| Description |
1 online resource (590 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1: Imperial Europeans. A world undone -- Mr Churchill's Europe -- Mr Bevin's response -- The German problem -- A disunited Europe? -- The continental surprise and the fall of the labour government -- The realities of government -- Perfidious Gaul -- The decline and fall of the imperial Europeans -- Part 2: Post-Imperial Eurosceptics. At sixes and sevens -- Towards the common market -- The rise of the anti-Marketeers -- Empire Eclipsed, Europe Embraced, Britain Rejected -- Entering the promised land? Britain joins 'Europe' -- Seasons of discontent -- Half-hearted Europeans -- Mrs Thatcher, John Major and the road to European Union -- Conclusion: Post-imperial Britain and the rise of Euroscepticism. |
| Summary |
"In the aftermath of the Second World War, Churchill sought to lead Europe into an integrated union, but just over seventy years later, Britain is poised to vote on leaving the EU. Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon here recounts the fascinating history of Britain's uneasy relationship with the European continent since the end of the war. He shows how British views of the United Kingdom's place within Europe cannot be understood outside of the context of decolonization, the Cold War, and the Anglo-American relationship. At the end of the Second World War, Britons viewed themselves both as the leaders of a great empire and as the natural centre of Europe. With the decline of the British Empire and the formation of the European Economic Community, however, Britons developed a Euroscepticism that was inseparable from a post-imperial nostalgia. Britain had evolved from an island of imperial Europeans to one of post-imperial Eurosceptics"--Provided by publisher |
| Language |
English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Relations -- Europe.
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Europe -- Relations -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945-
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Imperialism -- History -- 20th century.
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Skepticism -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Group identity -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Political culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. |
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Diplomatic relations |
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Group identity -- Political aspects |
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Imperialism |
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International relations |
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Political culture |
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Skepticism -- Political aspects |
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Europe https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxCxPbbk4CPJDQJb4r6rq |
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Great Britain https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1900 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Grob-Fitzgibbon, Benjamin John. Continental drift. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, [2016] 9781107071261 (DLC) 2016002543 (OCoLC)936256756 |
| ISBN |
9781316680421 (electronic book) |
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1316680428 (electronic book) |
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9781107775411 (electronic book) |
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1107775418 (electronic book) |
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9781316680933 (electronic book) |
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1316680932 (electronic book) |
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1316680258 |
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9781316680254 |
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1316679918 |
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9781316679913 |
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1316680088 |
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9781316680087 |
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9781107071261 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1107071267 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781107416574 (paperback) |
