Traces the emergence of British imperial identity from the mid-16th to the mid-18th century. Linking the histories of England, Scotland and Ireland with that of... » 

Traces the emergence of British imperial identity from the mid-16th to the mid-18th century. Linking the histories of England, Scotland and Ireland with that of the British Empire shows the importance of ideology as an essential link between the processes of state-formation and empire-building. «