The Idea of English EthnicityISBN: 978-1-4051-0129-5
Paperback
312 pages
December 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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- A major contribution to debates about English identity
- Written by an internationally established theorist, whose work
has been translated into 20 languages
- Argues that English identity was invented not for the English
but those in English speaking countries round the world
- Shows how potent the idea of Englishness is
- Helps to explain why the UK continues to act as if it has a
‘special relationship’ to the US
- Helps to explain why the UK is so successfully
multicultural
- Part of the prestigious Blackwell Manifestos series