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Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837; Revised Edition / Linda Colley | |
Publisher: Yale University Press | |
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How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? This brilliant and seminal book examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented after 1707 and how this new national identity was nurtured through war, religion, trade, and empire. Lavishly illustrated and powerful, Britons remains a major contribution to our understanding of Britain’s past, and continues to influence ongoing controversies about this polity’s survival and future. This edition contains an extensive new preface by the author.
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“A sweeping survey, . . . evocatively illustrated and engagingly written.â€Â—Harriet Ritvo, New York Times Book Review
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“Challenging, fascinating, enormously well informed.â€Â—John Barrell, London Review of Books
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“Linda Colley writes with clarity and grace...Her stimulating book will be, and deserves to be influentialâ€Â—E. P. Thompson, Dissent
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Linda Colley is Shelby M. C. Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University.
Winner of the Wolfson History Prize
A New York Times NotableBook
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