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The End of Anglo-America
Robert Arthur Burchell
其他書名
Historical Essays in the Study of Cultural Divergence
出版Manchester University Press, 1991
主題History / United States / GeneralHistory / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)Social Science / General
ISBN07190307739780719030772
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=zH-7AAAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This collection of essays examines the phenomenon of the gradually evolving cultural differences which took place between America and Britain after the American revolution. A culture of individualism began to emerge in contrast with elitism, leading to suspicion of government and emerging personal ambitions, particularly with regard to one's children. However, cultural changes emerged at a different pace in different parts of the country. One author argues that Britain and America continued as members of a single political family which, in turn, belonged to a wider European community. Another suggests that a clear but selective emancipation from the British political culture took place and that a development of distinctly American institutions and practices emerged. Yet another believes that in the United States there was less criticism of business success and less possibility of the generations that succeeded business success being seduced by gentrification.