| National Identities and Travel in Victorian Britain 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Morgan, M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333719999 ISBN-13: 9780333719992 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2001 Annotation: This book explores components of national identity in Victorian Britain by analyzing travel literature. It draws on published and unpublished travel journals by middle-class men and women from England, Scotland, and Wales. The main aim is to illustrate both the contexts that inspired the various collective identities of Britishness, Englishness, Scotsness, and Welshness, as well as the qualities Victorian men and women had in mind when they used such terms to identify and imagine themselves collectively. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Social Science | Sociology - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 941.081 |
| LCCN: 00041511 |
| Series: Studies in Modern History (Palgrave) |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 5.64" W x 8.78" (1.19 lbs) 271 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores components of national identity in Victorian Britain by analyzing travel literature. It draws on published and unpublished travel journals by middle-class men and women from England, Scotland, and Wales who toured the Continent and/or Britain. The main aim is to illustrate both the contexts that inspired the various collective identities of Britishness, Englishness, Scotsness, and Welshness, as well as the qualities Victorian men and women had in mind when they used such terms to identify and imagine themselves collectively. |