Table of Contents

Acknowledgments List of abbreviations Introduction: Being British 1. Monarchy and Empire 2. Gender and national identity 3. Rural, urban and regional Britishness 4. Spare time 5. Politicians, parties and national identity 6. A new way of being British: ethnicity and Britishness 7.Outer Britain Conclusion

About the Author

Paul Ward is senior lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Huddersfield. He is the author of 'Red Flag and Union Jack: Englishness, Patriotism and the British Left, 1881-1924' (1998).

Reviews

"'Paul Ward writes both with wit and with a real depth of learning on a fascinating subject. This is an important book which will surely change our view of what it has meant to be British.' - Professor John Ramsden, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London"