Mead, Walter Russell. <br/><br/>
God and gold :  Britain, America, and the making of the modern world / 
Walter Russell Mead. 
 - New York :  Alfred A. Knopf,  2008. 
 - x, 449 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 419-430) e índice 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780375414039 0375414037 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization, Modern--American influences.<br/>Civilization, Modern--British influences.<br/>Great powers--History.<br/>World politics.<br/>Economic history.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign relations.<br/>Great Britain--Foreign relations.<br/>United States--Foreign public opinion.<br/>Great Britain--Foreign public opinion.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>002 E 183.7  / M479g 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>327.73