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Loading... Britons : Forging the Nation 1707-1837by Linda Colley
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0300059256, Paperback)In this compelling book, Linda Colley recounts how a new British nation was invented in the wake of the Act of Union between England and Wales and Scotland in 1707. Skillfully interweaving political, military, and social history, Colley enlivens her story with colorful vignettes of the heroes and politicians, artists and writers, and ordinary women and men who helped forge a British national identity. Her book is a major contribution to our understanding of Britain`s past and to the contemporary debate about the shape and identity of Britain in the future.Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0300107595, Paperback)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 Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0099427214, Paperback)A major contribution to an understanding of Britain’s past and to the shape and survival of Britain and its institutions in the future.(retrieved from Amazon Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:43:35 -0400) |
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