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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465619403321

Autore

Webster Wendy

Titolo

Englishness and empire, 1939-1965 [[electronic resource] /] / Wendy Webster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-4237-8882-6

0-19-925860-0

1-280-75912-7

9786610759125

0-19-164757-8

0-19-153170-7

1-282-26851-1

9786612268519

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

909/.09712410825

Soggetti

National characteristics, English - History - 20th century

Postcolonialism - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Imperialism - Public opinion - History - 20th century

Nationalism - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Great Britain Colonies History 20th century

Great Britain History George VI, 1936-1952

Great Britain History Elizabeth II, 1952-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-243) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. The People's Empire and the People's War; 3. The Post-War People's Empire; 4. Coronation Britain; 5. Colonial Wars; 6. Immigration; 7. Elegies for Empire: The Romance of Manliness; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Was the British empire given away in a fit of collective indifference as many have claimed? Englishness and Empire looks at connections between stories of nation and empire told in the media - the Second



World War, the Coronation and Everest, colonial wars of the 1950's, immigration, Winston Churchill's funeral - and makes an important and original contribution to recent debates about the domestic consequences of the end of empire. - ;Did loss of imperial power and the end of empire have any significant impact on British culture and identity after 1945? Within a burgeoning literature on national