British Identities before Nationalism: Ethnicity and Nationhood in the Atlantic World, 1600–1800Inspired by debates among political scientists over the strength and depth of the pre-modern roots of nationalism, this study attempts to gauge the status of ethnic identities in an era whose dominant loyalties and modes of political argument were confessional, institutional and juridical. Colin Kidd's point of departure is the widely shared orthodox belief that the whole world had been peopled by the offspring of Noah. In addition, Kidd probes inconsistencies in national myths of origin and ancient constitutional claims, and considers points of contact which existed in the early modern era between ethnic identities which are now viewed as antithetical, including those of Celts and Saxons. He also argues that Gothicism qualified the notorious Francophobia of eighteenth-century Britons. A wide-ranging example of the new British history, this study draws upon evidence from England, Scotland, Ireland and America, while remaining alert to European comparisons and influences. |
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... Nationhood in the Atlantic World 1600-1800 Colin Kidd CAMBRIDGE more information - www.cambridge.org/0521624037 This page intentionally left blank British Identities before Nationalism Inspired. British Identities Cover.
... Nationhood in the Atlantic World 1600-1800 Colin Kidd CAMBRIDGE more information - www.cambridge.org/0521624037 This page intentionally left blank British Identities before Nationalism Inspired. British Identities Cover.
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... British history , this study draws upon evidence from England , Scotland , Ireland and America , while remaining alert to European comparisons and influences . COLIN KIDD is Lecturer in History , University of Glasgow . His publica ...
... British history , this study draws upon evidence from England , Scotland , Ireland and America , while remaining alert to European comparisons and influences . COLIN KIDD is Lecturer in History , University of Glasgow . His publica ...
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... British identities page vi vii viii 1 9 34 Part II The three kingdoms 4 Whose ancient constitution ? Ethnicity and the English past , 1600-1800 75 5 Britons , Saxons and the Anglican quest for legitimacy 99 6 The Gaelic dilemma in early ...
... British identities page vi vii viii 1 9 34 Part II The three kingdoms 4 Whose ancient constitution ? Ethnicity and the English past , 1600-1800 75 5 Britons , Saxons and the Anglican quest for legitimacy 99 6 The Gaelic dilemma in early ...
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... British world . What was the ideological status of ethnicity in the centuries which immediately preceded the rise of nationalism and racial- ism ? Was ethnic identity an important constituent of seventeenth- and eighteenth - century ...
... British world . What was the ideological status of ethnicity in the centuries which immediately preceded the rise of nationalism and racial- ism ? Was ethnic identity an important constituent of seventeenth- and eighteenth - century ...
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... British political nations . While a crude xenophobia was , as a number of studies have shown , a potent factor in British popular culture during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , 24 the pattern within the mainstream of ...
... British political nations . While a crude xenophobia was , as a number of studies have shown , a potent factor in British popular culture during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , 24 the pattern within the mainstream of ...
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