Ruth Livesey

The American Experiment and the Idea of Democracy in British Culture, 1776-1914 (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Dzelzainis, Ella

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing together political theorists, historians and literary scholars, this volume explores the idea of American democracy in nineteenth-century Britain and traces an intellectual history of Anglo-American relations. The collection spans the period from Independence to the First World War and the essays provide an essential reference point for all interested in the history of the idea of democracy, its political evolution and its perceived cultural consequences.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317045250
• Artikelnr.: 44872981

Autorenporträt

Ella Dzelzainis, Ruth Livesey

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Ella Dzelzainis
Ruth Livesey; Chapter 1 Representing America: Paine and the New Democracy
Mark Philp; Chapter 2 Morals
Manners
and Liberty: British Radicals and Perceptions of America in the 1790s
Jon Mee; Chapter 3 Dickens
Democracy
and Spit
Ella Dzelzainis; Chapter 4 Democracy at the Crossroads: Tocqueville
Mill
and the Conflict of Interests
Lucy Hartley; Chapter 5 'Let America Be the Test': Democracy and Reform in Britain
1832-1867
Robert Saunders; Chapter 6 America
Protectionism
and Democracy in British Free Trade Debates
1815-1861
Simon Morgan; Chapter 7 John Bull and Brother Jonathan: Cobden
America
and the Liberal Mind
Anthony Howe; Chapter 8 British Liberties
American Emancipation
and the Democracy of Race
Richard Huzzey; Chapter 9 Victorian Radicalism and the Idea of America: Reynolds's Newspaper
1850-1900
Adam I.P. Smith; Chapter 10 Land and Tariffs: The American Economy and British Liberalism
1867-1914
Edmund Rogers; Chapter 11 W.T. Stead and Democracy: The Americanization of the World
Laurel Brake; Chapter 12 Democracy
Culture
and Criticism: Henry James Revisits America
Ruth Livesey; Chapter 13 Dreaming the Future: Anglo-America as Utopia
1880-1914
Duncan Bell;