How Britain Ends
Title | How Britain Ends PDF eBook |
Author | Gavin Esler |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2021-02-04 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1800241070 |
'An eloquent, forensic examination of resurgent English nationalism as the force that has driven Brexit and may now break up the United Kingdom' Jonathan Coe 'A fascinating book that draws on poetry, literature and on-the-ground reporting' The Times 'A wonderful book which will be quoted in years to come' New European In the past, it was possible to live with delightful confusion: one could be English or British, Scottish or Irish, and a citizen/subject of the United Kingdom (or Great Britain). Now this archaic state is coming under terrible strain. The English revolt against Europe is also a revolt against the Scottish and Irish, and the pressures to declare Scottish independence and to push for a border poll that would unite Ireland may become irresistible. Can England and Wales find a way of dealing with the state's new place in the world? What constitutional, federal arrangements might prevent the disintegration of the British state? How Britain Ends is a book about history, but also about the strange, complicated identity of Britishness.
How Britain Ends
Title | How Britain Ends PDF eBook |
Author | Gavin Esler |
Publisher | Apollo |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2021-11-11 |
Genre | England |
ISBN | 9781800241060 |
A book about the rise of English nationalism and the impending breakup of the United Kingdom.
Ends of British Imperialism
Title | Ends of British Imperialism PDF eBook |
Author | William Roger Louis |
Publisher | I. B. Tauris |
Pages | 1092 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
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Pax Britannica to Pax Americana is the story of the British Empire from its late-nineteenth century flowering to its present extinction. Louis traces the British Empire from the scramble for Africa, the turbulent imperial history of the Second World War in Asia, and the mid-20th century rush to independence to the Suez crisis, the icon of empire's end. It forms the ideal platform from which to examine the aims and outcome of empire. This authoritative and highly engaging history appears at a time when interest in the history of the British Empire has, ironically, never been stronger, making Ends of British Imperialism a must-read item for both scholar and general reader.
The British End of the British Empire
Title | The British End of the British Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Stockwell |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2018-08-30 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1107070317 |
The end of empire in Britain itself is illuminated through explorations of its impact on key domestic institutions.
Britain, France and the Decolonization of Africa
Title | Britain, France and the Decolonization of Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew W.M. Smith |
Publisher | UCL Press |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2017-03-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1911307746 |
Looking at decolonization in the conditional tense, this volume teases out the complex and uncertain ends of British and French empire in Africa during the period of ‘late colonial shift’ after 1945. Rather than view decolonization as an inevitable process, the contributors together explore the crucial historical moments in which change was negotiated, compromises were made, and debates were staged. Three core themes guide the analysis: development, contingency and entanglement. The chapters consider the ways in which decolonization was governed and moderated by concerns about development and profit. A complementary focus on contingency allows deeper consideration of how colonial powers planned for ‘colonial futures’, and how divergent voices greeted the end of empire. Thinking about entanglements likewise stresses both the connections that existed between the British and French empires in Africa, and those that endured beyond the formal transfer of power.
The Collapse of British Power
Title | The Collapse of British Power PDF eBook |
Author | Correlli Barnett |
Publisher | London : Eyre Methuen Limited |
Pages | 666 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Bury the Chains
Title | Bury the Chains PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Hochschild |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 500 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780618619078 |
This is the story of a handful of men, led by Thomas Clarkson, who defied the slave trade and ignited the first great human rights movement. Beginning in 1788, a group of Abolitionists moved the cause of anti-slavery from the floor of Parliament to the homes of 300,000 people boycotting Caribbean sugar, and gave a platform to freed slaves.