Britain is significant as a topic because it was the location of the Industrial Revolution; the British Empire was large and influential in world history; and English is now a major international language.
The topic is especially studied in the USA as students there often have a heritage of British ancestry which encourages Anglophilia while the shared language of English makes British culture readily accessible.
[1] In Germany, the topic is a specialism of Kulturkunde and Landeskunde and there is a Journal for the Study of British Cultures.
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