Ethnicity and Nationalism in Post-Imperial Britain

by Harry Goulbourne

Book Overview

Harry Goulbourne's theme is how post-imperial Britain has come to define the national community in terms of ethnic affinity, instead of a traditional multi-ethnic/multi-racial understanding of the nation. He argues that the continuing 'reception-experience' of non-white groups in post-war Britain not only arose out of an ethnic perception of the British nation by the indigenous population, as expressed through state action, but has also, in turn,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521124352
• ISBN13: 9780521124355
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"