Englishness Identified: Manners and Character 1650-1850

by Paul Langford

Book Overview

Between 1650 and 1850 perceptions of the English were transformed, as a nation of supposed barbarians, fanatics, and king-killers evolved into a world power of political maturity, imperial grandeur, and industrial might. Englishness Identified traces the evolution of the so-called English national character through the impressions and analyses of foreign observers, and relates it to English ambitions and anxieties during a period of rapid change.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019820681X
• ISBN13: 9780198206811
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"