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Colley, Linda was born on September 13, 1949 in Chester, England. Daughter of Roy Lesley Colley and Marjorie Hughes.
(In this remarkable reconstruction of an eighteenth-centur...)
In this remarkable reconstruction of an eighteenth-century woman's extraordinary and turbulent life, historian Linda Colley not only tells the story of Elizabeth Marsh, one of the most distinctive travelers of her time, but also opens a window onto a radically transforming world.Marsh was conceived in Jamaica, lived in London, Gibraltar, and Menorca, visited the Cape of Africa and Rio de Janeiro, explored eastern and southern India, and was held captive at the court of the sultan of Morocco. She was involved in land speculation in Florida and in international smuggling, and was caught up in three different slave systems. She was also a part of far larger histories. Marsh's lifetime saw new connections being forged across nations, continents, and oceans by war, empire, trade, navies, slavery, and print, and these developments shaped and distorted her own progress and the lives of those close to her. Colley brilliantly weaves together the personal and the epic in this compelling story of a woman in world history.
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St. Martin's Press, 1989, Very good., Faint spotting on top edge, otherwise bright, clean, tight, in dust jacket. Historians on Historians. History, Historians, Biography, Lewis Namier Out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers since 1933. We pack and ship with care.
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( How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be...)
How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? In this prize-winning book, Linda Colley combines imperial, political, social, and cultural history to analyze the evolution of Britishness, evoking its enduring tensions as well as its powerful characteristics. Hailed at its publication as the most dazzling and comprehensive study of a national identity yet to appear” (Tom Nairn), Britons is now reissued with a new Preface by the author commenting on the book’s genesis and critical reception and on recent political developments. A sweeping survey, . . . evocatively illustrated and engagingly written.”Harriet Ritvo, New York Times Book Review Dashingly written and firmly unsentimental.”Keith Thomas, New York Review of Books Extremely learned and penetrating . . . and most entertaining.”Conor Cruise O’Brien, New Republic Challenging, fascinating, enormously well informed.”John Barrell, London Review of Books Colley has a capacity for historical generalizations that puts her into the front rank among her contemporaries.”E. P. Thompson, Dissent Absolutely magnificent.”Jeffrey Hart, National Review
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(In this path-breaking book Linda Colley reappraises the r...)
In this path-breaking book Linda Colley reappraises the rise of the biggest empire in global history. Excavating the lives of some of the multitudes of Britons held captive in the lands their own rulers sought to conquer, Colley also offers an intimate understanding of the peoples and cultures of the Mediterranean, North America, India, and Afghanistan. Here are harrowing, sometimes poignant stories by soldiers and sailors and their womenfolk, by traders and con men and by white as well as black slaves. By exploring these forgotten captives – and their captors – Colley reveals how Britain’s emerging empire was often tentative and subject to profound insecurities and limitations. She evokes how British empire was experienced by the mass of poor whites who created it. She shows how imperial racism coexisted with cross-cultural collaborations, and how the gulf between Protestantism and Islam, which some have viewed as central to this empire, was often smaller than expected. Brilliantly written and richly illustrated, Captives is an invitation to think again about a piece of history too often viewed in the same old way. It is also a powerful contribution to current debates about the meanings, persistence, and drawbacks of empire.
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(Before he died in 1960, Lewis Namier was widely regarded ...)
Before he died in 1960, Lewis Namier was widely regarded as one of the most important historians in the Western world. This biography reassesses his contribution to both British and European history and explores the connections between his life and the subjects which obsessed him.
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(In English history the years between 1714 and 1760 are pe...)
In English history the years between 1714 and 1760 are peculiar in two ways. They have received only scant attention from historians, and they witnessed the exclusion of the tory sector of the nation's landed elite from all central as well as from prime local offices. In this book Linda Colley explores the fate of the tory party which has dominated both Parliament and the constituencies throughout of the reigns of William III and Anne. She refutes any simple identification of the party with cryto-Jacobitism, and explains both the ideological, electoral, and organisational factors which enabled it to survive under the early Hanoverians, and the circumstances which prevented it from regaining total or limited access to the political centre. Like canaries down a mine, the proscribed tories are also used to gauge the atmosphere of their high-and low-political environment. By examining the tory party's persistent if unavailing parliamentary lobbies and opinion, Dr Colley brings into question many of the current orthodoxies about England's political stability under George I and George II, and casts doubt on the repidity and novelty of political and social developments thereafter.
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( How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be...)
How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? This brilliant and seminal book examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented after 1707 and how this new national identity was nurtured through war, religion, trade, and empire. Lavishly illustrated and powerful, Britons remains a major contribution to our understanding of Britain’s past, and continues to influence ongoing controversies about this polity’s survival and future. This edition contains an extensive new preface by the author. A sweeping survey, . . . evocatively illustrated and engagingly written.”Harriet Ritvo, New York Times Book Review Challenging, fascinating, enormously well informed.”John Barrell, London Review of Books Linda Colley writes with clarity and grace...Her stimulating book will be, and deserves to be influential”E. P. Thompson, Dissent Linda Colley is Shelby M. C. Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University. Winner of the Wolfson History Prize A New York Times Notable Book
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( Why, having generated so many early and influential con...)
Why, having generated so many early and influential constitutional statements and exported Bills of Rights, has the United Kingdom entered into the twenty-first century without a constitution of its own? In Taking Stock of Taking Liberties, eminent historian Linda Colley attempts to investigate this question and offers an evocative interpretation of the major British Library exhibition of the same name. Discussing some of the extraordinary and moving documents and images on display—all of which illuminate struggles over rights and liberties, from the Magna Carta to the present—the author traces the evolution of the cult of British freedom, demonstrating how in the past it was often at odds with issues like actual access to the vote, disparities of geographical experience, and modes of rule throughout the British empire.
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Colley, Linda was born on September 13, 1949 in Chester, England. Daughter of Roy Lesley Colley and Marjorie Hughes.
Bachelor, Bristol University, England, 1972. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Bristol, England, 2006. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1975.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1977. Degree (honorary), Southbank University, London, 1998. Degree (honorary), Essex University, England, 2004.
Degree (honorary), University East Anglia, 2005. Degree (honorary), University Bristol, 2006.
Fellow in history King's and Newnham Colleges, Cambridge, 1978—1979, Christ's College, Cambridge, 1979—1982. Richard M. Colgate professor history Yale University, New Haven, 1982—1998. Leverhulme Research professor London School of Economics, 1998—2003.
Shelby Medical Corps Davis 1958 professor, history Princeton University, New Jersey, since 2003. Leverhulme Research chair Leverhulme Foundation, 1998—2003. Trevelyn lecturer Cambridge University, 1997.
Wiles lecturer Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1997. Prime Min.'s Millenium lecturer, 99. Bateson lecturer Oxford University, England, 2003.
Nehru Memorial lecturer, London, 03. Dunning Trust lecturer Queen's University, Canada, 2004. Byrn lecturer Vanderbilt University, 2005.
( Why, having generated so many early and influential con...)
(In this remarkable reconstruction of an eighteenth-centur...)
( How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be...)
( How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be...)
(Before he died in 1960, Lewis Namier was widely regarded ...)
(In this path-breaking book Linda Colley reappraises the r...)
(In English history the years between 1714 and 1760 are pe...)
(St. Martin's Press, 1989, Very good., Faint spotting on t...)
Appointed Commander British Empire C.B.E., 2009. Fellow: Academy Europaea, Royal Society Literature, British Academy, Royal History Society.
Married David Nicholas Cannadine, July 10, 1982. 1 child Harriet Fenella Cannadine (deceased).