The Making of English National IdentityCambridge University Press, 2003 M03 13 Why is English national identity so enigmatic and so elusive? Why, unlike the Scots, Welsh, Irish and most of continental Europe, do the English find it so difficult to say who they are? The Making of English National Identity, first published in 2003, is a fascinating exploration of Englishness and what it means to be English. Drawing on historical, sociological and literary theory, Krishan Kumar examines the rise of English nationalism and issues of race and ethnicity from earliest times to the present day. He argues that the long history of the English as an imperial people has, as with other imperial people like the Russians and the Austrians, developed a sense of missionary nationalism which in the interests of unity and empire has necessitated the repression of ordinary expressions of nationalism. Professor Kumar's lively and provocative approach challenges readers to reconsider their pre-conceptions about national identity and who the English really are. |
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... Briton without a sneaking sense of the ludicrous, or hears himself referred to as a Britisher withoutsquirming. How shouldan Englishman utter thewords Great Britain with the glowof emotion that goes for himwith England? Hissovereign may ...
... Briton without a sneaking sense of the ludicrous, or hears himself referred to as a Britisher withoutsquirming. How shouldan Englishman utter thewords Great Britain with the glowof emotion that goes for himwith England? Hissovereign may ...
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... Britons wide currency. This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain: 'Rule Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never willbe slaves.' (Thomsonand Mallet, Alfred,1740) 'Britons' and 'Britannia' (the Roman female ...
... Britons wide currency. This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain: 'Rule Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never willbe slaves.' (Thomsonand Mallet, Alfred,1740) 'Britons' and 'Britannia' (the Roman female ...
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... Britons, Britisher and Brit continue to find some favour, especially with foreign journalists. The British Islessimilarly does serviceasacatchall term to include notjust the countriesof the UnitedKingdom butalso the Republicof Ireland ...
... Britons, Britisher and Brit continue to find some favour, especially with foreign journalists. The British Islessimilarly does serviceasacatchall term to include notjust the countriesof the UnitedKingdom butalso the Republicof Ireland ...
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... Britons are confronted by a European', and still moreso, presumably,when an Indianor a Chinaman heaves into view. Armed withthe conviction that there was a unified national character, Orwell moved easily between England ('England is the ...
... Britons are confronted by a European', and still moreso, presumably,when an Indianor a Chinaman heaves into view. Armed withthe conviction that there was a unified national character, Orwell moved easily between England ('England is the ...
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... Britons: Forging the Nation 1707–1837 (1994); for the same period Gerald Newman essayed something similar for English nationalism in a pioneering work, TheRiseof English Nationalism(1987). An ambitiousand wideranging studyof British ...
... Britons: Forging the Nation 1707–1837 (1994); for the same period Gerald Newman essayed something similar for English nationalism in a pioneering work, TheRiseof English Nationalism(1987). An ambitiousand wideranging studyof British ...
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