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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... Ideas P+P Past and Present Publications of the Modern Language Association of America Scottish Historical Review Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century William and Mary Quarterly 1 Introduction This study addresses the ...
... Ideas P+P Past and Present Publications of the Modern Language Association of America Scottish Historical Review Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century William and Mary Quarterly 1 Introduction This study addresses the ...
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... idea ' , in Kamenka ( ed . ) , Nation- alism : the nature and evolution of an idea ( New York , 1976 ) . 8 M. Thom , Republics , nations and tribes ( London , 1995 ) ; I. Hannaford , Race : the history of an idea in the west ( Baltimore ...
... idea ' , in Kamenka ( ed . ) , Nation- alism : the nature and evolution of an idea ( New York , 1976 ) . 8 M. Thom , Republics , nations and tribes ( London , 1995 ) ; I. Hannaford , Race : the history of an idea in the west ( Baltimore ...
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... ideas , which contributed to a related tradition of scepticism about the scope of the Bible as a hand- book of knowledge , whether of metaphysics or of universal history . This sceptical line was continued by La Peyrère's friend and ...
... ideas , which contributed to a related tradition of scepticism about the scope of the Bible as a hand- book of knowledge , whether of metaphysics or of universal history . This sceptical line was continued by La Peyrère's friend and ...
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... Adam ' , ' Chine ( De la ) ' , pp . 22–6 , 111–14 ; T. F. Gossett , Race : The history of an idea in America ( Dallas , 1963 ) , p . 44 . Furthermore , scholars are now rediscovering the centrality of race 20 Theological contexts.
... Adam ' , ' Chine ( De la ) ' , pp . 22–6 , 111–14 ; T. F. Gossett , Race : The history of an idea in America ( Dallas , 1963 ) , p . 44 . Furthermore , scholars are now rediscovering the centrality of race 20 Theological contexts.
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... idea in the west ( Baltimore , 1996 ) , pp . 204–5 . 49 C. A. Bayly , Imperial meridian : the British Empire and the world 1780-1830 ( London and New York , 1989 ) , p . 147 ; K. Thomas , Man and the natural world ( 1983 : Harmonds ...
... idea in the west ( Baltimore , 1996 ) , pp . 204–5 . 49 C. A. Bayly , Imperial meridian : the British Empire and the world 1780-1830 ( London and New York , 1989 ) , p . 147 ; K. Thomas , Man and the natural world ( 1983 : Harmonds ...
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