Englishness and empire, 1939-1965 [[electronic resource] /] / Wendy Webster
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| Autore: |
Webster Wendy
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| Titolo: |
Englishness and empire, 1939-1965 [[electronic resource] /] / Wendy Webster
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Englishness and empire, 1939-1965 |
| 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 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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