Americans have long been fascinated with the oddness of the British, but the English, according to Terry Eagleton, find their transatlantic neighbors equally strange. Why must we broadcast our childrenβs school grades with bumper stickers announcing βMy Child Made the Honor Roll?β Why donβt we appre
An Englishman in America in the 1790s
β Scribed by G. E. Fussell
- Book ID
- 124410714
- Publisher
- Agricultural History Society
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 597 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-1482
- DOI
- 10.2307/3742027
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