01653cam a2200337 4500 425409612 TxAuBib 20140509120000.0 920323s1992||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 92013256 9780300057379 0300057377 (OCoLC)25630983 DLC DLC UKM MWR TxAuBib Colley, Linda. Britons : forging the nation, 1707-1837 / Linda Colley. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1992. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1992. x, 429 p : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-413) and index. In this splendidly wide-ranging and compelling book, Linda Colley recounts how a new British nation was invented in the wake of the Act of Union between England and Wales and Scotland in 1707. She describes how a succession of major wars with Catholic France - culminating in the epic conflict with Napoleon - served as both a threat and a tonic, forcing the diverse peoples of this deeply Protestant culture into closer union and reminding them of what they had in common.... 20140509. Donated by Miriam York Estate. Nationalism Great Britain History. National characteristics, British History. Great Britain fast Civilization 18th century. Great Britain fast Civilization 17th century. Great Britain. fast History, 1688-1837. TXGID