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



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Autore: Webster Wendy Visualizza persona
Titolo: Englishness and empire, 1939-1965 [[electronic resource] /] / Wendy Webster Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
Disciplina: 909/.09712410825
Soggetto topico: National characteristics, English - History - 20th century
Postcolonialism - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Imperialism - Public opinion - History - 20th century
Nationalism - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Colonies History 20th century
Great Britain History George VI, 1936-1952
Great Britain History Elizabeth II, 1952-
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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
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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
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910465619403321
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