This Kindred People

Kohn shows how Americans and Canadians often referred to each other as members of the same "e;family,"e; sharing the same "e;blood,"e; and drew upon the common lexicon of Anglo-Saxon rhetoric to undermine old rivalries and underscore shared interests. Though the predominance of Anglo-Saxonism proved short-lived, it left a legacy of Canadian-American goodwill as both nations accepted their shared destiny on the continent. Kohn argues that this new Canadian-American understanding fostered the Anglo-American "e;special relationship"e; that shaped the twentieth century.