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- Book Synopsis
- In the seventeenth century the English were often depicted as a nation of barbarians, fanatics, and king-killers. Two hundred years later they were more likely to be seen as the triumphant possessors of a unique political stability, vigorous industrial revolution, and a world-wide empire. These may have been British achievements; but the virtues which brought about this transformation tended to be perceived as specifically English. Ideas of what constituted Englishness changed from a stock notion of waywardness and unpredictability to one of discipline and dedication. The evolution of the so-called national character - today once more the subject of scrutiny and debate - is traced through the impressions and analyses of foreign observers, and related to English ambitions and anxieties during a period of intense change.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780199246403
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, (06 September 2001)
- Number of Pages
- 389
- Weight
- 594 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 235 x 156 x 22 mm
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