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Englishness Identified
Paul Langford
其他書名
Manners and Character, 1650-1850
出版
Oxford University Press
, 2001
主題
History / Europe / General
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
History / Modern / General
History / Social History
Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Social Science / Customs & Traditions
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / European Studies
ISBN
0199246408
9780199246403
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=8re3f6UdBRYC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
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 constituted Englishness 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 scrutiny and debate - is traced through the impressions and analyses of foreign observers, and related to English ambitions and anxieties during a period of intense change.