The Making of English National Identity
The Making of English National Identity
Drawing on historical, sociological and literary theory, Krishan Kumar examines the rise of English nationalism and issues of race and ethnicity from the Norman Conquest to the present. This study encourages reconsideration of pre-conceptions about nationalism and identity.
- Covers some very topical issues
- Relates questions of English identity to general concepts and theories of nationhood and nationality
- Written in a non-technical style, making it accessible to the general reader as well as to students and scholars in a variety of disciplines
Reviews & endorsements
"The breadth of this book is impressive and includes sharp analysis and informative detail. It deserves a wide readership. Scholars, students, and that elusive group, general readers, will all come away the wiser for having read it." History
"Kumar has made an original and highly useful addition, not only through his extraordinary breadth but also in his wide coverage of literature...This study is immensely valuable." The Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Product details
April 2003Paperback
9780521777360
384 pages
229 × 152 × 22 mm
0.56kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. English or British? The question of English national identity
- 2. Nations and nationalism: civic, ethnic and imperial nations
- 3. When was England?
- 4. The first English empire
- 5. The English nation: parent or nationalism?
- 6. The making of British identity
- 7. The moment of Englishness
- 8. The English and the British today.
