God and gold : Britain, America, and the making of the modern world / Walter Russell Mead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mead, Walter Russell.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great powers.

History.

United States--Foreign relations.

United States.

International relations.

Great Britain--Foreign relations.

Great Britain.

Civilization, Modern--American influences.

Civilization, Modern.

Civilization, Modern--British influences.

United States--Foreign public opinion.

Great Britain--Foreign public opinion.

Great powers--History.

World politics.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

x, 449 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

Summary:

"An illuminating account of the birth, the rise, and the continuing rise, of a global political and economic system that rested first on the power of Britain and rests today on that of the United States--and now faces a new set of formidable challenges"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 The Walrus and the Carpenter

1 With God on Our Side 21

2 On the Beach 42

3 How They Hate Us 54

Part 2 The Dread and Envy of Them All

4 The Protocols of the Elders of Greenwich 85

5 French Toast 102

6 The World Was Their Oyster 113

7 The Sinews of Power 126

8 The Playing Fields of Eton 145

9 Goldilocks and the West 172

Part 3 Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

10 The Wasps and the Bees 191

11 The Vicar and the Dynamo 200

12 Doxy v. Doxy 212

13 The White Queen 220

14 Called to the Bar 234

15 The Gyroscope and the Pyramid 248

Part 4 What Hath God Wrought?

16 The Meaning of History 271

17 War on History 285

18 The Golden Meme 297

19 Whig Babylon 316

Part 5 The Lessons of History

20 The Future of Sea Power 343

21 Dancing with Ghosts 366

22 The Diplomacy of Civilizations 386

23 The Meaning of It Alt 403.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-430) and index.

ISBN:

9780375414039

0375414037

OCLC:

141384600

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