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Book SynopsisBetween the 1830s and 1880s European problems had a profound impact on British politics. Parry examines the effect on the British Liberal movement of the most significant of these, such as the 1848 Revolutions, the unification of Italy and the Franco-Prussian War, arguing such issues made patriotism a political question.
Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: '… a work of stupendous learning that demonstrates on every page a sovereign knowledge of the writings of familiar and unfamiliar authors … it offers an exemplary case-study of the interaction between the awareness of competition in the international sphere and domestic initiatives in the nineteenth century.' Sehepunkte
Review of the hardback: 'In a brief review, one cannot hope to do full justice to the complexity of Parry's analysis, which, like his other books, deserves to be greeted as a foundational text in the historiography of Victorian Liberalism.[1] Indeed, at this point in his scholarly career, Parry may well know more about Victorian Liberalism than anyone else on the globe.' H-Net Book Review
Review of the hardback: 'A skilful and deeply knowledgeable account of Victorian political culture.' H-Albion
Review of the hardback: 'Parry's volume deserves enormous respect and will no doubt generate genuinely creative controversy.' Frank Turner, Yale University
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. English Liberalism and National Identity: 1. The English constitution and the liberal state; 2. Character, morals and national identity; Part II. Europe and Liberal Politics: 3. Liberalism and the continent, 1830–47; 4. The 1848 revolutions and the triumph of liberal patriotism; 5. Italian unification and the search for an ethical nationhood; 6. The Franco-Prussian War and the destruction of the first Gladstone government, 1870–4; 7. The Eastern question and its consequences, 1875–6; Conclusion; Abbreviations and bibliography.
