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Autore |
Colls Robert |
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Titolo |
Identity of England |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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9786610446629 |
1-280-44662-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 409 p.) : ill., maps |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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National characteristics, English |
Great Britain |
Regions & Countries - Europe |
History & Archaeology |
England Civilization |
Great Britain History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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