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Author Webster, Wendy, author

Title Englishness and empire, 1939-1965 / Wendy Webster
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 253 pages)
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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
Summary Did loss of imperial power and the end of empire have any significant impact on metropolitan culture and identity after 1939? Within a burgeoning literature on national identity and Englishness, this is a question that has received surprisingly little attention. Drawing on extensive research in the media archive, Wendy Webster's highly readable study investigates popular narratives of nation, and the significance of empire and its legacies in shaping national identity after 1939. What were the tensions and uncertainties involved in defining a post-imperial nation? How did imperial legacies inf
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-243) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject National characteristics, English -- History -- 20th century
Postcolonialism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Imperialism -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th century
Nationalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- World.
British colonies
Imperialism -- Public opinion
National characteristics, English
Nationalism
Postcolonialism
Nationale identiteit.
Dekolonisatie.
Immigratie.
Beeldvorming.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century
Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056829
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952-2022
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781423788829
1423788826
9780191531705
0191531707