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British History, 1660-1832

National Identity and Local Culture

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Alexander Murdoch

    1. University of Edinburgh, UK

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  • The book synthesizes a huge body of specialised work in the field making it more accessible to an undergraduate readership
    The book revives the perspective of region and locality in relation to the concept of Britain in history, based on sectarianism, centralisation and empire

Part of the book series: British Studies Series (BRSS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Region and Locality

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 1-14

  3. The Stuart Monarchy and the Idea of Britain

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 15-32

  4. James Loses the Kingdoms: the Revolutions of 1688 in Their British Context

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 33-47

  5. The Union of England and Scotland and the Development of the Hanoverian State

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 48-61

  6. The Idea of Britain and the Creation of the First British Empire

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 62-73

  7. Peripheral Nations? Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Provincial England

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 74-87

  8. Cultural Politics: National Culture in a Metropolitan State

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 88-105

  9. The American Revolution and the Origins of the Second British Empire

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 106-122

  10. War and the Nation, 1793–1815: British Identity and the New Empire

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 123-137

  11. Empire and its Discontents: English Nationalism and the Imperial State

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 138-152

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 153-206
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About this book

This is an interpretative study of the idea of Britain, examining the transformation of a sectarian concept into an imperial ideology forged during a period of sustained warfare in Europe and ever-expanding areas beyond Europe during the second half of the Eighteenth century. It seeks to examine constitutional history from a non-Anglocentric perspective and to relocate it to historiographical developments in Social History and the History of Ideas. Based on more than 25 years of research, it seeks to examine critically a concept which increasingly has come under public debate during the past decade.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Edinburgh, UK

    Alexander Murdoch

About the author

ALEXANDER MURDOCH is Senior Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: British History, 1660-1832

  • Book Subtitle: National Identity and Local Culture

  • Authors: Alexander Murdoch

  • Series Title: British Studies Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27235-8

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 224

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland

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