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Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837

Linda Colley

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Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837

Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837 examines how the British nation was forged during a critical period of expansion, warfare and social change. Linda Colley explores how a new national identity was deliberately constructed and imposed from above, drawing on monarchy, military service, Protestantism and imperial expansion to bind together the diverse populations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The book traces how this sense of "Britishness" was disseminated through culture, propaganda and public spectacle, and how it was experienced and sometimes resisted by ordinary people. Colley argues that the forging of Britain was not inevitable or natural, but rather the result of political calculation and strategic vision during a time when the very concept of the nation was being fundamentally reconceived.

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Year
1992
ISBN-13
9780300057379
Genre
History
Topics
British national identityUnion of Great Britain18th-19th century Britain

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Other awarded books from Linda Colley

  • The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World

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