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Title

Britishness : perspectives on the Britishness question / edited by Andrew Gamble and Tony Wright.

Publication

Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell in association with The political quarterly, 2009.

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Additional Authors

• Gamble, Andrew.
• Wright, Anthony, 1948-

Description

viii, 173 p.; 25 cm.

Uniform Title

Political quarterly.

Subject

• National characteristics, British > History
• Group identity > Great Britain
• Nationalism > Great Britain > History
• Multiculturalism > Great Britain
• British > Ethnic identity
• Decentralization in government > Great Britain
• Great Britain > Civilization

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : the Britishness question / Andrew Gamble and Tony Wright -- "Bursting with skeletons" : Britishness after empire / David Marquand -- Does Britishness still matter in the twenty-first century--and how much and how well do the politicians care? / Linda Colley -- Being British / Bhikhu Parekh -- Britishness : a role for the state? / Varun Uberoi and Iain McLean -- England and Britain, Europe and the anglosphere / David Willetts -- What Britishness means to the British / Peter Kellner -- The BBC and metabolising Britishness : critical patriotism / Jean Seaton -- Don't mess with the missionary man : Brown, moral compasses and the road to Britishness / Gerry Hassan -- Britishness and the future of the union / Robert Hazell -- Devolution, Britishness and the future of the union / Charlie Jeffery -- Englishness in contemporary British politics / Richard English, Richard Hayton and Michael Kenny -- The wager of devolution and the challenge to Britishness / Arthur Aughey -- Do we really need Britannia? / Bernard Crick -- Churchill's Dover Speech / Peter Hennessy.

ISBN

• 9781405192699 (pbk.)
• 1405192690 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2009032798

OCLC

430192664

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library