Table of Contents

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

Reviews

`Review from previous edition Englishness and Empire represents 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 between 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