Englishness Identified : Manners and Character 1650-1850 Paperback / softback
by Paul (Professor of Modern History, Oxford University, and Principal, Professor of Modern H Langford
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In the seventeenth century the English were often depicted as a nation of barbarians, fanatics, and king-killers.
Two hundred years later they were more likely to be seen as the triumphant possessors of a unique political stability, vigorous industrial revolution, and a world-wide empire.
These may have been British achievements; but the virtues which brought about this transformation tended to be perceived as specifically English.
Ideas of what constituted Englishness changed from a stock notion of waywardness and unpredictability to one of discipline and dedication.
The evolution of the so-called national character - today once more the subject of scrutiny and debate - is traced through the impressions and analyses of foreign observers, and related to English ambitions and anxieties during a period of intense change.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:402 pages, 8 line drawings
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:06/09/2001
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- ISBN:9780199246403
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:402 pages, 8 line drawings
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:06/09/2001
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- ISBN:9780199246403