Identity of England / Robert Colls.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colls, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, English.

England--Civilization.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Only forty years ago, English identity was not in question. Indeed it was hardly recognized as a subject for discussion, except perhaps in rather an ironic vein. Now, as certainty has given way to concern and every aspect of national life is changing with revolutionary speed, the 'national question' is back on the agenda. Robert Colls's Identity of England tells the long and fascinating history of this old and powerful idea. - ;The English stand now in need of a new sense of home and belonging - a reassessment of who they are. This is a history of who they were, written from the perspective of

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Introduction; BUILDING THE NATION; EXTENDING THE STATE; POST-IMPERIAL REFORMATION; Bridgehead; BUILDING THE HOMELAND; ABSORBING THE PEOPLE; ENGLAND NOW; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Map; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [382]-385) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-75770-1

0-19-155412-X

1-4237-5716-5

OCLC:

609843664