Carnegie's model republic : Triumphant democracy and the British-American relationship / A.S. Eisenstadt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eisenstadt, Abraham Seldin, 1920-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, American.

National characteristics, British.

Great Britain--Civilization.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Relations--United States.

United States--Economic conditions--1865-1918.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1865-1900.

United States--Relations--Great Britain.

United States--Social life and customs--1865-1918.

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Influence.

Carnegie, Andrew.

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919. Triumphant democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) has long been known as a leading American industrialist, a man of great wealth and great philanthropy. What is not as well known is that he was actively involved in Anglo-American politics and tried to promote a closer relationship between his native Britain and the United States. To that end, Carnegie published Triumphant Democracy in 1886, in which he proposed the American federal republic as a model for solving Britain's unsettling problems. On the basis of his own experience, Carnegie argued that America was a much-improved Britain and that the British monarchy could best overcome its social and political turbulence by following the democratic American model. He expressed a growing belief that the antagonism between the two nations should be supplanted by rapprochement. A. S. Eisenstadt offers an in-depth analysis of Triumphant Democracy, illustrating its importance and illuminating the larger current of British-American politics between the American Revolution and World War I and the fascinating exchange about the virtues and defects of the two nations.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Road to Triumphant Democracy

Major Themes

The Antithesis of Models

Reconciling Ideals

The British Critique

Affirming America

The Pan-Anglian Persuasion

Conclusion

Notes

A Brief Note on Sources

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-197) and index.

ISBN:

9780791479384

0791479382

9781435606487

1435606485

OCLC:

181102812