Old World, New World

Description

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.

Description

In Old World, New World, Kathleen Burk sets out to tell the story of Britain and America across the four hundred intervening years. There are two strands to this story. The first is the grand narrative that takes in the British colonisation of America and the American Revolutionary War, the American Civil War and the global conflicts of the twentieth century, and, today, Iraq. It describes America's inevitable eclipse of its former colonial master as a Great Power, and the enmities and sympathies, the confusions and understandings born along the way. The second strand is quieter but no less fascinating. Burk examines many other facets of the Anglo-American relationship: economic, religious, cultural, social, even romantic.

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Other Editions

• Old World, New World: the story of Britain and AmericaLittle, Brown2007-01-01
• Old World, New WorldHardcoverGrove/Atlantic, Incorporated2008-10-21
• Old World, New WorldLittle, Brown Book Group Limited2009-01-01
• Old World, New WorldGrove/Atlantic, Incorporated2009-01-01
• Old World, New WorldGrove Press2009-10-01