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America in the British Imagination [[electronic resource] ] : 1945 to the Present / / by J. Lyons
America in the British Imagination [[electronic resource] ] : 1945 to the Present / / by J. Lyons
Autore Lyons J
Edizione [1st ed. 2013.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (277 p.)
Disciplina 941.085
Soggetto topico America—History
World politics
Social history
Great Britain—History
Europe—History
History, Modern
History of the Americas
Political History
Social History
History of Britain and Ireland
European History
Modern History
ISBN 1-137-37679-1
1-137-37680-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Architect of Modern Britain: The Influence of the United Stateson Britain, 1945-1963; 2 Terra Incognita: The United States in the British Imagination, 1945-1963; 3 The BritishWorking Class and the United States, 1963-1979; 4 The United States and the Politics of Thatcherism, 1979-1990; 5 Culture Wars: American Global Supremacy and British Nationalism, 1990-2001; 6 September 11 and After: From Hostility to Indifference, 2001-2013; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Lyons J  
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America in the British Imagination [[electronic resource] ] : 1945 to the Present / / by J. Lyons
America in the British Imagination [[electronic resource] ] : 1945 to the Present / / by J. Lyons
Autore Lyons J
Edizione [1st ed. 2013.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (277 p.)
Disciplina 941.085
Soggetto topico America—History
World politics
Social history
Great Britain—History
Europe—History
History, Modern
History of the Americas
Political History
Social History
History of Britain and Ireland
European History
Modern History
ISBN 1-137-37679-1
1-137-37680-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Architect of Modern Britain: The Influence of the United Stateson Britain, 1945-1963; 2 Terra Incognita: The United States in the British Imagination, 1945-1963; 3 The BritishWorking Class and the United States, 1963-1979; 4 The United States and the Politics of Thatcherism, 1979-1990; 5 Culture Wars: American Global Supremacy and British Nationalism, 1990-2001; 6 September 11 and After: From Hostility to Indifference, 2001-2013; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910815251103321
Lyons J  
New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013
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American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish
American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish
Autore Parrish Susan Scott
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (342 p.)
Disciplina 508/.0973
Collana Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
Soggetto topico Natural history - United States - History
Science - Social aspects - United States - History
Intercultural communication - United States - History
Imperialism - History
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-8078-5678-9
1-4696-0095-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The British metropolis and its "America," 1584-1763. A strange overplus ; Nature's admirable regularity ; London's curious -- English bodies in America. The English humoral body ; Contagious climates ; The English body saved ; Uncouth symptoms -- Atlantic correspondence networks and the curious male colonial. Mutual commerce ; Not one rational eye ; The empirical advantage ; Becoming an F.R.S. ; Us Americans -- The nature of candid friendship. Familiar letters ; The honest friend versus the fop ; Curious love ; Gifts -- Lavinia's nature. Fatal curiosity ; A peculiar grace in the fair sex ; Specimens by every shipping ; Finding signs of the pastoral -- Indian sagacity. The most secret things of nature ; Dear and deadly grapes ; Contested mediation ; No people have better eyes ; A wonderful antidote -- African magi, slave poisoners. Topographies of slave knowledge ; Cunning ; Hiding places ; Collectors ; Poisoners ; Healers ; Obscene birds ; Forest trial, forest refuge.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910460610103321
Parrish Susan Scott  
Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006
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American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish
American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish
Autore Parrish Susan Scott
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (342 p.)
Disciplina 508/.0973
Collana Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
Soggetto topico Natural history - United States - History
Science - Social aspects - United States - History
Intercultural communication - United States - History
Imperialism - History
ISBN 979-88-908792-1-9
0-8078-5678-9
1-4696-0095-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The British metropolis and its "America," 1584-1763. A strange overplus ; Nature's admirable regularity ; London's curious -- English bodies in America. The English humoral body ; Contagious climates ; The English body saved ; Uncouth symptoms -- Atlantic correspondence networks and the curious male colonial. Mutual commerce ; Not one rational eye ; The empirical advantage ; Becoming an F.R.S. ; Us Americans -- The nature of candid friendship. Familiar letters ; The honest friend versus the fop ; Curious love ; Gifts -- Lavinia's nature. Fatal curiosity ; A peculiar grace in the fair sex ; Specimens by every shipping ; Finding signs of the pastoral -- Indian sagacity. The most secret things of nature ; Dear and deadly grapes ; Contested mediation ; No people have better eyes ; A wonderful antidote -- African magi, slave poisoners. Topographies of slave knowledge ; Cunning ; Hiding places ; Collectors ; Poisoners ; Healers ; Obscene birds ; Forest trial, forest refuge.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910797705403321
Parrish Susan Scott  
Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006
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American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish
American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish
Autore Parrish Susan Scott
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (342 p.)
Disciplina 508/.0973
Collana Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
Soggetto topico Natural history - United States - History
Science - Social aspects - United States - History
Intercultural communication - United States - History
Imperialism - History
ISBN 979-88-908792-1-9
0-8078-5678-9
1-4696-0095-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The British metropolis and its "America," 1584-1763. A strange overplus ; Nature's admirable regularity ; London's curious -- English bodies in America. The English humoral body ; Contagious climates ; The English body saved ; Uncouth symptoms -- Atlantic correspondence networks and the curious male colonial. Mutual commerce ; Not one rational eye ; The empirical advantage ; Becoming an F.R.S. ; Us Americans -- The nature of candid friendship. Familiar letters ; The honest friend versus the fop ; Curious love ; Gifts -- Lavinia's nature. Fatal curiosity ; A peculiar grace in the fair sex ; Specimens by every shipping ; Finding signs of the pastoral -- Indian sagacity. The most secret things of nature ; Dear and deadly grapes ; Contested mediation ; No people have better eyes ; A wonderful antidote -- African magi, slave poisoners. Topographies of slave knowledge ; Cunning ; Hiding places ; Collectors ; Poisoners ; Healers ; Obscene birds ; Forest trial, forest refuge.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910815308103321
Parrish Susan Scott  
Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006
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The American influence on English education / / W.H.G. Armytage
The American influence on English education / / W.H.G. Armytage
Autore Armytage W. H. G.
Pubbl/distr/stampa Abingdon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (137 p.)
Disciplina 370.941
370.973
370/.973
Collana Routledge library editions: education
Soggetto topico Education - United States - History
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-67077-0
9786613647702
1-136-72276-9
0-203-81652-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto THE AMERICAN INFLUENCE ON ENGLISH EDUCATION; Copyright; The American Influence on English Education; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Yankee gospel; (i) Its exponent and his relationship with pro- American groups in eighteenth century England; (ii) Its chapel: the Royal Institution; (iii) Returned loyalists: Francis Green and the education of the deaf; Lindley Murray and his famous 'grammar'; (iv) Frontier service agencies and their influence on the University of London; (v) Early chapelries: lyceums, mechanics' institutes; and Franklin Clubs
(vi) 'Emerson mania' in the industrial north of England2 The emergence of the school boards; (i) Liberal admiration of popularly-elected non-sectarian school boards: Cobden's visit in 1835, and subsequent activity to promote them in England; (ii) The Horace Mann, George Combe, Cobden triangle; (iii) Other endorsements of American board school: James Silk Buckingham (pioneer town planner); J. F. W. Johnstone (chemist); Alexander MacKay (journalist); Lord Acton (historian); Harriet Martineau (feminist); J. R. Godley (Tory)
(iv) The House of Commons and American practice: J. A. Roebuck in 1833 Sir Thomas Wyse in 1835; and Sir James Pakington in 1856; (v) The Endowed Schools Commission: James Frasefs report at the close of the Civil War, 1865; (vi) Background to 1870; (vii) The seepage of labour; 3 Mass literacy; (i) Radicalism and reading; Cobbett's success; The Stamp Act and Bulwer Lytton's arguments for a free press; Harmsworth and the rise of the American style newspaper; (ii) American juvenile books: 'Peter Parley'; the McGuffey readers; the 'Rollo' series and their Socinian outlook
(iii) Emerson's influence on Froude Walt Whitman and the 'bulk-people' of the industrial north of England; Fenimore Cooper and Nathaniel Hawthorne's anti-historicism; (iv) The rise of free libraries: the gifts of Andrew Carnegie, and the cataloguing skills of Melvil Dewey; (v) From detective story to science fiction; (vi) The 'neurosis of the future'; 4 The Land Grant example; (i) The Morrill Act of 1862 and American encouragement of scientific research, especially in agriculture; (ii) The 'Wisconsin model' and its English admirers, Patrick Geddes and Victor Branford
(iii) Chautauqua to Chicago: the concept of the universal college(iv) Andrew Carnegie, Joseph Chamberlain and the rise of the civic universities; (v) Post-graduate research: the Johns Hopkins exemplar and Sir William Osier; (vi) The Mosely Commission, 1903; L.E.A.'s look across the Atlantic; H. B. Gray and the Public Schools; 5 The twentieth century university; (i) Balfour's attempts to attract American post-graduate students to Britain; institution of the Ph.D. and of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals; the flow, primed by Harkness and Rockefeller grants, increases westward
(ii) American critics of the European tradition: Henry Adams and Abraham Flexner
Record Nr. UNINA-9910461982103321
Armytage W. H. G.  
Abingdon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2012
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The American influence on English education / / W.H.G. Armytage
The American influence on English education / / W.H.G. Armytage
Autore Armytage W. H. G.
Pubbl/distr/stampa Abingdon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (137 p.)
Disciplina 370.941
370.973
370/.973
Collana Routledge library editions: education
Soggetto topico Education - United States - History
ISBN 1-136-72275-0
1-280-67077-0
9786613647702
1-136-72276-9
0-203-81652-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto THE AMERICAN INFLUENCE ON ENGLISH EDUCATION; Copyright; The American Influence on English Education; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Yankee gospel; (i) Its exponent and his relationship with pro- American groups in eighteenth century England; (ii) Its chapel: the Royal Institution; (iii) Returned loyalists: Francis Green and the education of the deaf; Lindley Murray and his famous 'grammar'; (iv) Frontier service agencies and their influence on the University of London; (v) Early chapelries: lyceums, mechanics' institutes; and Franklin Clubs
(vi) 'Emerson mania' in the industrial north of England2 The emergence of the school boards; (i) Liberal admiration of popularly-elected non-sectarian school boards: Cobden's visit in 1835, and subsequent activity to promote them in England; (ii) The Horace Mann, George Combe, Cobden triangle; (iii) Other endorsements of American board school: James Silk Buckingham (pioneer town planner); J. F. W. Johnstone (chemist); Alexander MacKay (journalist); Lord Acton (historian); Harriet Martineau (feminist); J. R. Godley (Tory)
(iv) The House of Commons and American practice: J. A. Roebuck in 1833 Sir Thomas Wyse in 1835; and Sir James Pakington in 1856; (v) The Endowed Schools Commission: James Frasefs report at the close of the Civil War, 1865; (vi) Background to 1870; (vii) The seepage of labour; 3 Mass literacy; (i) Radicalism and reading; Cobbett's success; The Stamp Act and Bulwer Lytton's arguments for a free press; Harmsworth and the rise of the American style newspaper; (ii) American juvenile books: 'Peter Parley'; the McGuffey readers; the 'Rollo' series and their Socinian outlook
(iii) Emerson's influence on Froude Walt Whitman and the 'bulk-people' of the industrial north of England; Fenimore Cooper and Nathaniel Hawthorne's anti-historicism; (iv) The rise of free libraries: the gifts of Andrew Carnegie, and the cataloguing skills of Melvil Dewey; (v) From detective story to science fiction; (vi) The 'neurosis of the future'; 4 The Land Grant example; (i) The Morrill Act of 1862 and American encouragement of scientific research, especially in agriculture; (ii) The 'Wisconsin model' and its English admirers, Patrick Geddes and Victor Branford
(iii) Chautauqua to Chicago: the concept of the universal college(iv) Andrew Carnegie, Joseph Chamberlain and the rise of the civic universities; (v) Post-graduate research: the Johns Hopkins exemplar and Sir William Osier; (vi) The Mosely Commission, 1903; L.E.A.'s look across the Atlantic; H. B. Gray and the Public Schools; 5 The twentieth century university; (i) Balfour's attempts to attract American post-graduate students to Britain; institution of the Ph.D. and of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals; the flow, primed by Harkness and Rockefeller grants, increases westward
(ii) American critics of the European tradition: Henry Adams and Abraham Flexner
Record Nr. UNINA-9910790229803321
Armytage W. H. G.  
Abingdon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2012
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The American influence on English education / / W.H.G. Armytage
The American influence on English education / / W.H.G. Armytage
Autore Armytage W. H. G.
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Abingdon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (137 p.)
Disciplina 370.941
370.973
370/.973
Collana Routledge library editions: education
Soggetto topico Education - United States - History
ISBN 1-136-72275-0
1-280-67077-0
9786613647702
1-136-72276-9
0-203-81652-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto THE AMERICAN INFLUENCE ON ENGLISH EDUCATION; Copyright; The American Influence on English Education; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Yankee gospel; (i) Its exponent and his relationship with pro- American groups in eighteenth century England; (ii) Its chapel: the Royal Institution; (iii) Returned loyalists: Francis Green and the education of the deaf; Lindley Murray and his famous 'grammar'; (iv) Frontier service agencies and their influence on the University of London; (v) Early chapelries: lyceums, mechanics' institutes; and Franklin Clubs
(vi) 'Emerson mania' in the industrial north of England2 The emergence of the school boards; (i) Liberal admiration of popularly-elected non-sectarian school boards: Cobden's visit in 1835, and subsequent activity to promote them in England; (ii) The Horace Mann, George Combe, Cobden triangle; (iii) Other endorsements of American board school: James Silk Buckingham (pioneer town planner); J. F. W. Johnstone (chemist); Alexander MacKay (journalist); Lord Acton (historian); Harriet Martineau (feminist); J. R. Godley (Tory)
(iv) The House of Commons and American practice: J. A. Roebuck in 1833 Sir Thomas Wyse in 1835; and Sir James Pakington in 1856; (v) The Endowed Schools Commission: James Frasefs report at the close of the Civil War, 1865; (vi) Background to 1870; (vii) The seepage of labour; 3 Mass literacy; (i) Radicalism and reading; Cobbett's success; The Stamp Act and Bulwer Lytton's arguments for a free press; Harmsworth and the rise of the American style newspaper; (ii) American juvenile books: 'Peter Parley'; the McGuffey readers; the 'Rollo' series and their Socinian outlook
(iii) Emerson's influence on Froude Walt Whitman and the 'bulk-people' of the industrial north of England; Fenimore Cooper and Nathaniel Hawthorne's anti-historicism; (iv) The rise of free libraries: the gifts of Andrew Carnegie, and the cataloguing skills of Melvil Dewey; (v) From detective story to science fiction; (vi) The 'neurosis of the future'; 4 The Land Grant example; (i) The Morrill Act of 1862 and American encouragement of scientific research, especially in agriculture; (ii) The 'Wisconsin model' and its English admirers, Patrick Geddes and Victor Branford
(iii) Chautauqua to Chicago: the concept of the universal college(iv) Andrew Carnegie, Joseph Chamberlain and the rise of the civic universities; (v) Post-graduate research: the Johns Hopkins exemplar and Sir William Osier; (vi) The Mosely Commission, 1903; L.E.A.'s look across the Atlantic; H. B. Gray and the Public Schools; 5 The twentieth century university; (i) Balfour's attempts to attract American post-graduate students to Britain; institution of the Ph.D. and of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals; the flow, primed by Harkness and Rockefeller grants, increases westward
(ii) American critics of the European tradition: Henry Adams and Abraham Flexner
Record Nr. UNINA-9910811894003321
Armytage W. H. G.  
Abingdon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2012
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Anglo-American relations : contemporary perspectives / / edited by Alan P. Dobson and Steve Marsh
Anglo-American relations : contemporary perspectives / / edited by Alan P. Dobson and Steve Marsh
Pubbl/distr/stampa Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (321 p.)
Disciplina 327.73041
Altri autori (Persone) DobsonAlan P
MarshSteve <1967->
Collana Routledge advances in international relations and global politics
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-283-97322-7
0-203-08008-4
1-136-16415-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Anglo-American Relations Contemporary perspectives; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction; 1 Is there a 'strategic culture' of the special relationship? Contingency, identity, and the transformation of Anglo-American relations; 2 'Affection is the cement which binds us': Understanding the cultural sinews of the Anglo-American special relationship; 3 Personal diplomacy: Relations between prime ministers and presidents; 4 Transatlantic diplomacy and 'global' states; 5 The Anglo-American economic relationship: Special or not?
6 Global warming and the cooling of the special relationship: climate change and post-Cold War US-UK environmental politics7 The Anglo-American defence relationship; 8 'Strained' relations? Evaluating contemporary Anglo- American intelligence and security co-operation; 9 The US-UK special relationship: The Nuclear Dimension; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910462867203321
Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
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Anglo-American relations : contemporary perspectives / / edited by Alan P. Dobson and Steve Marsh
Anglo-American relations : contemporary perspectives / / edited by Alan P. Dobson and Steve Marsh
Pubbl/distr/stampa Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (321 p.)
Disciplina 327.73041
Altri autori (Persone) DobsonAlan P
MarshSteve <1967->
Collana Routledge advances in international relations and global politics
ISBN 1-136-16414-6
1-283-97322-7
0-203-08008-4
1-136-16415-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Anglo-American Relations Contemporary perspectives; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction; 1 Is there a 'strategic culture' of the special relationship? Contingency, identity, and the transformation of Anglo-American relations; 2 'Affection is the cement which binds us': Understanding the cultural sinews of the Anglo-American special relationship; 3 Personal diplomacy: Relations between prime ministers and presidents; 4 Transatlantic diplomacy and 'global' states; 5 The Anglo-American economic relationship: Special or not?
6 Global warming and the cooling of the special relationship: climate change and post-Cold War US-UK environmental politics7 The Anglo-American defence relationship; 8 'Strained' relations? Evaluating contemporary Anglo- American intelligence and security co-operation; 9 The US-UK special relationship: The Nuclear Dimension; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910786045703321
Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
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