British Influences on the United States of America

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One of the finest indications of regionalism in the British Isles is a good course in American history. If no American history is available, a sound grounding in the story of the British Empire should serve much the same purpose. It is surely no accident that the last work of the great British Imperial historian, Sir Reginald Coupland, was a book on Welsh and Scottish nationalism. As one studies the settlement of British peoples overseas and tries to assess the marks which they have made on their adopted countries, one becomes more and more aware of the differences which exist amongst these peoples in their country of origin.