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LEADER: 02124cam a2200337 a 4500
001 2006008622
003 DLC
005 20080718083959.0
008 060310s2007 wiu b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2006008622
020 $a0299218805 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm65207031
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050 00 $aE169.1$b.F828 2007
082 00 $a973.91$222
100 1 $aFrankel, Robert Perry,$d1958-
245 10 $aObserving America :$bthe commentary of British visitors to the United States, 1890-1950 /$cRobert Frankel.
260 $aMadison, Wis. :$bUniversity of Wisconsin Press,$cc2007.
300 $axvi, 318 p. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aStudies in American thought and culture
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-305) and index.
505 0 $aThe plight of the cities : W.T. Stead and 1890s urban America -- The bonds of blood : W.T. Stead's vision of Anglo-American unity at the turn of the century -- The promise of America : H.G. Wells and the progressive era -- The global stage : H.G. Wells on America's emergence in the First World War -- Main street America : G.K. Chesterton and the culture of the United States in the 1920s -- The new deals : Harold Laski, H.G. Wells, and Roosevelt's America versus Stalin's Russia -- The businessman's America : Harold Laski's view of the United States in the 1940s -- Conclusion : lost republic, lost tradition.
651 0 $aUnited States$xCivilization$xForeign public opinion, British$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, American$xPublic opinion.
650 0 $aPublic opinion$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aIntellectuals$zGreat Britain$xAttitudes.
650 0 $aIntellectuals$xTravel$zUnited States.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0610/2006008622.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2006008622-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2006008622-d.html