Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [660]-775) and index

Illustrations

portraitsmapsillustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Old world, new world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

154699285

Responsibility statement

Kathleen Burk

Sub title

Great Britain and America from the beginning

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

Table Of 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

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Great Britain and America from the beginning

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