Covering the periods 1600-1870, this volume examines the implications of Britain's ever-shifting contours and the ambitions of each of its peoples, including those of its overseas dominions, and the intellectual and social changes that took place during the period.[...]
This book discusses the way ideas and forms traveled between Britain and France during the eighteenth century, and the extent to which the circulation of ideas between the two countries could be difficult. The volume shows that this difficulty, because it was acknowledged and often thematized, contr[...]