Britons: forging the nation 1707-1837; revised edition, paperback/linda colley

Description How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? This brilliant and seminal book examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented after 1707 and how this new national identity was nurtured through war, religion, trade, and empire.

Lavishly illustrated and powerful, Britons remains a major contribution to our understanding of Britains past, and continues to influence ongoing controversies about this politys survival and future.

This edition contains an extensive new preface by the author.

A sweeping survey, .

evocatively illustrated and engagingly written.

--Harriet Ritvo, New York Times Book Review Challenging, fascinating, enormously well informed.

--John Barrell, London Review of Books Linda Colley writes with clarity and grace.

Her stimulating book will be, and deserves to be influential--E.

Thompson, Dissent Linda Colley is Shelby M.

Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University.

Winner of the Wolfson History Prize A New York Times Notable Book.