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Englishness Identified
Paul Langford
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Manners and Character 1650-1850
出版OUP Oxford, 2000-04-20
主題History / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Modern / GeneralHistory / Social HistorySocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
ISBN019158858X9780191588587
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=RMY1xQZijDgC&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.