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An Elect Nation? Nation, State, and Class in Modern British History - International Business in the Nineteenth Century: The Rise and Fall of a Cosmopolitan Bourgeoisie. By Charles A. Jones. New York: New York University Press, 1987. Pp. xi + 260. - The Rise of English Nationalism: A Cultural History, 1740–1830. By Gerald Newman. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. Pp. xxiii + 294. - Nationalism and Popular Protest in Ireland. Edited by C. H. E. Philpin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Pp. vi + 466. - 1848: The British State and the Chartist Movement. By John Saville. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Pp. viii + 310. - The Gothic Bequest: Medieval Institutions in British Thought, 1688–1863. By R. J. Smith. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Pp. xiii + 231.

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Margot C. Finn
Margot C. Finn*
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Journal of British Studies , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 1989 , pp. 181 - 191
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