How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? In this brilliant and wide-ranging book, Linda Colley explains how a new British nation was invented in the wake of the 1707 Act of Union, and how this new national identity was nurtured through war, religion, trade and imperial expansion. Powerful and timely, this lavishly illustrated book is a major contribution to our understanding of Britain's past and to the growing debate about the shape and survival of Britain and its institutions in the future.
- ISBN10 0712697853
- ISBN13 9780712697859
- Publish Date 23 January 2003 (first published 28 October 1992)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 November 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Pimlico
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 448
- Language English