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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... influential . ' E.P. Thompson , Dissent ' A major contribution to our understanding of Britain's past and of the contemporary debate about the shape and identity of Britain in the future . ' Colin Dobson , Oxford Times This One CSY3-1DN ...
... influential . ' E.P. Thompson , Dissent ' A major contribution to our understanding of Britain's past and of the contemporary debate about the shape and identity of Britain in the future . ' Colin Dobson , Oxford Times This One CSY3-1DN ...
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... influence and inspire contemporary debate . If there was a downside to the attention lavished on Britons , it was that a degree of political and even prophetic purpose was occasionally attributed to it quite beyond its author's ...
... influence and inspire contemporary debate . If there was a downside to the attention lavished on Britons , it was that a degree of political and even prophetic purpose was occasionally attributed to it quite beyond its author's ...
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... influenced by events and forces beyond it , and this continues to be the case today . It is a major argument of Britons that , in all kinds of ways , Britishness was constructed and contested after 1707 in response to overseas ...
... influenced by events and forces beyond it , and this continues to be the case today . It is a major argument of Britons that , in all kinds of ways , Britishness was constructed and contested after 1707 in response to overseas ...
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... influential and as multifarious as Transatlantic ties and other imperial networks . One of the recurrent argument of Britons is that the overwhelming Catholicism of large parts of Continental Europe , and especially France and Spain ...
... influential and as multifarious as Transatlantic ties and other imperial networks . One of the recurrent argument of Britons is that the overwhelming Catholicism of large parts of Continental Europe , and especially France and Spain ...
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... influences which offer myriad opportunities as well as ( sometimes ) shocks and dangers . Under pressure from without as well as within , Britain's capacity to function as an efficient umbrealla over different peoples and cultures may ...
... influences which offer myriad opportunities as well as ( sometimes ) shocks and dangers . Under pressure from without as well as within , Britain's capacity to function as an efficient umbrealla over different peoples and cultures may ...
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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