British views on Irish national character, 1800–1846. an intellectual history 1 1 An earlier version of this paper was presented at a seminar at the University of Sussex on 8 May 1997. I wish to thank all those present, and particularly Brian Young, Richard Whatmore, and Donald Winch, for many valuable comments. R. D. Collison Black, Geoffrey Lloyd, and Donald Winch provided useful criticisms of an earlier draft. I also thank Andrew Cresswell for polishing up my writing. Usual disclaimers apply. The essay is part of a broader project, aimed at assessing the role played by notions of national character in pre-1914 European social sciences. The project has been carried on in conjunction with the Leverhulme Historical Political Economy Programme at the Centre for History and Economics of King’s College, Cambridge.
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British views on Irish national character, 1800–1846. an intellectual history 1 1 An earlier version of this paper was presented at a seminar at the University of Sussex on 8 May 1997. I wish to thank all those present, and particularly Brian Young, Richard Whatmore, and Donald Winch, for many valuable comments. R. D. Collison Black, Geoffrey Lloyd, and Donald Winch provided useful criticisms of an earlier draft. I also thank Andrew Cresswell for polishing up my writing. Usual disclaimers apply. The essay is part of a broader project, aimed at assessing the role played by notions of national character in pre-1914 European social sciences. The project has been carried on in conjunction with the Leverhulme Historical Political Economy Programme at the Centre for History and Economics of King’s College, Cambridge.