Englishness and Empire 1939-1965

by Wendy Webster

Overview

Did loss of imperial power and the end of empire have any significant impact on British culture and identity after 1945? This text analyses this question, as well as looking at aspects such as gender, race, empire, immigration and decolonization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199226641
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/07/2007
Edition description:	New
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

University of Central Lancashire

Table of Contents

IntroductionThe People's Empire and the People's WarThe Post-War People's EmpireCoronation BritainColonial WarsImmigrationElegies for Empire: The Romance of ManlinessEpilogueBibliography

Editorial Reviews

"Englishness and Empire represents a thoroughly researched and thought-provoking monograph, which will prove invaluable to studetns and researchers across the humanities."—Shompa Lahiri, Journal of British Studies

"Thoroughly researched, cogently argued and lucidly written, Englishness and Empire is an important work which deserves to be accorded major currency in the historiography of national identity."—James Chapman, History

"Wendy Webster's new book makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the effects of the loss of imperial power and the end of empire on British culture betweeen 1939-65."—Catherine Hall, Twentieth-Century British History

"A highly readable study...The novel focus makes this an important study for scholars of modern British history, empire and Commonwealth, decolonization, migration, gender, ethnicity and race."—History Today

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