The British Isles
The British Isles
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GBPHugh Kearney's classic account of the history of the British Isles from pre-Roman times to the present is distinguished by its treatment of English history as part of a wider 'history of four nations'. Not only focusing on England, it attempts to deal with the histories of Wales, Ireland and Scotland in their own terms, whilst recognising that they too have political, religious and cultural divides. This new edition endeavours to recognise and examine contemporary multi-ethnic Britain and its implications for 'four-nations' history, making it an invaluable case study for European nationhood of the past and present. Thoroughly updated throughout to take into account recent social, political and cultural changes within Britain and examine the rise of multi-ethnic Britain, this revised edition also contains a completely new set of illustrations, including sixteen maps.
- A new edition of a classic introduction to the history of Britain
- An integrated account of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh history
- The second edition has been thoroughly updated to take into account recent social, political and cultural changes within Britain and examines the rise of multi-ethnic Britain
- Features a completely new set of illustrations, forty-one in total, as well as sixteen maps
Product details
March 2012Paperback
9781107623897
377 pages
215 × 138 × 20 mm
0.54kg
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Celtic societies of the British Isles
- 2. The impact of Rome on the British Isles
- 3. The post-Roman centuries
- 4. The Vikings and the fall of the Old Order
- 5. The Norman ascendancy
- 6. The decline of the Norman-French empire
- 7. The making of an English empire
- 8. The remaking of an empire
- 9. The Britannic melting pot
- 10. The rise of ethnic politics
- 11. Between the wars
- 12. Withdrawal from empire
- 13. Post-Imperial Britain: post-Nationalist Ireland
- Afterword
- Selected reading list.
