British identities before nationalism : ethnicity and nationhood in the Atlantic world, 1600-1800 /

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"Inspired by debates among political scientists over the strength and depth of the pre-modern roots of nationalism, this study attempts to gauge the status of ethnic identities in an era whose dominant loyalties and modes of political argument were confessional, institutional and juridical.&quo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kidd, Colin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Subjects:
1600-1799
National characteristics, British > History.
Group identity > Great Britain > History.
Constitutional history > Great Britain.
Ethnic groups > Great Britain > History.
Nationalism > Great Britain > History.
Ethnicity > Great Britain > History.
Mythology, Celtic > Great Britain.
Celts > Great Britain.
Mythology, British.
Celts > Great Britain > History.
Britanniques > Histoire.
Identité collective > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Histoire constitutionnelle > Grande-Bretagne.
Groupes ethniques > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Nationalisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Ethnicité > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Celtes > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Mythologie britannique.
Mythologie celtique > Grande-Bretagne.
Celtes > Grande-Bretagne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Celts
Constitutional history
Ethnic groups
Ethnic relations
Ethnicity
Group identity
Mythology, British
Mythology, Celtic
National characteristics, British
Nationalism
Nationalbewusstsein
Ethnizität
Ethnische Identität
Etnisch bewustzijn.
Nationale identiteit.
Caractère national britannique.
Great Britain > Ethnic relations > History > 17th century.
Great Britain > Ethnic relations > History > 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations interethniques > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations interethniques > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Grande-Bretagne > Relations interethniques > 17e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations interethniques > 18e siècle.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Prologue: the Mosaic foundations of early modern European identity
  • 3. Ethnic theology and British identities
  • 4. Whose ancient constitution? Ethnicity and the English past, 1600-1800
  • 5. Britons, Saxons and the Anglican quest for legitimacy
  • 6. The Gaelic dilemma in early modern Scottish political culture
  • 7. The weave of Irish identities, 1600-1790
  • 8. Constructing the pre-romantic Celt
  • 9. Mapping a Gothic Europe
  • 10. The varieties of Gothicism in the British Atlantic world, 1689-1800
  • 11. Conclusion.

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