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Contents Preface....................xi
Introduction: The Forebears....................3
1 The Plight of the Cities: W. T. Stead and 1890s Urban America....................17
2 The Bonds of Blood: W. T. Stead's Vision of Anglo-American Unity at the Turn of the Century....................52
3 The Promise of America: H. G. Wells and the Progressive Era....................76
4 The Global Stage: H. G. Wells on America's Emergence in the First World War....................111
5 Main Street America: G. K. Chesterton and the Culture of the United States in the 1920s....................140
6 The New Deals: Harold Laski, H. G. Wells, and Roosevelt's America versus Stalin's Russia....................178
7 The Businessman's America: Harold Laski's View of the United States in the 1940s....................212
Conclusion: Lost Republic, Lost Tradition....................243
Acknowledgments....................249
Notes....................251
Bibliography....................293
Index....................307
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Juan Mendoza
reviewed Observing America: The Commentary of British Visitors to the United States, 1890-1950 on December 18, 2014
Observing America
While this book is technically about the Galapagos, Paul Quarrington devotes a fair amount of space to Toronto. It is an irreverent take on the islands; Quarrington does write about their beauty, but he also writes about how godforsaken parts are, which is an odd choice of words because he is there to find God. As an uneasy mix of humanist and Jew, I felt squeamish during several of the religious passages.
I checked this book out of the library because my fiance suggested we go there for our honeymoon. After reading the book, I checked out the tour prices and found out that most of the rooms within our budget are already booked for July 2011. I don't know how we are going to afford it, but after reading this book, I am determined to go.
One of the benefits of this book is that it does a literature survey of the Galapagos. I now want to read "Voyage of the Beagle" by Charles Darwin, "The Encantadas" by Melville, and "Galapagos: World's End" by William Beebe.
The book would have been improved by a recipe for quince marmalade.
UPDATE: I have since figured out that the "quince marmalade" was membrillo. I wish the book had mentioned this.
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