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Autore: | Eisenstadt Abraham Seldin <1920-> |
Titolo: | Carnegie's model republic [[electronic resource] ] : Triumphant democracy and the British-American relationship / / A.S. Eisenstadt |
Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
Disciplina: | 973.5 |
Soggetto topico: | National characteristics, American |
National characteristics, British | |
Soggetto geografico: | 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 | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Carnegie's model republic |
ISBN: | 0-7914-7938-2 |
1-4356-0648-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910813213703321 |
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