National Character and Public Spirit in Britain and France, 1750 1914

In a work of unusual ambition and rigorous comparison, Roberto Romani considers the concept of "national character" in the intellectual histories of Britain and France. Perceptions of collective mentalities influenced a variety of political and economic debates, ranging from anti-absolutist polemic in eighteenth-century France to appraisals of socialism in Edwardian Britain. Romani argues that the eighteenth-century notion of "national character", with its stress on climate and government, evolved into a concern with the virtues of "public spirit" irrespective of national traits, in parallel with the establishment of representative institutions on the Continent.

Author: Roberto Romani
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/13/2006
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780521024266

About the Author
Romani, Roberto: - Roberto Romani is Research Associate at the Centre for History and Economics, King's College, Cambridge.

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