LEADER 04308nam 22008292 450 001 9910778871703321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-107-11514-0 010 $a0-511-00140-1 010 $a1-280-15347-4 010 $a0-511-11696-9 010 $a0-511-14964-6 010 $a0-511-32450-2 010 $a0-511-49586-2 010 $a0-511-05075-5 035 $a(CKB)111004366730602 035 $a(EBL)144689 035 $a(OCoLC)437250303 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000115011 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11138143 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115011 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10125113 035 $a(PQKB)11334961 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511495861 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC144689 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL144689 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10014982 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL15347 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366730602 100 $a20090306d1999|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBritish identities before nationalism $eethnicity and nationhood in the Atlantic world, 1600-1800 /$fColin Kidd$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d1999. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 302 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-02453-6 311 $a0-521-62403-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $g1.$tIntroduction --$g2.$tPrologue: the Mosaic foundations of early modern European identity --$g3.$tEthnic theology and British identities --$g4.$tWhose ancient constitution? Ethnicity and the English past, 1600-1800 --$g5.$tBritons, Saxons and the Anglican quest for legitimacy --$g6.$tThe Gaelic dilemma in early modern Scottish political culture --$g7.$tThe weave of Irish identities, 1600-1790 --$g8.$tConstructing the pre-romantic Celt --$g9.$tMapping a Gothic Europe --$g10.$tThe varieties of Gothicism in the British Atlantic world, 1689-1800 --$g11.$tConclusion. 330 $aInspired by debates among political scientists over the strength and depth of the pre-modern roots of nationalism, this study attempts to gauge the status of ethnic identities in an era whose dominant loyalties and modes of political argument were confessional, institutional and juridical. Colin Kidd's point of departure is the widely shared orthodox belief that the whole world had been peopled by the offspring of Noah. In addition, Kidd probes inconsistencies in national myths of origin and ancient constitutional claims, and considers points of contact which existed in the early modern era between ethnic identities which are now viewed as antithetical, including those of Celts and Saxons. He also argues that Gothicism qualified the notorious Francophobia of eighteenth-century Britons. A wide-ranging example of the new British history, this study draws upon evidence from England, Scotland, Ireland and America, while remaining alert to European comparisons and influences. 606 $aNational characteristics, British$xHistory 606 $aGroup identity$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aConstitutional history$zGreat Britain 606 $aEthnic groups$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aNationalism$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aEthnicity$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aMythology, Celtic$zGreat Britain 606 $aCelts$zGreat Britain 606 $aMythology, British 607 $aGreat Britain$xEthnic relations$xHistory$y17th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xEthnic relations$xHistory$y18th century 615 0$aNational characteristics, British$xHistory. 615 0$aGroup identity$xHistory. 615 0$aConstitutional history 615 0$aEthnic groups$xHistory. 615 0$aNationalism$xHistory. 615 0$aEthnicity$xHistory. 615 0$aMythology, Celtic 615 0$aCelts 615 0$aMythology, British. 676 $a305.8/00941/09032 700 $aKidd$b Colin$0626998 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778871703321 996 $aBritish identities before nationalism$93854583 997 $aUNINA