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Old world, new world : Great Britain and America from the beginning / Kathleen Burk.

By: Burk, Kathleen.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008Edition: 1st American ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [660]-775) and index.Description: xvi, 797 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780871139719 (hc.); 0871139715.Subject(s): United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United StatesDDC classification: 327.73041
Contents:
Prologue: looking Westwards -- Conquest and Colonisation: 1607-1763 -- The War for American Independence: 1763-1783 -- War and rumours of war: 1783-1872 -- 19th century travellers' tales -- Some elements of everyday life in the 19th and 20th centuries -- The turning of the tide: 1871-1945 -- Anglo-American marital relations: 1870-1945 -- The alliance since 1945.
Summary: A history of the relationship between Great Britain and the United States ranges from the establishment of the first English colony in the New World to the present day, examining both nations in terms of what connected them and what drove them apart.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [660]-775) and index.

Prologue: looking Westwards -- Conquest and Colonisation: 1607-1763 -- The War for American Independence: 1763-1783 -- War and rumours of war: 1783-1872 -- 19th century travellers' tales -- Some elements of everyday life in the 19th and 20th centuries -- The turning of the tide: 1871-1945 -- Anglo-American marital relations: 1870-1945 -- The alliance since 1945.

A history of the relationship between Great Britain and the United States ranges from the establishment of the first English colony in the New World to the present day, examining both nations in terms of what connected them and what drove them apart.

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