Untied Kingdom - Stuart Ward

Untied Kingdom

A Global History of the End of Britain

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
550 Seiten
2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-14599-3 (ISBN)
37,40 inkl. MwSt
A panoramic history of the end of Britain as a global civic idea from the Second World War to the present day. Stuart Ward uncovers the ways in which Britishness has been imagined, experienced and ultimately discarded as the British empire unravelled and the 'four nations' of the United Kingdom drew steadily apart.
How did Britain cease to be global? In Untied Kingdom, Stuart Ward tells the panoramic history of the end of Britain, tracing the ways in which Britishness has been imagined, experienced, disputed and ultimately discarded across the globe since the end of the Second World War. From Indian independence, West Indian immigration and African decolonization to the Suez Crisis and the Falklands War, he uncovers the demise of Britishness as a global civic idea and its impact on communities across the globe. He also shows the consequences of this diminished 'global reach' in Britain itself, from the Troubles in Northern Ireland to resurgent Englishness and the startling success of separatist political agendas in Scotland and Wales. Untied Kingdom puts the contemporary travails of the Union for the first time in their full global perspective as part of the much larger story of the progressive rollback of Britain's imaginative frontiers.

Stuart Ward is a historian of modern Britain and the British Empire at the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen. Originally from Australia, his career has spanned appointments in Italy, the UK, Ireland and Denmark, including visiting fellowships at the Australian National University, the University of Exeter and the University of Greenland. His previous publications include The Unknown Nation (2010), shortlisted for the Australian Prime Minister's History Prize. He was awarded the Royal Historical Society's Scottish History Prize (2014) for his work on the SNP at empire's end.

List of Figures; Introduction; Part I. Prologue: 1. Offshore Formations: The Unbearable Bandwidth of Being British; 2. The Limits of Location: Greater Britain; 3. 'British with a Small 'b'': The Impress of Internationalism; Part II. Registers: 4. 'We Mustn't Mention the Empire': The British Name; 5. Homes Away from Home: The Houses of Windsor; 6. Imperial Welcome: The British Subject; 7. The Wind Changes: Human Rights after Smuts; 8. Pride in the Goods: The Moral Economy of the Common Market; 9. Uncommon Law: The Reach of British Justice; Part III. Repercussions: 10. East and West of Suez: Receding Frontiers; 11. Backing Little Britain: Distempers; 12. The Last Refuge: Coming Home to England; 13. 'British We are and British We Stay': Troubles; 14. Stop the World: Celtic Departures; 15. 'Cosmologies of Our Own': After Britain; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 158 x 235 mm
Gewicht 1110 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Zeitgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 1-107-14599-6 / 1107145996
ISBN-13 978-1-107-14599-3 / 9781107145993
Zustand Neuware
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