Britons
Forging the Nation, 1707-1837
Linda Colley(Author)
Yale University Press
2nd Edition
Published on 11. May 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-300-10759-3 (ISBN)
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Description
How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? In this prize-winning book, Linda Colley explains how a new British nation was invented in the wake of the 1707 Act of Union, and how this new national identity was nurtured through war, religion, trade and imperial expansion. Here too are numerous individual Britons - heroes and politicians like Nelson and Pitt; bourgeois patriots like Thomas Coram and John Wilkes; artists, writers and musicians who helped to forge our image of Britishness; as well as many ordinary men and women whose stories have never previously been told. Powerful and timely, this lavishly illustrated book is a major contribution to our understanding of Britain's past and to the growing debate about the shape and survival of Britain and its institutions in the future. "The most dazzling and comprehensive study of a national identity yet to appear in any language." Tom Nairn, Scotsman "A very fine book ...challenging, fascinating, enormously well-informed." John Barrell, London Review of Books "Wise and bracing history ...which provides an historical context for debate about British citizenship barely begun."
Michael Ratcliffe, Observer "Controversial, entertaining and alarmingly topical ...a delight to read."Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph "Uniting sharp analysis, pungent prose and choice examples, Colley probes beneath the skin and lays bare the anatomy of nationhood." Roy Porter, New Statesman & Society
Michael Ratcliffe, Observer "Controversial, entertaining and alarmingly topical ...a delight to read."Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph "Uniting sharp analysis, pungent prose and choice examples, Colley probes beneath the skin and lays bare the anatomy of nationhood." Roy Porter, New Statesman & Society
Reviews / Votes
"Brilliant... rich and stimulating" Hugo Young, Guardian; "The most dazzling and comprehensive study of a national identity yet to appear in any language." Tom Nairn, Scotsman; "A very fine book... challenging, fascinating, enormously well-informed." John Barrell, London Review of Books; "Wise and bracing history... which provides an historical context for debate about British citizenship barely begun." Michael Ratcliffe, Observer; "Controversial, entertaining and alarmingly topical... a delight to read." Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph; "Uniting sharp analysis, pungent prose and choice examples, Colley probes beneath the skin and lays bare the anatomy of nationhood." Roy Porter, New Statesman & Society"More details
Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
81 b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 127 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-10759-3 (9780300107593)
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09/2009
Yale University Press
€22.50
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Person
Born in Britain, Linda Colley has taught and written on history and current events on both sides of the Atlantic. Previously at Cambridge, Yale, and the London School of Economics, she is now Shelby M.C. Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University.