Carnegie's model republic [[electronic resource] ] : Triumphant democracy and the British-American relationship / / A.S. Eisenstadt

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813213703321
• Autore: Eisenstadt Abraham Seldin <1920->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007
• ISBN: 0-7914-7938-2; 1-4356-0648-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.5
• Soggetti: National characteristics, American; National characteristics, British; Great Britain Civilization; Great Britain Relations United States; United States Economic conditions 1865-1918; United States Politics and government 1865-1900; United States Relations Great Britain; United States Social life and customs 1865-1918
• 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. 179-197) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Road to Triumphant Democracy -- Major Themes -- The Antithesis of Models -- Reconciling Ideals -- The British Critique -- Affirming America -- The Pan-Anglian Persuasion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- A Brief Note on Sources -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) has long been known as a leading American industrialist, a man of great wealth and great philanthropy. What is not as well known is that he was actively involved in Anglo-American politics and tried to promote a closer relationship between his native Britain and the United States. To that end, Carnegie published Triumphant Democracy in 1886, in which he proposed the American federal republic as a model for solving Britain's unsettling problems. On the basis of his own experience, Carnegie argued that America was a much-improved Britain and that the British monarchy could best overcome its social and political turbulence by following the ; democratic American model. He expressed a growing belief that the antagonism between the two nations should be supplanted by rapprochement. A. S. Eisenstadt offers an in-depth analysis of Triumphant Democracy, illustrating its importance and illuminating the larger current of British-American politics between the American Revolution and World War I and the fascinating exchange about the virtues and defects of the two nations.