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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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| 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 |
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 |
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Parrish Susan Scott
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| 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 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
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Parrish Susan Scott
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| 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 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
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Armytage W. H. G.
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| Abingdon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
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Armytage W. H. G.
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| Abingdon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Anglophilia [[electronic resource] ] : deference, devotion, and antebellum America / / Elisa Tamarkin
| Anglophilia [[electronic resource] ] : deference, devotion, and antebellum America / / Elisa Tamarkin |
| Autore | Tamarkin Elisa |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (435 p.) |
| Disciplina | 973.3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Public opinion - United States - History - 19th century
Popular culture - United States - History - 19th century Democracy - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century Political culture - United States - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-96662-2
9786611966621 0-226-78943-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter One. Monarch-Love; or, How the Prince of Wales Saved the Union -- Chapter Two. Imperial Nostalgia -- Chapter Three. Freedom and Deference -- Chapter Four. The Anglophile Academy -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454201203321 |
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Tamarkin Elisa
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Anglophilia [[electronic resource] ] : deference, devotion, and antebellum America / / Elisa Tamarkin
| Anglophilia [[electronic resource] ] : deference, devotion, and antebellum America / / Elisa Tamarkin |
| Autore | Tamarkin Elisa |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (435 p.) |
| Disciplina | 973.3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Public opinion - United States - History - 19th century
Popular culture - United States - History - 19th century Democracy - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century Political culture - United States - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto non controllato | anglophilia, american revolution, britain, england, class, academia, intellectualism, elite, nostalgia, reverence, affect theory, tradition, democracy, republic, belonging, politeness, etiquette, social standards, deference, egalitarian, politics, slavery, union, liberty, loyalty, civil war, attachment, national identity, african americans, immigrants, urban, students, whigs, filial piety, hawthorne, patriotism, rebellion, imperialism, education, harvard, dilettantes, sincerity, nonfiction, history |
| ISBN |
1-281-96662-2
9786611966621 0-226-78943-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter One. Monarch-Love; or, How the Prince of Wales Saved the Union -- Chapter Two. Imperial Nostalgia -- Chapter Three. Freedom and Deference -- Chapter Four. The Anglophile Academy -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782537003321 |
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Tamarkin Elisa
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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