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Vintage
Language
English
Pages
464

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Subjects
British, British National characteristics, Civilization, Great Britain, History, Nationalism, Histoire, Britanniques, Natievorming, Nacionalismo, Nationalisme, Historia, History (Great Britain and Ireland), Nationale identiteit, Características nacionales inglesas, Civilisation, Civilización, Social life and customs, Nationalism, great britain, Great britain, history, 1714-1837, Great britain, history, 1689-1714
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Great Britain
Times
1689-1714, 1714-1837, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century

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Britons: forging the nation, 1707-1837
1996, Vintage
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Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837
October 28, 1992, Yale University Press
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Britons: forging the nation, 1707-1837
1992, Yale University Press
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Table of Contents

1. Protestants. A less than united kingdom. The struggles of God's elect. Jerusalem the golden. A polity by force of faith
2. Profits. Land, trade, war and empire. Jabobitism and the economics of loyalty. Investing in the nation. The price of it all
3. Peripheries. New landmarks. John Wilkes and Englishness. A Scottish empire? America and the revolution in British sensibilities
4. Dominance. Crisis of an order. The making of the British ruling class. The cultural reconstruction of an elite. Heroes of their own epic
5. Majesty. A royal culture confined. Why George III was different. The mechanics of royal celebration. Meanings and magic
6. Womanpower. Beating against the bonds of womanhood. War and the sexes. Making separate spheres work for women. A woman's place is in the nation
7. Manpower. A nation in arms. Who was willing to fight? The private reasons why. The politics of popular commitment
8. Victories? Catholic emancipation and division. Parliamentary reform and compromise. Slavery, freedom and consensus. A nation redefined and undefined
App. The geography of loyalty in 1745
App. Men at arms throughout Great Britain, May 1804
App. Volunteers and their chosen sphere of action in 1798.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-446) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
941.07
Library of Congress
DA485 .C65 1996

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xvi, 464 pages
Number of pages
464

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OL35443880M
Internet Archive
britonsforgingna0000coll_p7q5
ISBN 10
0099427214
ISBN 13
9780099427216
OCLC/WorldCat
53983857

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