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This book examines the ways cultural connections, constructs, and representations have impacted the history of the Anglo-American special relationship. Its multidisciplinary approach illuminates the mosaic of cultural connections that have simultaneously influenced elite decision-making and sculpted popular attitudes toward and expectations of the special relationship.
List of contents
Introduction - Robert M. Hendershot and Steve Marsh
1 Towards
Something Fresh? P.G. Wodehouse, transatlantic romances in fiction and the Anglo-American relationship - Finn Pollard
2 America in 'British' history textbooks - Srdjan Vucetic
3 Film follows the flag: cultural and economic relations between the British film industry and Hollywood - Jonathan Stubbs
4 Debating
Downton: Anglo-American realities and relations - Dana Cooper
5 Anglo-American political culture - Alan P. Dobson
6 Pageantry, legitimation, and special Anglo-American relations - Steve Marsh
7 'A great Englishman': George Washington and Anglo-American memory diplomacy,
c. 1890-1925 - Sam Edwards
8 Anglo-American narratives in public space: evaluating commemoration and generational transmission of the special relationship - Robert M. Hendershot
9 Beatlemania and the cultural politics of 1960s America - Thomas C. Mills
10 Culture and re-membering the alliance in Kosovo and Iraq: Anglo-American ironies under Clinton, Blair, and Bush - David Ryan
Conclusion: culture, 'specialness', and new directions - Robert M. Hendershot and Steve Marsh
Selected bibliography
Index
About the author
Robert M. Hendershot is Professor of History in the Department of Social Sciences at Grand Rapids Community College, Michigan
Steve Marsh is Reader in International Relations at Cardiff University
