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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199246408
• ISBN13: 9780199246403
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"