Linda Colley Livres

The book delves into the tory party's decline in English politics between 1714 and 1760, a period often overlooked by historians. Linda Colley examines how the tories, previously dominant, were excluded from power and challenges the notion of their alignment with crypto-Jacobitism. She analyzes the ideological and organizational factors that allowed the party to persist despite political marginalization and critiques prevailing views on political stability during the reigns of George I and II, suggesting a more complex narrative of social and political change.

How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? This book examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented after 1707 and how this new national identity was nurtured through war, religion, trade, and empire.

Award-winning historian Linda Colley re-examines the making of the modern world through the advance of written constitutions.

Elizabeth Marsh's life story unfolds against the backdrop of an 18th-century world marked by transformation and upheaval. As a distinctive traveler, she navigated diverse locales from Jamaica to Morocco, engaging in land speculation and smuggling while experiencing the complexities of various slave systems. Her experiences reflect broader historical themes of war, empire, and trade, highlighting the interconnectedness of her life with global events. Linda Colley's narrative intricately blends personal and epic elements, offering a compelling portrait of a remarkable woman in a changing world.

Ranging over a quarter of a millennium and four continents, this book uncovers the lives, deaths and autobiographical writings of a vital but forgotten constituency.

From the author of `Britons', the story of the exceptional life of the intrepid Elizabeth Marsh - an extraordinary woman of her time who was caught up in trade, imperialism, war, exploration, migration, growing maritime reach, and new ideas. Linda Colley's new book breaks the boundaries between biography, family stories and global history.

A work of extraordinary range and striking originality, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen traces the global history of written constitutions from the 1750s to the twentieth century, modifying accepted narratives and uncovering the close connections between the making of constitutions and the making of war. In the process, Linda Colley both reappraises famous constitutions and recovers those that have been marginalized but were central to the rise of a modern world. She brings to the fore neglected sites, such as Corsica, with its pioneering constitution of 1755, and tiny Pitcairn Island in the Pacific, the first place on the globe to permanently enfranchise women. She highlights the role of unexpected players, such as Catherine the Great of Russia, who was experimenting with constitutional techniques with her enlightened Nakaz decades before the Founding Fathers framed the American constitution. Written constitutions are usually examined in relation to individual states, but Colley focuses on how they crossed boundaries, spreading into six continents by 1918 and aiding the rise of empires as well as nations. She also illumines their place not simply in law and politics but also in wider cultural histories, and their intimate connections with print, literary creativity, and the rise of the novel. Colley shows how--while advancing epic revolutions and enfranchising white males--constitutions frequently served over the long nineteenth century to marginalize indigenous people, exclude women and people of color, and expropriate land. Simultaneously, though, she investigates how these devices were adapted by peoples and activists outside the West seeking to resist European and American power. She describes how Tunisia generated the first modern Islamic constitution in 1861, quickly suppressed, but an influence still on the Arab Spring; how Africanus Horton of Sierra Leone--inspired by the American Civil War--devised plans for self-governing nations in West Africa; and how Japan's Meiji constitution of 1889 came to complete with Western constitutionalism as a model for Indian, Chinese, and Ottoman nationalists and reformers. Vividly written and handsomely illustrated, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen is an absorbing work that--with its pageant of formative wars, powerful leaders, visionary lawmaker and committed rebels--retells the story of consitutional government and the evoluation of ideas of what it means to be modern. -- From dust jacket

In a year that sees a Scottish referendum on independence, the author analyses some of the forces that have unified Britain in the past. She examines the mythology of Britishness, and how far and why it has faded. She discusses the Acts of Union with Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and their limitations, while scrutinizing England's own fractures.

The evolution of the public sector employment model is examined, highlighting the traditional tenets of merit and political neutrality that aimed to combat issues like corruption and inefficiency. Focusing on Queensland's public service from 1859 to 2000, the study reveals how the initially successful career service model faced growing dissatisfaction due to poor implementation. Instead of addressing these shortcomings, reforms weakened the model, leading to a resurgence of the politicisation and insecurity that the original framework sought to eliminate.

Die abenteuerlichen Weltreisen der Elizabeth Marsh. Eine wahre Geschichte. Nur bei uns. „Dieses Frauenleben illustriert beispielhaft die Abenteuerlust, den Unternehmungsgeist und die Gefahren des 18. Jahrhunderts“ (Sunday Telegraph). Sie beteiligte sich an Grundstücksspekulationen in Florida, geriet in die Wirren des Siebenjährigen Krieges und des Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieges, nahm an verschiedenen Weltumsegelungen teil, wurde von marokkanischen Piraten entführt und landete fast im Harem des herrschenden Sultans. London, Kapstadt, Kalkutta: Elizabeth Marsh (1735-1785) hat alles gesehen. Als kühne Unternehmerin segelte sie mehrfach um die Welt, in ihren Reiseberichten schrieb sie detailliert und farbig über die von ihr besuchten Städte sowie über die Menschen, die in ihnen leben. Sie berichtete über verheerende Epidemien, Erdbeben und Kriegsereignisse. Die Historikerin Linda Colley (Princeton University) erzählt eine globale Biografie weit vor unserer Zeit der Globalisierung. Der Daily Telegraphfühlte sich nicht nur gut informiert, sondern auch bestens unterhalten: „Liest sich wie ein pikaresker Roman aus dem 18. Jahrhundert.“