Description
How was American culture disseminated into Britain? Why did many British citizens embrace American customs? And what picture did they form of American society and politics? This engaging and wide-ranging history explores these and other questions about the U.S.'s cultural and political influence on British society in the post-World War II period.
Table of Contents
1. The Architect of Modern Britain: The Influence of the United States on Britain, 1945 to 1963 2. Terra Incognita: The United States in the British Imagination, 1945 to 1963 3. The British Working Class and the U.S.A., 1963-1979 4. The United States and the Politics of Thatcherism, 1979 to 1990 5. Culture Wars, 1990 to 2001 6. September 11 and After: From Hostility to Indifference, 2001-2013
