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Book Synopsis Too often, scholarship on Anglo-American political relations has focused on mutual social and economic interests between Britain and the United States as the basis for cooperation. Breaking new ground, Anglo-American Relations and the Transmission of Ideas instead explores how ideas, on either side of the Atlantic have mutually influenced each other. In those transnational interactions, there forms a shared tradition of political ideas, facilitating “a common cast of mind” that has served as the basis for transatlantic relations and socio-political values for decades.
Trade Review “This volume is a distinctive, original, and refreshing approach to the study of Anglo-American relations. Each essay is not just an outstanding contribution to a stellar book, but rather each one opens the door for future scholarship.” • James Cooper, St. John University
“Anglo-American Relations and the Transmission of Ideas is a tremendous collection of works focusing on the transatlantic transmission of ideas from correspondence to politics, from race and the construction of identities to law, and from the Anglosphere to empire.” • Christopher Jespersen, University of North Georgia
Table of Contents List of Illustrations
Introduction
Alan P. Dobson and Steve Marsh
Part I: Origins
Chapter 1. ‘This Golden Band’: A Heritage of Anglo-American Correspondence
Kristin Cook
Chapter 2. Burkean Peace Theory: Radicalism, Conservatism and the Constitutional Heritage of Britain and the United States in the Age of Revolutions
Gavin Bailey
Part II: Ideological Philosophies
Chapter 3. Anglo-American Liberalism: The Tradition?
Alan Dobson
Chapter 4. Of Friendships and Fissures: Anglo-American Conservatism
Reed Davis
Part III: Ideas and Institutions
Chapter 5. Rivalry and Reform: Abolition, Race and Anglo-American Relations in the Nineteenth Century
David Brown and Clive Webb
Chapter 6. The US Postcolonial e/Empire: The Case of the Missing Upper Case
David Ryan
Chapter 7. The Anglo-American Tradition in International Law
David Clinton
Part IV: Distinctive Features of An Anglo-American tradition
Chapter 8. The Anglosphere: Rise and Demise of an Anglo-American Policy Idea
David Haglund
Chapter 9. Reformulating Anglo-Saxon Identity: Intersections of Racism, National Identities, and Transatlantic Stereotypes in the Nineteenth Century
Robert Hendershot
Chapter 10. Anglo-American relations: a political tradition of special relationship(s)
Steve Marsh
