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Inventing and Resisting Britain: Cultural Identities in Britain and Ireland, 1685 - 1789: 57 (British Studies Series) - Softcover

Pittock, Murray G. H.

 
9780333650615: Inventing and Resisting Britain: Cultural Identities in Britain and Ireland, 1685 - 1789: 57 (British Studies Series)

Synopsis

This book examines the difficulties and challenges which faced attempts to create a British identity. Taking its perspective from the cultural, social and political margins of the British Isles, it demonstrates how fragile the supposed political consensus of the eighteenth century was. To read it is to revaluate our understanding of the culture of England in relation to other societies of these islands.

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About the Author

Murray Pittock FRSE is Bradley Professor of English Literature at the University of Glasgow, UK, and has previously held chairs and other senior appointments at the universities of Manchester, Strathclyde and Edinburgh.

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