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dc.contributor.editorBeers, Laura
dc.contributor.editorThomas, Geraint
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-27T16:44:26Z
dc.date.available2020-05-27T16:44:26Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifierONIX_20200527_9781909646452_3
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/39377
dc.description.abstractAfter the First World War, Britain faced a number of challenges as it sought to adapt to domestic conditions of mass democracy while maintaining its position in the empire in the face of national independence movements. As politicians at home and abroad sought to legitimize their position, new efforts were made to conceptualize nationality and citizenship, with attempts to engage the public using mass media and greater emphasis on governing in the public interest. Brave New World reappraises the domestic and imperial history of Britain in the inter-war period, investigating how 'nation building' was given renewed impetus by the upheavals of the First World War. The essays in this collection address how new technologies and approaches to governance were used to forge new national identities both at home and in the empire, covering a wide range of issues from the representation of empire on film to the convergence of politics and 'star culture'. The book is an invaluable resource for scholars of British social, political and imperial history, as well as being of interest to the general reader.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIHR Conference Series
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH Historyen_US
dc.subject.otherHistory
dc.titleBrave new world
dc.title.alternativeImperial and democratic nation-building in Britain between the wars
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.14296/117.9781909646452
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy4af45bb1-d463-422d-9338-fa2167dddc34
oapen.imprintUniversity of London Press
oapen.pages288
oapen.place.publicationLondon


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