Old World, New World Great Britain and America from the Beginning

Name: Old World, New World Great Britain and America from the Beginning
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ISBN: 9780802144294

ISBN-10: 0802144292

ISBN-13: 9780802144294

Edition: N/A

Authors: Kathleen Burk

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America's close bond with Great Britain seems inevitable, given the shared language and heritage. But as distinguished historian Burk shows, that close international relationship had been forged only recently, preceded by several centuries of hostility and conflict.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 816
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 2.50" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgements


Prologue Looking Westwards



Conquest and Colonisation: 1607-1763



The War for American Independence: 1763-1783



War and Rumours of war: 1783-1872



Nineteenth-Century Travellers' Tales



Some Elements of Everyday Life in the Nineteenth and TwentiethCenturies



The Turning of the Tide: 1871-1945



Anglo-American Marital Relations: 1870-1945



The Alliance Since 1945


Notes


Bibliography


Index