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Plassart, Anna and Forbes, Suzanne
(2021).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/mots.25592
URL: https://journals.openedition.org/mots/25592
Abstract
This article examines the word nationality in nineteenth-century British parliamentary debates. It shows that for most of the nineteenth century, the word nationality and the associated phrase “principle of nationality” primarily featured in British parliamentary speeches concerned with international affairs as MPs formulated alternative conceptions of identity and allegiance that were more directly compatible with the more diverse ethnic, religious and national make-up of Great Britain.