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Author:

Campbell, Duncan Andrew, 1968-

Title:

Unlikely allies : Britain, America, and the Victorian origins of the special relationship / Duncan Andrew Campbell.

Publisher:

Hambledon Continuum,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

viii, 307 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--1783-1865.
United States--Foreign relations--1865-1921.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-295) and index.

Contents:

The war both sides won -- Who reads an American book? -- Trade, immigration and the transfer of capital and technology -- Taking liberties and beacons of freedom -- Squabbles and squalls: the scramble for North America and the diplomatic relationship form 1815 to 1860 -- John Bull, Cousin Jonathan and Johnny Reb: Great Britain and the American Civil War, 1861-65 -- The road to rapprochement: Anglo-American diplomatic relations from 1865 to the First World War -- Arguing affinities; debating differences: British politics and the United States in the later nineteenth century -- Towards a transatlantic culture -- Conclusion: closer cousins?

ISBN:

1847251919 (hbk.)
9781847251916 (hbk.)

LCCN:

2008295801

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)