National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840
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# Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- understand how the concepts of ‘nation’ and ‘nationalism’ emerged during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries
- understand the processes that led to the formation of the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland
- understand what is meant by ‘nation’
- understand what is meant by ‘state’
- understand how national identities emerged and converged in nineteenth-century Britain.
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