Observing America
Subtitle: the commentary of British visitors to the United States, 1890-1950
By: Robert Frankel.
Series: Studies in American thought and culture
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Madison, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: National characteristics, American -- Foreign public opinion, British; Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Intellectuals -- Great Britain -- Attitudes; Intellectuals -- Travel -- United States; United States -- Civilization -- Foreign public opinion, British -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-305) and index.
Table of contents: title: The plight of the cities : W.T. Stead and 1890s urban America; title: The bonds of blood : W.T. Stead's vision of Anglo-American unity at the turn of the century; title: The promise of America : H.G. Wells and the progressive era; title: The global stage : H.G. Wells on America's emergence in the First World War; title: Main street America : G.K. Chesterton and the culture of the United States in the 1920s; title: The new deals : Harold Laski, H.G. Wells, and Roosevelt's America versus Stalin's Russia; title: The businessman's America : Harold Laski's view of the United States in the 1940s; title: Conclusion : lost republic, lost tradition.