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The idea of English ethnicity / Robert J.C. Young.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Blackwell manifestosPublication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008.Description: xiii, 291 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781405101295 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1405101296 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Idea of English ethnicity.DDC classification:
  • 305.82/1 22
LOC classification:
  • 322 DA 118 Y75i 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface Introduction: Exodus Chapter 1: Saxonism Chapter 2: ¿New Theory of Race: Saxon v. Celt¿ Chapter 3: Moral and Philosophical Anatomy Chapter 4: The Times vs. the Celts Chapter 5: Matthew Arnold¿s Critique of ¿Englishism¿ Chapter 6: ¿A Vaster England¿: The Anglo-Saxon Chapter 7: ¿England Round the World¿ Chapter 8: Englishness: England and Nowhere Notes Index
Summary: In this major contribution to debates about English identity, leading theorist Robert J.C. Young argues that Englishness was never really about England at all. In the nineteenth century, it was rather developed as a form of long-distance identity for the English diaspora around the world.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 322 DA 118 Y75i 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000072457

Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-274) and index.

Preface
Introduction: Exodus
Chapter 1: Saxonism
Chapter 2: ¿New Theory of Race: Saxon v. Celt¿
Chapter 3: Moral and Philosophical Anatomy
Chapter 4: The Times vs. the Celts
Chapter 5: Matthew Arnold¿s Critique of ¿Englishism¿
Chapter 6: ¿A Vaster England¿: The Anglo-Saxon
Chapter 7: ¿England Round the World¿
Chapter 8: Englishness: England and Nowhere
Notes
Index

In this major contribution to debates about English identity, leading theorist Robert J.C. Young argues that Englishness was never really about England at all. In the nineteenth century, it was rather developed as a form of long-distance identity for the English diaspora around the world.

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