@book{6dfbad5dbcdf4bd8ba1184de134453de,
title = "The Pilgrims Society and Public Diplomacy, 1895-1945",
abstract = "Labelled by an Irish-American newspaper in 1906 as a {\textquoteleft}nondescript aggregation of degenerate Americans, Britishers and Jews{\textquoteright}, the Pilgrims Society has long excited the imaginations of conspiracy theorists. Founded in London in 1902, this upper-class dining club acted to bring Britain and the US closer together in political, diplomatic and cultural terms. This book is the story of how this elite network – which included iconic figures such as J.P Morgan and Andrew Carnegie – attempted to influence the Anglo-American relationship in the days before it became {\textquoteleft}special.{\textquoteright} The book explains that the Pilgrims did this by means of public diplomacy, a concept more commonly used by historians to refer to Cold War-era state-sponsored publicity activities. As this book makes clear, however, it was only through the earlier work of semi-official organisations like the Pilgrims Society – who operated within a state-private nexus – that greater governmental involvement in public diplomacy was legitimised. ",
keywords = "associational culture , transnationalism, Anglo-American relations, Pilgrims Society , public diplomacy, internationalism, propaganda, 28ref2021",
author = "Stephen Bowman",
note = "Paperback due to be Published August 2019.",
year = "2018",
month = mar,
language = "English",
isbn = "9781474417815",
series = "Edinburgh Series in Anglo-American Relations",
publisher = "Edinburgh University Press",
address = "United Kingdom",
}