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Author:

Cooper, Dana, 1977- author.

Title:

Informal ambassadors : American women, transatlantic marriages, and Anglo-American relations, 1865-1945 / Dana Cooper.

Publisher:

The Kent State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xix, 259 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
Politicians' spouses--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Politicians' spouses--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Women--History--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Women--History--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Aristocracy (Social class)--Great Britain--Biography.
Americans--Great Britain--Biography.
Americans.
Aristocracy (Social class)
International relations.
Politicians' spouses.
Women--Political activity.
Great Britain.
United States.
1800 - 1999
Biography.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: an extraordinary galaxy of American women -- Courting transatlantic marriages -- Amazon attache: Jennie Jerome Churchill -- Drawing room diplomat: Mary Endicott Chamberlain Carnegie -- Devoted mediator: Mary Leiter Curzon -- Elegant envoy: Consuelo Vanderbilt Marlborough Balsan -- Candid consul: Nancy Langhorne Shaw Astor -- The American invasion -- Conclusion: ambassadors by any name.

Series:

New studies in U.S. foreign relations

ISBN:

1606352148 (hardcover)
9781606352144 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)864501809

LCCN:

2013049035

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)