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2 - The Young Englishman

from Part I - Growing up English

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2024

Catherine Hall
Catherine Hall
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University College London
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The Young Englishman’, Edward, aged nineteen, arrived in London destined for the law. Living as a student on a meagre allowance, he observed London society from its fringes and began to write a periodical and fiction for publication. He was greatly influenced by the debates over taste and its civilizing effects. The Seven Years War mobilized patriotism, anti-French feeling and reflections on the distinctive characteristics of Englishness. Faced with the untimely death of his father in 1757 and the news of his modest inheritance, the advice Edward received was to head for Jamaica where he might hope to secure a fortune.

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LondonwarEnglishmananti-Frenchpublishingtastegenteel masculinity
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Lucky Valley
Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism
 , pp. 65 - 84
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • The Young Englishman
  • Catherine Hall, University College London
  • Book: Lucky Valley
  • Online publication: 11 January 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009106399.003
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  • The Young Englishman
  • Catherine Hall, University College London
  • Book: Lucky Valley
  • Online publication: 11 January 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009106399.003
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  • The Young Englishman
  • Catherine Hall, University College London
  • Book: Lucky Valley
  • Online publication: 11 January 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009106399.003
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