![]() ![]() ![]() 2 Colley's bold stroke was to pinpoint the moment (1707-1837) when the three separate strands came together, and Britain was forged. Critical of the (often unacknowledged) Anglocentrism of existing historiography, this new genre rose on the premise that any future British history would have to be more truly multinational, encompassing the separate histories of England, Scotland, and Wales. 1 In the midst of this dispiriting confusion, Professor Colley boldly offered a new paradigm.ĭuring the 1980s, a "New British History" had begun to emerge. ![]() Class, which had been its central category of analysis, was being dismissed in a flurry of vehement manifestoes, none of which offered any plausible alternatives. When it appeared, in 1992, Modern British social history was in a state of crisis, reeling from a decade of largely negative, deconstructive critiques. Linda Colley's Britons has been such a book. It should raise new questions, but provide the kind of provisional, provocative answers that will serve as a stimulus to future work. ![]() What makes for a seminal book? It must be excellent enough to excite admiration, original enough to introduce new perspectives, and problematic enough to elicit constructive criticism. The Making of British Nationality Theodore Koditschek In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: ![]()
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