Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? In this prize-winning book, Linda Colley combines imperial, political, social, and cultural history to analyze the evolution of Britishness, evoking its enduring tensions as well as its powerful characteristics. Hailed at its publication as "the most dazzling and comprehensive study of a national identity yet to appear” (Tom Nairn), Britons is now reissued with a new Preface by the author commenting on the book’s genesis and critical reception and on recent political developments. "A sweeping survey, . . . evocatively illustrated and engagingly written.”--Harriet Ritvo, New York Times Book Review "Dashingly written and firmly unsentimental.”--Keith Thomas, New York Review of Books "Extremely learned and penetrating . . . [and] most entertaining.”--Conor Cruise O’Brien, New Republic "Challenging, fascinating, enormously well informed.”--John Barrell, London Review of Books "[Colley] has a capacity for historical generalizations that puts her into the front rank among her contemporaries.”--E. P. Thompson, Dissent "Absolutely magnificent.”--Jeffrey Hart, National Review |
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... Europe Office : sales@yaleup.co.uk www.yalebooks.co.uk Printed and bound in Great Britain by Cox and Wyman , Reading Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Colley , Linda . Britons : forging the nation 1707-1837 / Linda ...
... Europe Office : sales@yaleup.co.uk www.yalebooks.co.uk Printed and bound in Great Britain by Cox and Wyman , Reading Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Colley , Linda . Britons : forging the nation 1707-1837 / Linda ...
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... European Studies at Harvard University , and the Davis Center at Princeton University . Prys Morgan , Alexander Murdoch and Christo- pher Smout helped save me from some of my errors in Welsh and Scottish history . Chris Bayly enhanced ...
... European Studies at Harvard University , and the Davis Center at Princeton University . Prys Morgan , Alexander Murdoch and Christo- pher Smout helped save me from some of my errors in Welsh and Scottish history . Chris Bayly enhanced ...
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... as through the spoken , written and printed word . Britishness was also fashioned in reaction to external and not simply internal stimuli . Britons , like Captives , situates Britain in a wider European , Transatlantic xii Preface.
... as through the spoken , written and printed word . Britishness was also fashioned in reaction to external and not simply internal stimuli . Britons , like Captives , situates Britain in a wider European , Transatlantic xii Preface.
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... European , Transatlantic and global context . Without such a broad - angled vision , British history cannot be adequately understood . Nor can the very recent British past and the present , which also have a bearing on this work . Books ...
... European , Transatlantic and global context . Without such a broad - angled vision , British history cannot be adequately understood . Nor can the very recent British past and the present , which also have a bearing on this work . Books ...
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... Europe , and especially France and Spain , provided a newly - invented Britain with a formidable ' other ' against which it could usefully define itself . The real and imaginary threat represented by French and , to a lesser extent ...
... Europe , and especially France and Spain , provided a newly - invented Britain with a formidable ' other ' against which it could usefully define itself . The real and imaginary threat represented by French and , to a lesser extent ...
Contents
IV | 11 |
VI | 18 |
VII | 30 |
VIII | 43 |
IX | 55 |
X | 56 |
XI | 71 |
XII | 85 |
XXVIII | 237 |
XXIX | 238 |
XXX | 250 |
XXXI | 262 |
XXXII | 273 |
XXXIII | 283 |
XXXIV | 285 |
XXXV | 291 |
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