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Island Stories: An Unconventional History of Britain

Author: David Reynolds.

Island Stories: An Unconventional History of Britain

Author: David Reynolds.

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Item #: D20514
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 2020
Publisher: Basic
ISBN: 9781541646926
When the British voted to leave the European Union in 2016, the country's future was thrown into doubt, and so was its past. The story of British history is no longer a triumphalist narrative of expanding global empire, nor one of ever-closer integration with Europe. What is it now? David Reynolds offers a multi-faceted new account of the last millennium to ... More
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When the British voted to leave the European Union in 2016, the country's future was thrown into doubt, and so was its past. The story of British history is no longer a triumphalist narrative of expanding global empire, nor one of ever-closer integration with Europe. What is it now? David Reynolds offers a multi-faceted new account of the last millennium to make sense of Britain's turbulent present. With sharp analysis and vivid human detail, he examines how fears of decline have shaped national identity, probes Britain's changing relations with Europe, considers the creation and erosion of the "United Kingdom," and reassesses the rise and fall of the British Empire.


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