Sermons and Thanksgiving-day sermons in the long eighteenth century -- Thanksgiving-day sermons : purposes and meanings -- 'The Palladium of our safety' : providence and Britain -- Political theory and principles -- 'The Carping Age' : the politics of unity and discord -- War -- Costs of war and consequences of peace -- Commerce and Empire -- Anglicanism, dissent, anti-Catholicism, and infidelity -- Others and Britons
Summary
Examines sermons preached at national thanksgiving celebrations to show in detail what it meant to be properly British in the period
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-386) and index
