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Britain, Ireland, and Continental Europe in the Eighteenth Century - Similarities, Connections, Identities (Hardcover)
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Britain, Ireland, and Continental Europe in the Eighteenth Century - Similarities, Connections, Identities (Hardcover)
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Britain's separateness from the rest of Europe is often taken as
read. For generations, historians have presented Britain as
exceptional and different. In recent years an emphasis on the
Atlantic and imperial aspects of British history, and on the
importance of the nation and national identity, has made Britain
and Ireland seem even more distant from the neighbouring Continent.
Stephen Conway's study offers a different perspective on
eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland's relationship with
continental Europe. It acknowledges areas of difference and
distinctiveness, but points to areas of similarity. It accepts that
both Britain and Ireland were part of an Atlantic and wider
imperial world, but highlights their under-recognized connections
with the rest of Europe. And, perhaps most ambitiously of all, it
suggests that if the British and Irish thought and acted in
national terms, they were also able, in the appropriate
circumstances, to see themselves as Europeans.
Other historians have opened up parts of this subject, presenting a
more rounded picture than exceptionalist narratives allow,
stressing convergence rather than divergence, establishing
important connections and exploring their ramifications; but none
have attempted such a panoramic view. Conway presents a case for
our regarding eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland as integral
parts of Europe, and for our appreciating that this was the
perspective of many of the British and Irish at the time.
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