Inventing and Resisting Britain - Cultural Identities in Britain and Ireland, 1685–1789 - M. Pittock - Paperback Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC -

Description

This book examines the difficulties and challenges which faced attempts to create a British identity. Taking its perspective from the cultural, social and political margins of the British Isles, it demonstrates how fragile the supposed political consensus of the eighteenth century was.