Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837Yale University Press, 01.01.2005 - 429 Seiten How 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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... suggest how they might both be part of something bigger . The fact that English , Welsh and Scottish history have more often than not been taught and interpreted separately is of course politically and culturally significant . But it is ...
... suggest how they might both be part of something bigger . The fact that English , Welsh and Scottish history have more often than not been taught and interpreted separately is of course politically and culturally significant . But it is ...
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... suggested that Great Britain and subsequently the United Kingdom were disreputable and violent creations from the ... suggests , however , the aggression that accompanied Britain's forging was scarcely unique , though for a while it was ...
... suggested that Great Britain and subsequently the United Kingdom were disreputable and violent creations from the ... suggests , however , the aggression that accompanied Britain's forging was scarcely unique , though for a while it was ...
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... suggested that Continental Europe as a whole always functioned or was regarded as Britain's antithesis , Militant but nervous Protestantism also provided in the period covered by this book for important and persistent British alliances ...
... suggested that Continental Europe as a whole always functioned or was regarded as Britain's antithesis , Militant but nervous Protestantism also provided in the period covered by this book for important and persistent British alliances ...
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... suggesting for one moment that the growing sense of Britishness in this period supplanted and obliterated other loyalties . It did not . Identities are not like hats . Human beings can and do put on several at a time . Great Britain did ...
... suggesting for one moment that the growing sense of Britishness in this period supplanted and obliterated other loyalties . It did not . Identities are not like hats . Human beings can and do put on several at a time . Great Britain did ...
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XII | 85 |
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XXIX | 238 |
XXX | 250 |
XXXI | 262 |
XXXII | 273 |
XXXIII | 283 |
XXXIV | 285 |
XXXV | 291 |
XIII | 98 |
XIV | 101 |
XVI | 105 |
XVII | 117 |
XVIII | 147 |
XIX | 149 |
XX | 155 |
XXI | 164 |
XXII | 177 |
XXIII | 195 |
XXIV | 196 |
XXV | 204 |
XXVI | 217 |
XXVII | 228 |
XXXVI | 300 |
XXXVII | 308 |
XXXVIII | 321 |
XXXIX | 324 |
XL | 334 |
XLI | 350 |
XLII | 361 |
XLIII | 364 |
XLIV | 376 |
XLV | 378 |
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