Old world, new world : 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780871139719
ISBN: 0871139715
Physical Description: xvi, 797 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
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Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published as: Old world, new world : the story of Britain and America. London : Little, Brown, c2007. "October 2008"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [660]-775) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.