03329nam 2200769 a 450 99624827720331620200520144314.01-4237-8882-60-19-925860-01-280-75912-797866107591250-19-164757-80-19-153170-71-282-26851-19786612268519(CKB)2560000000294932(EBL)422955(OCoLC)476260717(SSID)ssj0000295295(PQKBManifestationID)11221764(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000295295(PQKBWorkID)10315435(PQKB)10918799(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072322(MiAaPQ)EBC422955(MiAaPQ)EBC4964708(Au-PeEL)EBL422955(CaPaEBR)ebr10233601(CaONFJC)MIL226851(Au-PeEL)EBL4964708(CaONFJC)MIL75912(OCoLC)70296532(EXLCZ)99256000000029493220050502d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEnglishness and empire, 1939-1965[electronic resource] /Wendy WebsterOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20051 online resource (264 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-922664-4 0-19-171806-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-243) and index.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;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 nationalNational characteristics, EnglishHistory20th centuryPostcolonialismGreat BritainHistory20th centuryImperialismPublic opinionHistory20th centuryNationalismGreat BritainHistory20th centuryGreat BritainColoniesHistory20th centuryGreat BritainHistoryGeorge VI, 1936-1952Great BritainHistoryElizabeth II, 1952-Electronic books.National characteristics, EnglishHistoryPostcolonialismHistoryImperialismPublic opinionHistoryNationalismHistory909/.09712410825Webster Wendy929993MiAaPQBOOK996248277203316Englishness and empire, 1939-19652316785UNISA