Observing America : the commentary of British visitors to the United States, 1890-1950 / Robert P. Frankel.

Madison, Wisc. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2007], ©2007.

xvi, 318 pages ; 24 cm.

The plight of the cities : W.T. Stead and 1890s urban America -- The bonds of blood : W.T. Stead's vision of Anglo-American unity at the turn of the century -- The promise of America : H.G. Wells and the progressive era -- The global stage : H.G. Wells on America's emergence in the First World War -- Main street America : G.K. Chesterton on the culture of the United States in the 1920s -- The new deals : Harold Laski, H.G. Wells, and Roosevelt's America vs. Stalin's Russia -- The businessman's America : Harold Laski's view of the United States in the 1940s -- Conclusion : lost republic, lost tradition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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