Bibliograph

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

Type

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-430) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

God and gold

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

141384600

Responsibility statement

Walter Russell Mead

Sub title

Britain, America, and the making of the modern world

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

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- PART ONE: THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER: With God on our side -- On the beach -- How they hate us -- PART TWO: THE DREAD AND ENVY OF THEM ALL: The protocols of the elders of Greenwich -- French toast -- The world was their oyster -- The sinews of power -- The playing fields of Eton -- Goldilocks and the West -- PART THREE: ANGLO-SAXON ATTITUDES: The wasps and the bees -- The vicar and the dynamo -- Doxy v. Doxy -- The White queen -- Called to the bar -- The gyroscope and the pyramd -- PART FOUR: WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT? : The meaning of history -- War on history -- The golden meme -- Whig Babylon -- PART FIVE: THE LESSONS OF HISTORY: The future of sea power -- Dancing with ghosts -- The diplomacy of civilizations -- The meaning of it all

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