This kindred people : Canadian-American relations and the Anglo-Saxon idea, 1895-1903 / Edward P. Kohn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kohn, Edward P. (Edward Parliament), 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anglo-Saxon race.

United States--Relations--Canada.

United States.

Canada--Relations--United States.

Canada.

United States--Foreign relations--1865-1921.

Canada--Foreign relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kohn shows how Americans and Canadians often referred to each other as members of the same "family," sharing the same "blood," and drew upon the common lexicon of Anglo-Saxon rhetoric to undermine old rivalries and underscore shared interests. Though the predominance of Anglo-Saxonism proved short-lived, it left a legacy of Canadian-American goodwill as both nations accepted their shared destiny on the continent. Kohn argues that this new Canadian-American understanding fostered the Anglo-American "special relationship" that shaped the twentieth century.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

The Anglo-Saxon Mirror

The Venezuela Crisis, Canada, and American “Hemispherism”: The North American Context of the Rapprochement and the Anglo-Saxon Response

John Charlton and the Limits of Anglo-Saxonism: The Failure of Reciprocity and the Anglo-American Joint High Commission

“White Man’s Burden”: English-Canadian Anglo-Saxonism and the Spanish-American War

The Crest and Decline of North American Anglo-Saxonism: The South African War, the Alaska Modus Vivendi, and the Abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

The Defeat (and Triumph) of North American Anglo-Saxonism: The Alaska Boundary Tribunal

The Obsolescence of North American Anglo-Saxonism

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-245) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86294-4

9786612862946

0-7735-7226-0

OCLC:

181843408