Britishness Since 1870What does it mean to be British? It is now recognized that being British is not innate, static or permanent, but that national identities within Britain are constantly constructed and reconstructed. Britishness since 1870 examines this definition and redefinition of the British national identity since the 1870s. Paul Ward argues that British national identity is a resilient force, and looks at how Britishness has adapted to changing circumstances. Taking a thematic approach, Britishness since 1870 examines the forces that have contributed to a sense of Britishness, and considers how Britishness has been mediated by other identities such as class, gender, region, ethnicity and the sense of belonging to England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. |
From inside the book
... culture 89 5 Politicians , parties and national identity Radical patriotism and the claims of the Conservatives 93 " Countervailing currents ' 96 The First World War 98 Between the wars 100 British Fascism and Communism 101 93 ...
... cultural form . The apparent stability of the United Kingdom across much of the twentieth century has made its current ' crisis ' appear profound . Being British is no longer seen as innate , static and perma- nent . Indeed , it is seen ...
... British Conservatives , some of whom see the future in the emergence of a more insular English nationalism , 5 others in a strengthened British unionism . But still others see a sense of crisis . Darcus Howe verbally and visually ...
... British collective identity.37 There was Unionism , but this was political rather than cultural , and it was wrought ... British case , he thinks the crisis will emerge in an unavoidable constitutional dispute between the Scottish and ...
Paul Ward. most people in those countries continued to believe they were British , looking to the Conservatives deliberately to uphold the Union or to the Labour Party to provide all - British ... culture - of black music , of Asian and ...
Contents
Monarchy and Empire | 14 |
Ceremony celebration and the making of the nation as family | 18 |
nation ethnicity and class | 22 |
Politics monarchy and imperialism | 28 |
The monarchy and the end of Empire | 31 |
Gender and national identity | 37 |
Masculinity Britishness and Empire in the late nineteenth century | 38 |
Women and the nation 18701918 | 39 |
Countervailing currents | 96 |
The First World War | 98 |
Between the wars | 100 |
British Fascism and Communism | 101 |
Patriotism and politics in the peoples war | 105 |
The politics of European identity | 108 |
A new way of being British ethnicity and Britishness | 113 |
Continuities and varieties before 1945 | 116 |
Women in Ireland Scotland and Wales | 42 |
The impact of the Great War | 44 |
Gender and Britishness in the Second World War | 47 |
Gender race and home in postwar Britain | 50 |
Rural urban and regional Britishness | 54 |
Finding the core of the nation | 55 |
Regional identities | 66 |
Spare time | 73 |
Sport nation and Empire | 74 |
Sport and nation in Scotland Wales and Ireland | 76 |
Regional and local identities in British sport | 80 |
Race sport and identity | 82 |
Discordant voices | 84 |
Going on holiday | 85 |
Resisting the Americanisation of culture | 89 |
Politicians parties and national identity | 93 |
The Second World War and the national community | 123 |
Numbers and the other in affluent Britain | 125 |
the politics of exclusion | 127 |
Black and Asian identities in the UK | 135 |
Outer Britain | 141 |
Holding together or pulling apart? | 142 |
Wales | 143 |
Scotland | 149 |
Ireland and Northern Ireland | 157 |
The end of Britain? | 168 |
Conclusion | 170 |
Notes | 174 |
Bibliography | 211 |
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