Kathleen Wilson is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She has written widely on empire and the politics of culture in eighteenth-century Britain, including The Sense of the People: Politics, Culture and Imperialism in England 1715–1785, winner of the 1995 Whitfield Prize for British History, Royal Historical Society, and the 1996 John Ben Snow Prize of the North American Conference on British Studies.

• Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Nations, Empires and Identities in the Eighteenth Century; Chapter 1 Citizenship, Empire and Modernity in the English Provinces; Chapter 2 The Island Race: Captain Cook And English Ethnicity; Chapter 3 Britannia Into Battle: Women, War and Identities in England and America; Chapter 4 The Black Widow: Gender, Race and Performance in England and Jamaica; Chapter 5 Breasts, Sodomy and the Lash: Masculinity and Enlightenment Aboard the Cook Voyages; Epilogue: “Save the Stones” King Alfred and the Performance of Origins;

'There is no doubt that this is a profound and important book.' - English Historical Review'Kathleen Wilson's dazzling new book ... provides an invigorating, if occasionally disconcerting, escape from the tidy and complacent.' - William and Mary Quarterly'Elegantly written and handsomely produced ... this is an important book that specialists and nonspecialists alike will find rewarding.' - American Historical Review'Kathleen Wilson's detailed and lively study is ... theoretically rigorous and exemplary in its interdisciplinary approach, encompassing appropriate analysis of drama and poetry as well as a range of extremely well-chosen and intriguing prints and paintings ... This is a book which will appeal to scholars in a wide range of disciplines ... her work fills the reader with renewed enthusiasm for her subject.' - European Journal of English Studies

Kathleen Wilson is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She has written widely on empire and the politics of culture in eighteenth-century Britain, including The Sense of the People: Politics, Culture and Imperialism in England 1715–1785, winner of the 1995 Whitfield Prize for British History, Royal Historical Society, and the 1996 John Ben Snow Prize of the North American Conference on British Studies.

• Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Nations, Empires and Identities in the Eighteenth Century; Chapter 1 Citizenship, Empire and Modernity in the English Provinces; Chapter 2 The Island Race: Captain Cook And English Ethnicity; Chapter 3 Britannia Into Battle: Women, War and Identities in England and America; Chapter 4 The Black Widow: Gender, Race and Performance in England and Jamaica; Chapter 5 Breasts, Sodomy and the Lash: Masculinity and Enlightenment Aboard the Cook Voyages; Epilogue: “Save the Stones” King Alfred and the Performance of Origins;

'There is no doubt that this is a profound and important book.' - English Historical Review'Kathleen Wilson's dazzling new book ... provides an invigorating, if occasionally disconcerting, escape from the tidy and complacent.' - William and Mary Quarterly'Elegantly written and handsomely produced ... this is an important book that specialists and nonspecialists alike will find rewarding.' - American Historical Review'Kathleen Wilson's detailed and lively study is ... theoretically rigorous and exemplary in its interdisciplinary approach, encompassing appropriate analysis of drama and poetry as well as a range of extremely well-chosen and intriguing prints and paintings ... This is a book which will appeal to scholars in a wide range of disciplines ... her work fills the reader with renewed enthusiasm for her subject.' - European Journal of English Studies

Kathleen Wilson is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She has written widely on empire and the politics of culture in eighteenth-century Britain, including The Sense of the People: Politics, Culture and Imperialism in England 1715–1785, winner of the 1995 Whitfield Prize for British History, Royal Historical Society, and the 1996 John Ben Snow Prize of the North American Conference on British Studies.

• Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Nations, Empires and Identities in the Eighteenth Century; Chapter 1 Citizenship, Empire and Modernity in the English Provinces; Chapter 2 The Island Race: Captain Cook And English Ethnicity; Chapter 3 Britannia Into Battle: Women, War and Identities in England and America; Chapter 4 The Black Widow: Gender, Race and Performance in England and Jamaica; Chapter 5 Breasts, Sodomy and the Lash: Masculinity and Enlightenment Aboard the Cook Voyages; Epilogue: “Save the Stones” King Alfred and the Performance of Origins;

'There is no doubt that this is a profound and important book.' - English Historical Review'Kathleen Wilson's dazzling new book ... provides an invigorating, if occasionally disconcerting, escape from the tidy and complacent.' - William and Mary Quarterly'Elegantly written and handsomely produced ... this is an important book that specialists and nonspecialists alike will find rewarding.' - American Historical Review'Kathleen Wilson's detailed and lively study is ... theoretically rigorous and exemplary in its interdisciplinary approach, encompassing appropriate analysis of drama and poetry as well as a range of extremely well-chosen and intriguing prints and paintings ... This is a book which will appeal to scholars in a wide range of disciplines ... her work fills the reader with renewed enthusiasm for her subject.' - European Journal of English Studies