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English history is a vast and complicated story, made more so since 1707 by the question of where 'English' ends and 'British' begins. The long sweep of time from the first anonymous occupants of a nameless landscape to the regional government proposals of New Labour is a daunting, but also an exhilarating thing to contemplate.Continuity and change, opposing but also complimentary forces, underlie the sequence of events in England's history. But what is really important is a sense of the nation's resources: with such a variety of human habitats and possibilities for human experience, England was an all-in-all for its people for many centuries, self-sufficient in the essentials of life.But such a variety within a small compass also explains why the English as a nation can seem so elusive, a 'secret people' in G.K. Chesterton's words. There is no single English type, but rather a whole range of them, often with conflicting characteristics. It is as English to put on a red coat and hunt foxes as it is to hold up a placard and block the road in protest against blood sports. All this has made for an independent-minded, versatile and creative people. The roots and the development of English distinctiveness are the basic themes of this book.
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England : history of a nation, David Ross
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- Pubblicato
- 2005
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- Titolo
- England : history of a nation
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- David Ross
- Editore
- Geddes & Grosset
- Pubblicato
- 2005
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 383
- ISBN10
- 1842053191
- ISBN13
- 9781842053195
- Serie
- Valutazione
- 3,4 su 5
- Descrizione
- English history is a vast and complicated story, made more so since 1707 by the question of where 'English' ends and 'British' begins. The long sweep of time from the first anonymous occupants of a nameless landscape to the regional government proposals of New Labour is a daunting, but also an exhilarating thing to contemplate.Continuity and change, opposing but also complimentary forces, underlie the sequence of events in England's history. But what is really important is a sense of the nation's resources: with such a variety of human habitats and possibilities for human experience, England was an all-in-all for its people for many centuries, self-sufficient in the essentials of life.But such a variety within a small compass also explains why the English as a nation can seem so elusive, a 'secret people' in G.K. Chesterton's words. There is no single English type, but rather a whole range of them, often with conflicting characteristics. It is as English to put on a red coat and hunt foxes as it is to hold up a placard and block the road in protest against blood sports. All this has made for an independent-minded, versatile and creative people. The roots and the development of English distinctiveness are the basic themes of this book.