African War, the Alaska Modus Vivendi, and the Abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty -- The Defeat (and Triumph) of North American Anglo-Saxonism: The Alaska Boundary Tribunal -- The Obsolescence of North American Anglo-Saxonism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Kohn shows how Americans and Canadians often referred to each other as members of the same "family," sharing the same "blood," and drew upon the common lexicon of Anglo-Saxon rhetoric to undermine old rivalries and underscore shared interests. Though the predominance of Anglo-Saxonism proved short-lived, it left a legacy of Canadian-American goodwill as both nations accepted their shared destiny on the continent. Kohn argues that this new Canadian-American understanding fostered the Anglo-American "special relationship" that shaped the twentieth century.