| Description |
xii, 409 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Building the Nation. 1. The Law Becomes You. 2. Uniting the Kingdoms. 3. Constituting the Modern Nation -- Extending the State. 4. Modern Gentlemanly Progress. 5. The Nation Over Itself. 6. Colonials. 7. Women and Workers. 8. Loyalties -- Post-Imperial Reformation. 9. Forward March Halted. 10. Imagined Nation. 11. Reconstituting the Nation -- Bridgehead -- Building the Homeland. 12. England as A Garden. 13. Wasteland. 14. Island. 15. Natives. 16. Journeys -- Absorbing the People. 17. Celts. 18. National Properties. 19. Common People. 20. Left-over People -- England Now. 21. Anarchy in the UK? 22. Thinking With England |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-385) and index |
| Subject |
English.
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National characteristics -- English
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National characteristics, English.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056719
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England -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043272
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
2002512663 |
| ISBN |
0199245193 |
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9780199245192 |
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0199269947 |
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9780199269945 |
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