Alexander Murdoch. British History 1660-1832: National Identity and Local Culture. (British Studies Series.) New York: St. Martin’s Press. 1998. Pp. xii, 206. $55.00. ISBN 0-312-21634-3.

Abstract

Introduction: Region and Locality.- The Stuart Monarchy and the Idea of Britain.- James Loses the Kingdoms: The Revolutions of 1688 in their British Context.- The Union of England and Scotland and the Development of the Hanoverian State.- The Idea of Britain and the Creation of the First British Empire.- Peripheral Nations? Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Provincial England.- Cultural Politics: National Culture in a Metropolitan State.- The American Revolution and the Origins of the Second British Empire.- War and Nation 1793-1815: British Identity and the New Empire.- Empire and its Discontents: English Nationalism and the Imperial State.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.