America in Europe, Europe in America Claude Polin - APRIL 01, 2004 PRINT PAGE | SEND TO FRIEND A Shared Disease What the Europeans call America—that is, Canada and the United States—was fostered by what we usually refer to as Europe. If men and women had not left the Old World, there would not be any New World as we know it. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE OR LOGIN WITH YOUR SUBSCRIPTION CREDENTIALS TO SEE THE FULL ARTICLE