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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157846403321

Autore

Colls Robert

Titolo

Identity of England

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

9786610446629

1-280-44662-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 409 p.) : ill., maps

Disciplina

942

Soggetti

National characteristics, English

Great Britain

Regions & Countries - Europe

History & Archaeology

England Civilization

Great Britain History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Introduction I -- BUILDING THE NATION -- 1. The Law Becomes You 13 -- 2. Uniting the Kingdoms 34 -- 3. Constituting the Modern Nation 50 -- EXTENDING THE STATE -- 4. Modern Gentlemanly Progress 69 -- 5. The Nation Over Itself 80 -- 6. Colonials 93 -- 7. Women and Workers Io8 -- 8. Loyalties 124 -- POST-IMPERIAL REFORMATION -- 9. Forward March Halted I43 -- 10. Imagined Nation 162 -- 11. Reconstituting the Nation 177 -- Bridgehead 199 -- BUILDING THE HOMELAND -- 12. England as A Garden 203 -- 13. Wasteland 212 -- I4. Island 225 -- I5. Natives 245 -- 16. Journeys 258 -- ABSORBING THE PEOPLE -- 17. Celts 275 -- 18. National Properties 289 -- 19. Common People 300 -- 20. Left-over People 312 -- ENGLAND NOW -- 21. Anarchy in the UK? 337 -- 22. Thinking With England 356 -- Conclusion 377.

Sommario/riassunto

In this text, Robert Colls traces the constitutional, legal, racial, cultural, and geographical dimensions of Englishness from medieval times to the present day, with a particular emphasis on the last 100 years.