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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Page xiv
... common purpose . As this suggests , however , the aggression that accompanied Britain's forging was scarcely unique , though for a while it was uniquely worldwide . To label Great Britain , and later the United Kingdom , as somehow ...
... common purpose . As this suggests , however , the aggression that accompanied Britain's forging was scarcely unique , though for a while it was uniquely worldwide . To label Great Britain , and later the United Kingdom , as somehow ...
Page xvi
... common union of self - preservation , anxiety , and defiance . - This did not mean however - as some have suggested that Continental Europe as a whole always functioned or was regarded as Britain's antithesis , Militant but nervous ...
... common union of self - preservation , anxiety , and defiance . - This did not mean however - as some have suggested that Continental Europe as a whole always functioned or was regarded as Britain's antithesis , Militant but nervous ...
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... common identity here did not come into being , then , because of an integration and homogenisation of disparate cultures . Instead , Britishness was superimposed over an array of internal differences in response to contact with the ...
... common identity here did not come into being , then , because of an integration and homogenisation of disparate cultures . Instead , Britishness was superimposed over an array of internal differences in response to contact with the ...
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... common . The predictable result has been a revival of internal divisions among them . The manner in which Great Britain was made out of that remarkable succession of wars with France in the past is a root cause of its uncertain identity ...
... common . The predictable result has been a revival of internal divisions among them . The manner in which Great Britain was made out of that remarkable succession of wars with France in the past is a root cause of its uncertain identity ...
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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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