The great tradition : constitutional history and national identity in Britain and the United States, 1870-1960 / Anthony Brundage, Richard A. Cosgrove.

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2007.

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Constitutional history.

United States -- Politics and government.

Great Britain -- Politics and government.

1. The paragon of the world: English constitutional history as national identity

2. A three-step waltz, Germany, England, and New England eternally round and round: constitutional history as racial hierarchy

3. I do not believe in the philosophy of history and I do not believe in Buckle: constitutional history as an academic profession

4. A too acrimonious spirit: constitutional history as culture wars

5. Our law is, in fact, the sum and substance of what we have to teach in India: it is the Gospel of the English: constitutional history and the British Empire

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This book traces the way in which English constitutional history became a major factor in the development of a favourable national identity in the United States and England.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-333) and index.

9780804756860

0804756864

xii, 341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm