The history of Britain has, at least in part, to be understood in a European context. Amid the ongoing Brexit crisis, mastodons on both sides are roaring about Britain's past relationship with Europe. Much specious history is presented to justify the closeness or distance of the political, cultural and economic links with 'the Continent', with isolationist advocates of a 'Little Britain' confronting those who breathlessly embrace a polyglot landmass with which Britain has traditionally 'balanced' its interests by taking sides. But how like or unlike other European countries has Britain truly been, and in what respects?
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Type
Bog
Sprog
engelsk
Emneord
Emnetal
93
Beskrivelse
Indhold: From the iron age to the Reformation ; From the Reformation to the glorious revolution ; The eighteenth century ; The long nineteenth century ; The twentieth century ; Britain and Europe today ; Debating the links
ISBN
9781787381186
Omfang
xi, 254 sider
Forlag
Hurst
Målgruppe
alment niveauvoksenmaterialer