Britons
Subtitle: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837, Second Edition (Yale Nota Bene)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 11, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780300107593
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Social Science; History - General History; Sociology; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; History / General; Ethnic Studies - General
First sentence: AMES THOMSON'S WORDS HAVE BECOME so familiar since they were composed in 1740, have been roared out so often in concert halls, at football matches or church services, in a mood of jingoistic pride or, more recently, self-indulgent nostalgia, that we hardly bother anymore to think about what they mean or what they fail to say.