National Identity in Great Britain and British North America, 1815-1851: The Role of Nineteenth-Century Periodicals

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National Identity in Great Britain and British North America, 1815-1851: The Role of Nineteenth-Century Periodicals
Abstract
An exploration of the complex relationship between colony and "mother country" (British North America and Great Britain) through the lens of national identity, based on periodical publications between 1815 and 1851. Most of the colonial periodicals were published in Montreal and Toronto. The authors identify three key elements of national identity during the period under review – having a shared, or shareable, past; having a transcendent ideology (that is, a belief in continued national progress); and having an Other against which to contend. They demonstrate the presence of these elements in periodical texts relating to political and economic life, faith and religion, women and children, the progress of the nation, and colonialism. The recurrence of certain Others across chapters in the book allows the authors to explore the complex treatment of groups like the Irish, who figure as political, economic, religious and national others at various points in their study.
Place
Farnham, Surrey, England & Burlington VT
Publisher
Ashgate
Date
2011
Language
en
Citation
Connors, Linda E., and Mary Lu MacDonald. National Identity in Great Britain and British North America, 1815-1851: The Role of Nineteenth-Century Periodicals. Farnham, Surrey, England & Burlington VT: Ashgate, 2011.
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