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Britons: forging the nation, 1707-1837 : with a new preface by the author
Colley, Linda.
Year: 2003.
Publisher:  Pimlico. 
© Linda Colley
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Frontmatter
Acknowledgements
Preface to the Second Pimlico Edition
Introduction
1 Protestants
A less than united kingdom
The struggles of God's elect
Jerusalem the golden
A polity by force of faith
2 Profits
Land, trade, war and empire
Jacobitism and the economics of loyalty
Investing in the nation
The price of it all
3 Peripheries
New landmarks
John Wilkes and Englishness
A Scottish empire?
America and the revolution in British sensibilities
4 Dominance
Crisis of an order
The making of the British ruling class
The cultural reconstruction of an elite
Heroes of their own epic
5 Majesty
A royal culture confined
Why George III was different
The mechanics of royal celebration
Meanings and magic
6 Womanpower
Beating against the bonds of womanhood
War and the sexes
Making separate spheres work for women
A woman's place is in the nation
7 Manpower
A nation in arms
Who was willing to fight?
The private reasons why
The politics of popular commitment
8 Victories?
Catholic emancipation and division
Parliamentary reform and compromise
Slavery, freedom and consensus
A nation redefined and undefined
Conclusions
Appendices
The geography of loyalty in 1745
Men at arms throughout Great Britain, May 1804
Volunteers and their chosen sphere of action in 1798
Notes
Index
Photograph Acknowledgements
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Title: Britons : forging the nation, 1707-1837 : with a new preface by the author Linda Colley.
Author: Colley, Linda
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E-Distribution Information: University of Michigan Library, Scholarly Publishing Office
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2008
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Source Version: Britons : forging the nation, 1707-1837 : with a new preface by the author Linda Colley. 
Colley, Linda
London: Pimlico, 2003.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.01683
Subject Headings: • National characteristics, British -- History
• Nationalism -- Great Britain -- History
• Great Britain -- History -- 1689-1714
• Great Britain -- History -- 1714-1837
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