Britain, Ireland, and Continental Europe in the eighteenth century similarities, connections, identities

Britain's separateness from the rest of Europe is often taken as read. For generations, historians have presented Britain as exceptional and different. In recent years an emphasis on the Atlantic and imperial aspects of British history, and on the importance of the nation and national identity,...

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1. Verfasser: Conway, Stephen (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Oxford u.a. Oxford Univ. Press 2011
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Zusammenfassung:Britain's separateness from the rest of Europe is often taken as read. For generations, historians have presented Britain as exceptional and different. In recent years an emphasis on the Atlantic and imperial aspects of British history, and on the importance of the nation and national identity, has made Britain and Ireland seem even more distant from the neighbouring Continent
Britain's separateness from the rest of Europe is often taken as read. For generations, historians have presented Britain as exceptional and different. In recent years an emphasis on the Atlantic and imperial aspects of British history, and on the importance of the nation and national identity, has made Britain and Ireland seem even more distant from the neighbouring Continent
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:VIII, 342 S.
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24 cm
ISBN:0199210853
0-19-921085-3
9780199210855
978-0-19-921085-5