Britons : forging the nation, 1707-1837
Colley, Linda, 1949-1992
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Recounts how a new British nation was invented in the wake of the Act of Union between England and Wales and Scotland in 1707. Colley describes how a succession of major wars with Catholic France served as both a threat and a tonic, forcing the peoples of Britain into a closer union.
Main title:
Britons : forging the nation, 1707-1837 / Linda Colley.
Author:
Imprint:
New Haven, CT : London : Yale University Press, 1992.
Collation:
x,429p. : ill. ; 24cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300057379
Dewey class:
941.07
Language:
English
BRN:
1298968