ISBN10: 0199246408, ISBN13: 9780199246403, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Softcover Paperback. In the seventeenth century the English were often depicted as a nation of barbarians, fanatics, and king-killers. Two hundred years later they were more likely to be seen as the triumphant possessors of a unique political stability, vigorous industrial revolution, and a world-wide empire. These may have been British achievements; but the virtues which brought about this transformation tended to be perceived as specifically English. Ideas of what constitutedEnglishness changed from a stock notion of waywardness and unpredictability to one of discipline and dedication. The evolution of the so-called national character - today once more the subject of scrutinyand debate - is traced through the impressions and analyses of foreign observers, and related to English ambitions and anxieties during a period of intense change. Between 1650 and 1850 perceptions of the English were transformed into a world power of political maturity and industrial might. Englishness Identified traces the evolution of the 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. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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