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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... centuries – one in which, once again, the other peoples of the British Isles were invited to find a place and an ... nineteenth century a 'moment of Englishness'. This was, I argue, largely a cultural movement, responding partly to ...
... centuries – one in which, once again, the other peoples of the British Isles were invited to find a place and an ... nineteenth century a 'moment of Englishness'. This was, I argue, largely a cultural movement, responding partly to ...
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... nineteenth century. Shakespeare asalways supplied the best lines. Despite its familiarity,the followingdeathbed tributeby John of Gaunt, from Richard II, needstobe quoted because ofits innumerable echoes in succeeding centuries ...
... nineteenth century. Shakespeare asalways supplied the best lines. Despite its familiarity,the followingdeathbed tributeby John of Gaunt, from Richard II, needstobe quoted because ofits innumerable echoes in succeeding centuries ...
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... nationalism, sincenationalism is, byvirtually universal consent, a nineteenthcentury invention–a creation largely ofthe French Revolution (see, e.g., Kedourie 1993: 9; Mann 1995: 45). 5 Once invented, however, nationalism was able.
... nationalism, sincenationalism is, byvirtually universal consent, a nineteenthcentury invention–a creation largely ofthe French Revolution (see, e.g., Kedourie 1993: 9; Mann 1995: 45). 5 Once invented, however, nationalism was able.
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... nineteenth century. This was largely because there were so many nations without independent statehood, atatime when becoming an independent nationstate was the keyto efficient modernization and industrialization (Plamenatz1973; Gellner ...
... nineteenth century. This was largely because there were so many nations without independent statehood, atatime when becoming an independent nationstate was the keyto efficient modernization and industrialization (Plamenatz1973; Gellner ...
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... nineteenth century, in France as in Britain, Germany andelsewhere in Europe, Jews were ablebothto be'themselves' – ethnicJews – and at thesame time to participatewidely inthe economic, political andcultural life oftheir societies (see ...
... nineteenth century, in France as in Britain, Germany andelsewhere in Europe, Jews were ablebothto be'themselves' – ethnicJews – and at thesame time to participatewidely inthe economic, political andcultural life oftheir societies (see ...
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