The Making of English National Identity (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies)
by Krishan Kumar
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Read in March, 2006
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pretentious grad students, people wanting to know british history
Krishan Kumar is a sociologist, yet he does a remarkable job at looking at the historical development of English national identity and English nationalism within the aegis of the British Empire. Several chapters are dedicated to discussing whether or not English national identity first arose under Elizabeth I or earlier, before finally settling on the idea that Englishness only really solidified after the British empire itself began to wane, c. 1900. It's an intriguing thesis, and one that I am...more
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