Imagining Britain : the formation of British national identity during the eighteenth century

This thesis explores the supposed development of an 'imagined community' of the British during the eighteenth century. Responding in particular to Linda Colley, it aims to show that her use of Benedict Anderson's well-known definition of the nation is both inappropriate and misleading...

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Main Author: Adams, Matthew
Published: University of Warwick 2002
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.273448