Book contents
- The Channel
- Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories
- The Channel
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Book part
- Glossary
- Introduction
- Part I The border invented
- 1 The impossibility of an island
- 2 When the sea had no name
- Part II The border imposed
- Part III Transgressing the border
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Social and Cultural Histories (CSC)
1 - The impossibility of an island
Before the Channel was a sea
from Part I - The border invented
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2016
- The Channel
- Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories
- The Channel
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Book part
- Glossary
- Introduction
- Part I The border invented
- 1 The impossibility of an island
- 2 When the sea had no name
- Part II The border imposed
- Part III Transgressing the border
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Social and Cultural Histories (CSC)
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- The ChannelEngland, France and the Construction of a Maritime Border in the Eighteenth Century, pp. 31 - 59Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016