The British Isles : a history of four nations

This is a unique account of the British Isles from pre-Roman times to the twentieth century, distinguished by its stress on the fact that English history forms only part of a wider "history of four nations." To ignore this wider dimension is to distort our view of the past and hinder our u...

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Main Author: Kearney, Hugh F.
Format: Book
Language:Undetermined
Published: Cambridge,New York Cambridge University Press 1989-
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Institutions: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ
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Summary:This is a unique account of the British Isles from pre-Roman times to the twentieth century, distinguished by its stress on the fact that English history forms only part of a wider "history of four nations." To ignore this wider dimension is to distort our view of the past and hinder our understanding of the present. Wide-ranging, the book transforms and challenges traditional accounts of what constitutes national history