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Old World, New World: Great Britain and America from the Beginning
Our close bond with Great Britain seems inevitable, given our shared language and heritage. But as distinguished historian Kathleen Burk shows in this groundbreaking history, the close international relationship was forged only recently, preceded by several centuries of hostility and conflict that began soon after the first English colony was established on the newly disco...more
Hardcover, 848 pages
Published
October 1st 2008
by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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A very good book on America and Britain's "special relationship" from the first colonies in 1607 to the present day. Kathleen Burk, an American historian who teaches in Britain, provides a unique perspective to this topic. The result is a historical narrative that is incredibly insightful as well as informative. Particularly interesting were the chapters on U.S.-British cultural exchanges during the nineteenth century and the chapter on the U.S-British relationship following the end of...more
Actually, it's really only 650 pages- the footnotes take up 200. Whatever you want to say about this behemoth, it is not a "difficult read," rather, it's more like a New Yorker (or Atlantic Monthly) article. In other words, its more about synthesis and style then great, ground-breaking historical ideas.
The subject is British-American relations from the beginning to the end. It is a pet peeve when historians end their history in the present- invariably the last chapter is a ju...more
The subject is British-American relations from the beginning to the end. It is a pet peeve when historians end their history in the present- invariably the last chapter is a ju...more
Burk has written a big history from two perspectives, Britain and the United States, beginning with the settlement in Jamestown and ending with the Iraq war. Except for the past 100 years or so, the two have usually been at odds, the United States finding itself in an inferior position, economically and militarily, not to mention a more subjective cultural inferiority. But involvement in 20th century wars drained Britain in all kinds of ways, and now it has been reduced to a 2nd rate power whil...more
Interesting but I did find it a bit of a plod through especially the 18th century section.
I'm particularly interested in the history of England and North Amerca during the 18th Century, including the expulsion of the Acadians, colonial Canada, the expansionism of colonial New England, the Alongquin Nation, and the influence of Anglo-French politics.
The author, historian Kathleen Burk, tells the story about our 400 year realtionship with broad strokes from each side, beginning with the English exploration of the New World and will eventually take up the present alliance i...more
The author, historian Kathleen Burk, tells the story about our 400 year realtionship with broad strokes from each side, beginning with the English exploration of the New World and will eventually take up the present alliance i...more
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