Politics of Patriotism - English Liberalism, National Identity and Europe, 1830-1886

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Parry is Reader in Modern British History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Pembroke College. Klappentext Parry offers a new analysis of the ideas that influenced the Liberal political coalition between the 1830s and 1880s. Zusammenfassung Between the 1830s and 1880s European problems had a profound impact on British politics. Parry examines the effect on the British Liberal movement of the most significant of these! such as the 1848 Revolutions! the unification of Italy and the Franco-Prussian War! arguing such issues made patriotism a political question. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. English Liberalism and National Identity: 1. The English constitution and the liberal state; 2. Character, morals and national identity; Part II. Europe and Liberal Politics: 3. Liberalism and the continent, 1830-47; 4. The 1848 revolutions and the triumph of liberal patriotism; 5. Italian unification and the search for an ethical nationhood; 6. The Franco-Prussian War and the destruction of the first Gladstone government, 1870-4; 7. The Eastern question and its consequences, 1875-6; Conclusion; Abbreviations and bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Parry, Jonathan (University of Cambridge) Parry, Parry Jonathan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.11.2008
• EAN: 9780521101646
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10164-6
• No. of pages: 436
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, British Isles