Identity of England

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colls, Robert, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, English.

England--Civilization.

England.

Great Britain--History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 409 p.) : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Identity of England, The

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this text, Robert Colls traces the constitutional, legal, racial, cultural, and geographical dimensions of Englishness from medieval times to the present day, with a particular emphasis on the last 100 years.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction I

BUILDING THE NATION

1. The Law Becomes You 13

2. Uniting the Kingdoms 34

3. Constituting the Modern Nation 50

EXTENDING THE STATE

4. Modern Gentlemanly Progress 69

5. The Nation Over Itself 80

6. Colonials 93

7. Women and Workers Io8

8. Loyalties 124

POST-IMPERIAL REFORMATION

9. Forward March Halted I43

10. Imagined Nation 162

11. Reconstituting the Nation 177

Bridgehead 199

BUILDING THE HOMELAND

12. England as A Garden 203

13. Wasteland 212

I4. Island 225

I5. Natives 245

16. Journeys 258

ABSORBING THE PEOPLE

17. Celts 275

18. National Properties 289

19. Common People 300

20. Left-over People 312

ENGLAND NOW

21. Anarchy in the UK? 337

22. Thinking With England 356

Conclusion 377.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786610446629

1-280-44662-5

OCLC:

1027159562