The Break-Up of Greater Britain (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781526147424)

This is the first major attempt to view the break-up of Britain as a global phenomenon, incorporating peoples and cultures of all races and creeds that became embroiled in the liquidation of the British Empire in the decades after the Second World War. A team of leading historians are assembled here to view a familiar problem through an unfamiliar lens, ranging from India, to China, Southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the Falklands, Gibraltar and the United Kingdom itself. At a time when trace-elements of Greater Britain have resurfaced in British politics, animating the febrile polemics of Brexit, these essays offer a sober historical perspective. More than perhaps at any other time since the empire's precipitate demise, it is imperative to gain a fresh purchase on the global challenges to British identities in the twentieth century.

Author: Stuart Ward
ISBN-10: 1526147424
ISBN-13: 9781526147424
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/12/2021
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d