English nationalism : a short history /
Englishness is an idea, a consciousness and a proto-nationalism. There is no English state within the United Kingdom, no English passport, Parliament or currency, nor any immediate prospect of any. That does not mean that England lacks an identity, although English nationalism, or at least a distinc...
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Hurst & Company,
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Publisher Address: | London : |
Publication Dates: | 2018. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
Englishness is an idea, a consciousness and a proto-nationalism. There is no English state within the United Kingdom, no English passport, Parliament or currency, nor any immediate prospect of any. That does not mean that England lacks an identity, although English nationalism, or at least a distinctive nationalism, has been partly forced upon the English by the development in the British Isles of strident nationalisms that have contested Britishness, and with much success. -- |
Carrier Form: | xiii, 219 pages ; 23 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781849049856 1849049858 |
Index Number: | DA118 |
CLC: | K561.8 |
Call Number: | K561.8/B627 |
Contents: | Introduction -- The Old English State -- Linked to France, 1066-1453 -- The New Nationalism, 1453-1603 -- British England, 1603-1783 -- Englishness and Empire, 1783-1967 -- Englishness and the Decline of Britishness, 1968-2018 -- Populism -- Into the Future -- Postscript from a Pub. |