Britons : forging the nation, 1707-1837 / Linda Colley

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colley, Linda, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Great Britain--History.

Nationalism.

National characteristics, British--History.

National characteristics, British.

Great Britain--Civilization--18th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Civilization--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 pages)

Edition:

Revised edition with new introductory essay.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? This brilliant and seminal book examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented after 1707 and how this new national identity was nurtured through war, religion, trade, and empire. Lavishly illustrated and powerful, Britons remains a major contribution to our understanding of Britain's past, and continues to influence ongoing controversies about this polity's survival and future. This edition contains an extensive new preface by the author. "A sweeping survey, . . . evocatively illustrated and engagingly written."-Harriet Ritvo, New York Times Book Review "Challenging, fascinating, enormously well informed."-John Barrell, London Review of Books "Linda Colley writes with clarity and grace...Her stimulating book will be, and deserves to be influential"-E. P. Thompson, Dissent Linda Colley is Shelby M. C. Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University. Winner of the Wolfson History PrizeA New York Times Notable Book

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

1 Protestants

2 Profits

3 Peripheries

4 Dominance

5 Majesty

6 Womanpower

7 Manpower

8 Victories?

Conclusions

Appendices

Notes

Index

Photographic Acknowledgements

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300177206

0300177208

OCLC:

1059270338