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035			_a(OCoLC)ocn591155101
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035			_a(OCoLC)591155101
050	1	4	_a002 E 183.7 _bM479g 2008
082	0	0	_a327.73
100	1		_aMead, Walter Russell.
245	1	0	_aGod and gold : _bBritain, America, and the making of the modern world / _cWalter Russell Mead.
260			_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2008.
300			_ax, 449 p. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 419-430) e índice
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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.
520			_a"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
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xForeign relations.
650		0	_aCivilization, Modern _xAmerican influences.
650		0	_aCivilization, Modern _xBritish influences.
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign public opinion.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xForeign public opinion.
650		0	_aGreat powers _xHistory.
650		0	_aWorld politics.
650		0	_aEconomic history.
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