BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; 1 THE IDEAS AND IDEALS OF ENGLISHNESS; 2 VERSIONS OF RURAL ENGLAND; 3 WAR AND NATIONAL IDENTITY; 4 CULTURE AND ENGLISHNESS; 5 DOMESTIC AND URBAN ENGLANDS; Appendix: Suggested activities and further reading; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index
Summary
What did it mean in the first half of this century to say am English'? This is a unique collection of extracts from 1900-1950, all of which raise this question. Draws on a range of poems, fiction, letters, diaries and journalism