Sylvia Ellis is Principal Lecturer in American History at Northumbria University.
The work is strengthened by both an excellent introduction and an
extensive, topically arranged bibliography....Those familiar with
Scarecrow Press’s Historical Dictionary series know the
extraordinary level of scholarship behind the works, and the most
recent addition is no exception. Recommended for academic libraries
and large public libraries.
*Booklist*
This dictionary includes a bibliography, chronology, and lists of
key ministers. The author's 27-page introduction is a fine piece of
scholarship in its own right.
*CHOICE*
In general we get a good mixture of persons, treaties, conferences,
laws, battles, policies and great events. Some entries cannot be
categorized like the item on War Brides. This is a workmanlike
book, which has its place in Anglo-American studies. It is very
well made.
*s*
The author is well qualified and has written many things on this up
and down relationship between two nations.
*American Reference Books Annual*
Ellis is well placed to compare and contrast the diplomatic
goings-on between England and America, having been born and raised
in Great Britain and obtained a master's degree from the University
of Rhode Island. As this is a dictionary, entries define rather
than explain, and most are concise. As might be expected, the
emphasis is on the political and economic links between the two
nations, but cultural exchanges, such as the Beatles' celebrated
1964 appearance on these shores, are given their due. Clear and
straightforward, this compact volume is generally excellent for its
intended purpose of ready reference.
*Library Journal*
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