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Colleys analysis of the source of british identity in the nineteenth and. She favors crossdisciplinary history, and in both her writing and teaching examines britains past in broader european, imperial, and global contexts. Since i am going to argue with some parts of this book, let me say at once that it is a significant study and well deserves the praise with which it has been received. Linda colley is the shelby mc davis 1958 professor of history at princeton university, and the author of acts of union and disunion. Forging the nation 17071837 is a history written in 1992 by linda colley. Linda colleys new book breaks the boundaries between biography, family stories and global history. She is currently professor of history at princeton university. Buy britons by linda colley from waterstones today. In this engrossing book, linda colley recounts how a new british nation was. Davis 1958 professor of history at princeton university. Previously at cambridge, yale, and the london school of economics, she is now shelby m.
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