Patriots
Richard Weight(Author)
Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 10. May 2002
Book
Hardback
1024 pages
978-0-333-73462-9 (ISBN)
Description
'Here are the themes of Orwell's The Lion and the Unicorn stretched over the subsequent sixty years and widened to embrace the whole United Kingdom. Brimming with zest and feel this is politico-cultural history at its best.' Peter HennessyA brilliant cultural, political and social history of British national identity from our 'finest hour' in the dark days of 1940 to the Millennium celebrations of Blair's Britain.In it, Richard Weight examines how the country's elite forged a popular modern Britishness in order to maintain morale during the War and looks at what has happened to this curious construct in the years that followed. From sixties boom to eighties bust, from the belief in a truly united Britain to the apparent fragmentation of the country with the birth of a Scots and a Welsh assembly, Weight looks at what it means to be British at a time when many commentators question whether such a thing as British actually exists.
Reviews / Votes
'Here are the themes of Orwell's The Lion and the Unicorn stretched over the subsequent sixty years and widened to embrace the whole United Kingdom. Brimming with zest and feel this is politico-cultural history at its best.' Peter HennessyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 48 mm
Weight
1266 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-73462-9 (9780333734629)
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Person
Richard Weight is the author of Patriots: National Identity in Britain 1940-2000 and co-authored Modern British History: The Essential A-Z Guide. He studied history at Trinity College, Cambridge, and went on to do a PhD at University College, London. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Boston and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Richard also makes documentaries for radio and television on many aspects of British life.