Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837

Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837

<div><div><div><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">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, <I>Britons</I> 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.</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">“A sweeping survey, . . . evocatively illustrated and engagingly written.”—Harriet Ritvo, <I>New York Times Book Review </I></P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">“Challenging, fascinating, enormously well informed.”—John Barrell, <I>London Review of Books </I></P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I></I> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">“Linda Colley writes with clarity and grace...Her stimulating book will be, and deserves to be influential”—E. P. Thompson, <I>Dissent</I></P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Linda Colley is Shelby M. C. Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University.<I> </I></P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><BR>Winner of the Wolfson History Prize</p><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><BR>A <I>New York Times </I>Notable<I> </I>Book</p><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P></div></div></div>