The Rise of English Nationalism is a tour de force reinterpretation of English history and culture in the era of King George III. Where historians have often seen England as having been bypassed by the phenomenom of nationalism, Newman, equally at home with history and literature, shows instead that England was probably the first modern country to experience it, and reveals its vibrations throughout English cultural, social, literary and political life. The result is a remarkable synthesis from a comprehensive new angle of vision, lucidly and often wittily written. Both armchair historian and serious scholar will enjoy The Rise of English Nationalism .

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GERALD NEWMAN is Professor of History at Kent State University.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface Fine Fellow Travelling in the Age of Cosmopolitanism Cosmopolitanism and Aristocratic Supremacy What is Nationalism? The Anatomy of Cultural Protest in the Age of George II The Literary Revolution, 1740-89 The Moral Elevation of the English Identity The Launching of English Radicalism in the Age of George III The Long Revolution, 1789-1830 Notes Select Bibliography Index