Nationhood and identity
Subtitle: the British state since 1800
By: David Powell.
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Nationalism -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Description: "Britannia - towering female with helmet and spear, symbol of the British Isles - has been one of history's most enduring icons. But who is she? Whom does she represent? Who are the British? The Scots, Welsh and Irish, not to mention the English, have been asking themselves these questions for hundreds of years. Their answers have played themselves out in the political and cultural fields at the highest levels and shaped the histories of all these regions that, together, are known as Britain. David Powell charts the political evolution of the United Kingdom from the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland passed in 1800 to the late-20th century debates over devolution to Scotland and Wales, the future of Northern Ireland and Britain's membership of the EU."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references and index.