The American Experiment and the Idea of Democracy in British Culture, 1776-1914
Bringing together political theorists, historians and literary scholars, this volume explores the idea of American democracy in nineteenth-century Britain and traces an intellectual history of Anglo-American relations. The collection spans the period from Independence to the First World War and the...
| Основен автор: | Dzelzainis, Ella. |
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| Други автори: | Livesey, Ruth. |
| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Farnham :
Ashgate,
2013.
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| Серия: |
Ashgate series in nineteenth-century transatlantic studies.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=637157 |
Съдържание:
- Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Representing America: Paine and the New Democracy; 2 Morals, Manners, and Liberty: British Radicals and Perceptions of America in the 1790s; 3 Dickens, Democracy, and Spit; 4 Democracy at the Crossroads: Tocqueville, Mill, and the Conflict of Interests; 5 'Let America Be the Test': Democracy and Reform in Britain, 1832-1867; 6 America, Protectionism, and Democracy in British Free Trade Debates, 1815-1861; 7 John Bull and Brother Jonathan: Cobden, America, and the Liberal Mind.
- 8 British Liberties, American Emancipation, and the Democracy of Race9 Victorian Radicalism and the Idea of America: Reynolds's Newspaper, 1850-1900; 10 Land and Tariffs: The American Economy and British Liberalism, 1867-1914; 11 W.T. Stead and Democracy: The Americanization of the World; 12 Democracy, Culture, and Criticism: Henry James Revisits America; 13 Dreaming the Future: Anglo-America as Utopia, 1880-1914; Works Cited; Index.