Britain and Europe: A Short History (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781787381186)

Amid the ongoing Brexit crisis, both sides are appealing to Britain's past relationship with Europe to justify their positions. But much specious history is presented to argue for either the closeness or distance of our political, cultural and economic links with 'the Continent'. We urgently need a dispassionate account of how Britain's history truly fits into a European context.

How similar has Britain been to other European countries, and in what respects? Do Brits feel European, and have they taken an interest in events on the Continent, or has their distance from Europe led to insularity and xenophobia? Finally, how involved in European affairs has Britain been over the last several hundred years? Jeremy Black's fresh and trenchant analysis sets an increasingly politicised British history in its real European context.

Author: Jeremy Black
ISBN-10: 1787381188
ISBN-13: 9781787381186
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2019
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2019