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How was Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? In this brilliant and wide-ranging book, Linda Colley explains how a new British nation was invented in the wake of the 1707 Act of Union, and how a new national identity was forged through war, religion, trade and imperial expansion. Powerful and timely, this lavishly illustrated book is a major contribution to our understanding of Britain's past and to the growing debate about the shape and survival of Britain and its institutions in the future.
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Britons, Linda Colley
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- Released
- 1996
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- Title
- Britons
- Subtitle
- Forging the Nation, 1707-1837
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Linda Colley
- Publisher
- London: Vintage
- Released
- 1996
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN10
- 0099427214
- ISBN13
- 9780099427216
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- How was Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? In this brilliant and wide-ranging book, Linda Colley explains how a new British nation was invented in the wake of the 1707 Act of Union, and how a new national identity was forged through war, religion, trade and imperial expansion. Powerful and timely, this lavishly illustrated book is a major contribution to our understanding of Britain's past and to the growing debate about the shape and survival of Britain and its institutions in the future.