Englishness and Empire 1939-1965 [Paperback]

Introduction
The People's Empire and the People's War
The Post-War People's Empire
Coronation Britain
Colonial Wars
Immigration
Elegies for Empire: The Romance of Manliness
Epilogue
Bibliography

Englishness and Empirerepresents a thoroughly researched and thought-provoking monograph, which will prove invaluable to studetns and researchers across the humanities. --Shompa Lahiri,Journal of British Studies

Thoroughly researched, cogently argued and lucidly written, Englishness and Empire is an important work which deserves to be accorded major currency in the historiography of national identity. --James Chapman,History

Wendy Webster's new book makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the effects of the loss of imperial power and the end of empire on British culture betweeen 1939-65. --Catherine Hall,Twentieth-Century British History

A highly readable study...The novel focus makes this an important study for scholars of modern British history, empire and Commonwealth, decolonization, migration, gender, ethnicity and race. --History Today