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Lectures and interviews

Bibliographical guides

In fulfilment of its first aim, to promote the Library's North American materials, the Eccles Centre produced a series of bibliographical guides to the Library's collections. Many of these guides were distributed both to academic and public libraries in the United Kingdom and to centres of American Studies throughout Europe.

United States and Canadian Newspaper Holdings at the British Library
The U.S. newspapers listed in this bibliographic guide became the foundation for the British Association for American Studies database: US Newspaper Holdings in UK and Irish Libraries. For the British Library's holdings of U.S. and Canadian newspapers, see Early American Newspapers and use Explore the British Library selecting Newspaper Library from the drop-down content scope.

Books and journals

Philip J Davies and Robert McKeever, eds, Politics USA, 3rd ed, London, Pearson Longman, 2012

Philip J Davies 'The Key to New York City', Resources for American Studies, no. 63 (2011), pp. 9-11.

Philip J Davies and Iwan W Morgan, eds, Assessing George W Bush's Legacy: The Right Man?, NY, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. Includes 'Bush's Partisan Legacy and the 2008 Elections', pp. 207-222. by Philip J Davies.
Compilation of papers given at the conference organised with the Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, held at the British Library Conference Centre, March 2009.

Philip Davies, Dilys Hill, Andrew Rudalevige, George C. Edwards III, Jenel Virden and Robert Singh, 'Prospects for the New US Administration: What Can Social Science Offer? Debate.' European Political Science, v. 9, no. 2 (June 2010), pp. 244-258.
An abbreviated version of the Academy of Social Science annual debate, held at the British Library Conference Centre, March 2009.

Philip J Davies and Iwan W Morgan, eds, Quebec and the Heritage of Franco-America, London, Institute for the Study of the Americas, 2010.
An edited selection of papers presented at the conference organised with the Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, held at the British Library Conference Centre, April 2008.

Philip J Davies, Dilys Hill, Andrew Rudalevige, George C. Edwards III, Jenel Virden and Robert Singh, 'The Obama Administration: What Can Social Science Offer?' 21st Century Society: Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences, v. 4, no. 3 (November 2009), pp. 319-345.
An edited transcript of the 2008 Academy of Social Science annual debate, hosted by the Eccles Centre at the British Library Conference Centre.

John Canning, 'From Kennedy to Obama: living American Studies', Liaison Magazine, (July 2009), pp. 12-15.
Philip J. Davies interviewed.

Philip J Davies, '"And if you come back I'll shoot you...". Collecting for an elections archive.', Resources for American Studies, v. 62 (2009).

Philip J Davies and Bob Franklin, 'Alistair Cooke', Journalism Practice v. 3, no. 3 (2009), pp. 361-9.
Edited transcript of an Eccles Centre panel discussion held at the British Library Conference Centre, October 2008.

Philip J Davies and Iwan W Morgan, eds, The Federal Nation: Perspectives on American Federalism, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Compilation of papers given at the Eccles Centre conference at the British Library Conference Centre, March 2007.

Philip J Davies and Iwan W Morgan, eds, America's Americans: Population Issues in U.S. Society and Politics, London, Institute for the Study of the Americas, 2007.
Compilation of papers given at the Eccles Centre conference at the British Library Conference Centre, May 2006.

Special Issue: Cartooning America Post World War II, Journalism Studies vol. 8, No. 5, October 2007.
Compilation of papers given at the Eccles Centre conference "Cartooning The U.S.A.: America Through the Pen of Political Cartoonists", at the British Library Conference Centre, October 2005.

Philip J Davies and Iwan W Morgan, eds, Right On? Political Change and Continuity in George Bush's America, London, Institute for the Study of the Americas, 2006.
Compilation of papers delivered at the Eccles Centre Symposium "The George W. Bush Administration's Second Term Agenda" held at the British Library Conference Centre, March 2005.

Philip J Davies, John Dumbrell, Elizabeth Meehan, Tim Hames & Shirley Williams, 'The grinding reality of realpolitik: current and future directions in the UK, USA and Europe', Twenty-First Century Society: Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences, v. 1, Issue 1, 2006.
Based on papers delivered at the Eccles Centre symposium "The U.K., the U.S.A. and Europe, Current and Future Directions" organised in co-operation with the Academy of Social Sciences and held at the British Library Conference Centre, March 2005.

Philip J Davies and George C Edwards, eds. New Challenges for the American Presidency, New York, Pearson Longman, 2004.
Compiled from the papers given at the conference of the same title, organised with the Institute of United States Studies of the University of London, at the British Library Conference Centre, May 2003.

Philip J Davies 'Viscountess Eccles: a Anglo-American patroness of literature', Contemporary Review, no. 1656, vol. 284, January 2004, pp. 23-27.


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