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UNINA9910452403303321 |
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Matthews Wade <1975-> |
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The new Left, national identity, and the break-up of Britain / / by Wade Matthews |
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Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (338 p.) |
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Collana |
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Historical materialism book series, , 1570-1522 ; ; volume 51 |
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New Left - Great Britain |
Socialism - Great Britain |
National characteristics, British |
Nationalism - Great Britain |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain Politics and government 20th century |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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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History and historiography of the New Left in Britain -- Socialist intellectuals and the national question before 1956 -- E.P. Thompson in the provinces -- Raymond Williams's love of country -- Stuart Hall's identities -- Perry Anderson against the national culture -- Tom Nairn on hating Britain properly. |
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In The New Left, National Identity, and the Break-Up of Britain Wade Matthews charts the nexus between socialism and national identity in the work of key New Left intellectuals, E.P. Thompson, Raymond Williams, Stuart Hall, Perry Anderson, and Tom Nairn. Matthews considers these New Left thinkers’ response to Britain’s various national questions, including decolonization and the End of Empire, the rise of European integration and separatist nationalisms in Scotland and Wales, and to the national and nationalist implications of Thatcherism, Cold War and the fall of communism. Matthews establishes a contestatory dialogue around these issues throughout the book based around different New Left perspectives on what has been called “the break-up of Britain.” He demonstrates that national |
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questions where crucial to New Left debates. |
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