The Idea of Britain
reading
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L. Brockliss and D. Eastwood, A Union of Multiple Identities: The British Isles 1750-1850 (1997)
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Linda Colley, Britons: forging a nation
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L.Colley, ‘Britishness and Otherness’, Journal of British History (1992)
- D. Grube, At the Margins of Victorian Britain
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E. Evans, ‘English identity in the18th century’ in C.Bjorn, A.Grant and K.Stringer (eds), Nations, Nationalism and Patriotism in the European Past
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A Grant and K Stringer (eds), Uniting the Kingdom: the making of British history
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H Kearney, The British Isles: a state of four nations
- P. Lindfield and C. Margrave, Rule Britannia
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G. Newman, The rise of English Nationalism: a Cultural History 1740-1830
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M. Pittock, Inventing and resisting Britain : cultural identities in Britain and Ireland 1685-1789
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J. Smyth, The Making of the United Kingdom 1660-1800
Sources
- John Bull images
- Montesquieu, Notes on England
- Walter Scott Online Resource (including Waverley)
Questions
- How is Britishness understood in this period?
- Does Englishness exist?
- Is this a period where national identities are 'invented'?