The case for coercing America before the Revolution -- The American Revolution in Britain’s imperial identity -- Transatlantic trade in the era of the American Revolution -- Manners and character in Anglo-American perceptions, 1750-1850 -- Queen Victoria and the United States -- ‘America’ in the Victorian cultural imagination -- Anglo-American attitudes to democracy from Lincoln to Churchill -- Free trade and the international order: the Anglo-American tradition, 1846-1946 -- Irish nationalism and Anglo-American relations in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- Was there an Anglo-American feminist movement in the earlier twentieth century? -- Public face and public space: the projection of Britain in America before the Second World War -- Commitment and catastrophe: twentieth-century conservative historiography in Britain and America -- War and Anglo-American financial relations in the twentieth century -- America and the representation of British history in film and television -- Discord or accommodation? Britain and the United States in world affairs
Summary
"The book opens up many new themes and perspectives which illuminate the evolution of bilateral relations, mutual perceptions and the comparative development of both nations. Anglo-American Attitudes will be invaluable not only for students of British and American history, but also for anyone who wants to understand the complex nature of an association which has played a key role in the evolution of the modern world."--BOOK JACKET
