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 t...