The politics of patriotism : English liberalism, national identity and Europe, 1830-1886 / Jonathan Parry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parry, Jonathan P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patriotism--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Patriotism.

Liberalism--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Liberalism.

History.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--19th century.

International relations.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Europe.

Europe.

Europe--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--19th century.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

x, 424 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Between the 1830s and 1880s European problems had a profound impact on British politics. In The Politics of Patriotism Jonathan Parry examines the effect on the British Liberal movement of the most significant of these, including the 1848 Revolutions, the unification of Italy, the Franco-Prussian War, and the Eastern Question. Dr Parry argues that these European problems made patriotism a major political question: governments were judged not only by their success in promoting British interests abroad, but also by the purity, potency and 'Englishness' of the political values they represented. The Politics of Patriotism makes a major contribution towards understanding three important aspects of nineteenth-century British history: British attitudes to Europe, contemporary notions of national identity, and the nature and dynamic of British Liberalism. Setting foreign- and domestic-policy discussions in a patriotic framework, Dr Parry offers a new analysis of the ideas that influenced the Liberal political coalition and the turning-points that affected its vigour and unity as a political movement.

In two previous books Dr Parry has re-examined many of the central tenets of Victorian Liberalism, and its operation as a political force. The Politics of Patriotism takes this re-interpretation of the British Liberal movement significantly further, as well as offering a stimulating and original demonstration of the variety of ways in which European events affected British politics. For both reasons it will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students of British history.

Contents:

Part I English Liberalism and National Identity

1 The English constitution and the liberal state 43

2 Character, morals and national identity 86

Part II Europe and Liberal Politics

3 Liberalism and the Continent, 1830-1847 129

4 The 1848 revolutions and the triumph of liberal patriotism 172

5 Italian unification and the search for an ethical nationhood 221

6 The Franco-Prussian War and the destruction of the first Gladstone government, 1870-1874 276

7 The Eastern question and its consequences, 1875-1886 323

Conclusion: Liberalism, state and nation 387.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-414) and index.

ISBN:

0521839343

9780521839341

OCLC:

71164296