Old World, New World Great Britain and America from the Beginning

Hailed by Critics and historical as a landmark work, Old World, New World is the first book to tell the Whole story of the Long and Tumultuous relationship between America and Great Britain. Kathleen Burk, a fourth-generation Californian and a distinguished Professor of history in London, draws on her Unrivaled knowledge of both countries to explore the totality of the relationship, beginning with the first British settlement at Jamestown and Continuing to the Present. Burk tells the Story from both sides, shifting effortlessly from its grandest aspects (war, economics, and statecraft) to its most intimate (religion, culture, and even intercontinental romance). The result is a lively, absorbing, and comprehensive narrative of one the longest and most fascinating international relationships in modern history. Book jacket.