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Identity of England

Colls Robert
Innbundet / 2002 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780199245192
Publisert
2002
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
788 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
424

Forfatter
Colls Robert

Identity of England

Colls Robert
Innbundet / 2002 / Engelsk
Colls Robert
Innbundet / 2002 / Engelsk
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[A] scholarly study which sheds much light on the marginalisation of a peculiarly reticent culture.

Paul Lay, BBC History Magazine, Book of the Year 2004

[A] tonic re-assessment that assigns as much significance to the cheap and post modern as to the barnacled bulwarks of English culture.

Gordon Burn, The Observer, Book of the Year 2003

Of the many books that have come out about the question of England over the past few years, Robert Coll's Identity of England brings together serious scholarship, the pulse of the personal and a passion for inquiry into this compelling subject.

Melvyn Bragg, The Observer, Books of the Year 2002

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Provocatively argued and pungently expressed ... A crucial issue [and] a great book ... It is thought-provoking, sophisticated, drawing on a wide range of intellectual resources, and offering hard-edged analysis.

Stephen Howe, The Independent

Colls' probing new study shows that the English have been reinventing themselves all along ... A fine and engagingly personal book.

John Gardiner, BBC History Magazine

One of the finest books on this complex and difficult subject it is possible to imagine.

Simon Heffer, Literary Review

[Identity of England] sinks deep shafts into the national history.

Paul Laity, London Review of Books

A highly focused assessment of our national self ... Colls is strong on the economic and political imperatives at play ... The discussion is coherent and well documented and the concluding section, "England Now", is pretty chilling.

Tribune

[Identity of England] allies brilliant perception with common sense.

Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman (Four Stars)

[The] best introduction to the English example.

J M Roberts, Oxford Magazine

A totally fascinating sweep across the subject.

Melvyn Bragg, The Good Book Guide

Colls has produced a deeply felt, zestfully written book which makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate about the national identity.

Jeffrey Richards, Cultural and Social History

[The] breadth of reading and allusion recalls the late Raphael Samuel.

Hugh Kearney, History Workshop Journal

[A] masterly summary of the emergence of the idea of an English nation ... a profound and balanced account.

Bernard Crick, Political Quarterly

Sensitive, subtle, deeply human.

Chris Williams, American Historical Review

[A] sophisticated and scholarly study of some breadth.

Munira Mirza, Culture Wars

This is us he's writing about...

Munira Mirza, Q News

The English are now in need of a new sense of home and belonging, and a re-assessment of who they are. This is a history of who they were, with present needs in mind. It begins by considering how the English state created an English nation which from very early days refused to see itself simply as the state's creature. There was more to being English than paying taxes and obeying a king. It considers also how that nation survived shattering revolutions in industry, urban living and global conflict while at the same time retaining a softer, more humane vision of themselves and their land. There was more to living in England than work and wages, there was more to running an empire than expoliting it. From this rich store of history and possibility, the book connects how the meaning of England has changed and changed again in the past, with how it is changing now in the future.
Les mer
English Identity was hardly recognized as a subject for discussion before, except perhaps in rather an ironic vein. Now, as certainty has given way to concern and every aspect of national life is changing with revolutionary speed, the 'national question' is back on the agenda. This book tells the long and fascinating history of this powerful idea.
Les mer
Introduction ; BUILDING THE NATION ; 1. The Law Becomes You ; 2. Uniting the Kingdoms ; 3. Constituting the Modern Nation ; EXTENDING THE STATE ; 4 Modern Gentlemanly Progress ; 5 The Nation over Itself ; 6 Colonials ; 7. Women and Workers ; 8. Loyalties ; POST-IMPERIAL REFORMATION ; 9. Forward March Halted ; 10. Imagined Nation ; 11. Reconstituting the Nation ; Bridgehead ; BUILDING THE HOMELAND ; 12. England as a Garden ; 13. Wasteland ; 14. Island ; 15. Natives ; 16. Journeys ; ABSORBING THE PEOPLE ; 17. Celts ; 18. National Properties ; 19. Common People ; 20. Left-over People ; ENGLAND NOW ; 21. Anarchy in the UK? ; 22. Thinking with England ; Conclusion ; Select Bibliography ; Index
Les mer
`masterly summary of the emergence of the idea of an English nation...his penultimate section, is a profound and balanced account of how we have come to think of ourselves' Bernard Crick, The Political Quarterly `Colls' probing new study shows that the English have been reinventing themselves all along... A fine and engagingly personal book.' John Gardiner, BBC History Magazine, October 2002 `How nations come to see themselves as they do is now a fashionable topic for historians, and this enjoyable book is the best introduction for the lay reader to the English example...his argument is very informative and rich...what it covers...is so stimulating as to repay much re-reading' Oxford Today `One of the most interesting history books for some years.' The Good Book Guide
Les mer
At the heart of current national debates - Europe, devolution, Northern Ireland, multi-culturalism. Scholarly but written with the general reader in mind. 16 pages of evocative photographs Arguments are illustrated with examples from literature, architecture, popular music etc.
Les mer
At the heart of current national debates - Europe, devolution, Northern Ireland, multi-culturalism. Scholarly but written with the general reader in mind. 16 pages of evocative photographs Arguments are illustrated with examples from literature, architecture, popular music etc.
Les mer

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[A] scholarly study which sheds much light on the marginalisation of a peculiarly reticent culture.

Paul Lay, BBC History Magazine, Book of the Year 2004

[A] tonic re-assessment that assigns as much significance to the cheap and post modern as to the barnacled bulwarks of English culture.

Gordon Burn, The Observer, Book of the Year 2003

Of the many books that have come out about the question of England over the past few years, Robert Coll's Identity of England brings together serious scholarship, the pulse of the personal and a passion for inquiry into this compelling subject.

Melvyn Bragg, The Observer, Books of the Year 2002

Se alle

Provocatively argued and pungently expressed ... A crucial issue [and] a great book ... It is thought-provoking, sophisticated, drawing on a wide range of intellectual resources, and offering hard-edged analysis.

Stephen Howe, The Independent

Colls' probing new study shows that the English have been reinventing themselves all along ... A fine and engagingly personal book.

John Gardiner, BBC History Magazine

One of the finest books on this complex and difficult subject it is possible to imagine.

Simon Heffer, Literary Review

[Identity of England] sinks deep shafts into the national history.

Paul Laity, London Review of Books

A highly focused assessment of our national self ... Colls is strong on the economic and political imperatives at play ... The discussion is coherent and well documented and the concluding section, "England Now", is pretty chilling.

Tribune

[Identity of England] allies brilliant perception with common sense.

Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman (Four Stars)

[The] best introduction to the English example.

J M Roberts, Oxford Magazine

A totally fascinating sweep across the subject.

Melvyn Bragg, The Good Book Guide

Colls has produced a deeply felt, zestfully written book which makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate about the national identity.

Jeffrey Richards, Cultural and Social History

[The] breadth of reading and allusion recalls the late Raphael Samuel.

Hugh Kearney, History Workshop Journal

[A] masterly summary of the emergence of the idea of an English nation ... a profound and balanced account.

Bernard Crick, Political Quarterly

Sensitive, subtle, deeply human.

Chris Williams, American Historical Review

[A] sophisticated and scholarly study of some breadth.

Munira Mirza, Culture Wars

This is us he's writing about...

Munira Mirza, Q News

The English are now in need of a new sense of home and belonging, and a re-assessment of who they are. This is a history of who they were, with present needs in mind. It begins by considering how the English state created an English nation which from very early days refused to see itself simply as the state's creature. There was more to being English than paying taxes and obeying a king. It considers also how that nation survived shattering revolutions in industry, urban living and global conflict while at the same time retaining a softer, more humane vision of themselves and their land. There was more to living in England than work and wages, there was more to running an empire than expoliting it. From this rich store of history and possibility, the book connects how the meaning of England has changed and changed again in the past, with how it is changing now in the future.
Les mer
English Identity was hardly recognized as a subject for discussion before, except perhaps in rather an ironic vein. Now, as certainty has given way to concern and every aspect of national life is changing with revolutionary speed, the 'national question' is back on the agenda. This book tells the long and fascinating history of this powerful idea.
Les mer
Introduction ; BUILDING THE NATION ; 1. The Law Becomes You ; 2. Uniting the Kingdoms ; 3. Constituting the Modern Nation ; EXTENDING THE STATE ; 4 Modern Gentlemanly Progress ; 5 The Nation over Itself ; 6 Colonials ; 7. Women and Workers ; 8. Loyalties ; POST-IMPERIAL REFORMATION ; 9. Forward March Halted ; 10. Imagined Nation ; 11. Reconstituting the Nation ; Bridgehead ; BUILDING THE HOMELAND ; 12. England as a Garden ; 13. Wasteland ; 14. Island ; 15. Natives ; 16. Journeys ; ABSORBING THE PEOPLE ; 17. Celts ; 18. National Properties ; 19. Common People ; 20. Left-over People ; ENGLAND NOW ; 21. Anarchy in the UK? ; 22. Thinking with England ; Conclusion ; Select Bibliography ; Index
Les mer
`masterly summary of the emergence of the idea of an English nation...his penultimate section, is a profound and balanced account of how we have come to think of ourselves' Bernard Crick, The Political Quarterly `Colls' probing new study shows that the English have been reinventing themselves all along... A fine and engagingly personal book.' John Gardiner, BBC History Magazine, October 2002 `How nations come to see themselves as they do is now a fashionable topic for historians, and this enjoyable book is the best introduction for the lay reader to the English example...his argument is very informative and rich...what it covers...is so stimulating as to repay much re-reading' Oxford Today `One of the most interesting history books for some years.' The Good Book Guide
Les mer
At the heart of current national debates - Europe, devolution, Northern Ireland, multi-culturalism. Scholarly but written with the general reader in mind. 16 pages of evocative photographs Arguments are illustrated with examples from literature, architecture, popular music etc.
Les mer
At the heart of current national debates - Europe, devolution, Northern Ireland, multi-culturalism. Scholarly but written with the general reader in mind. 16 pages of evocative photographs Arguments are illustrated with examples from literature, architecture, popular music etc.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199245192
Publisert
2002
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
788 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
424

Forfatter
Colls Robert

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