02248cam a2200385Ia 4500 103773 20230404125757.0 100401s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng d (OCoLC)ocn591155101 UAB UAB 9780375414039 0375414037 (OCoLC)591155101 002 E 183.7 M479g 2008 327.73 Mead, Walter Russell. 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. Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 419-430) e índice 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. "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 United States Foreign relations. Great Britain Foreign relations. Civilization, Modern American influences. Civilization, Modern British influences. United States Foreign public opinion. Great Britain Foreign public opinion. Great powers History. World politics. Economic history. lcc bk C0 DRFGD rg 4482 4482 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-04 1 0 002 E 183.7 M479g 2008 00000092527 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk