The New Left, National Identity, and the Break-Up of Britain - Historical Materialism, Volume 51

Though often seen as marginal, Matthews' engaging analysis shows that national questions were considered crucial by the British New Left.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Preface

1. History and Historiography of the New Left in Britain

2. Socialist Intellectuals and the National Question before 1956

3. E.P. Thompson in the Provinces

4. Raymond Williams’s Love of Country

5. Stuart Hall’s Identities

6. Perry Anderson against the National Culture

7. Tom Nairn on Hating Britain Properly

Conclusion

References
Index

About the author

Wade Matthews completed his PhD in history at the University of Strathclyde in 2007. Recently, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Trent University and York University. His work has appeared in Labour/Le Travail, International Review of Social History, and Socialist Studies

Summary

Though often seen as marginal, Matthews' engaging analysis shows that national questions were considered crucial by the British New Left.

Foreword

Features in Historical Materialism

Promotion targeting left academic journals

Published to coincide with the annual Historical Materialism conference

Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagements

Product details

• Authors: Wade Matthews, Matthews Wade
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.08.2014
• EAN: 9781608463770
• ISBN: 978-1-60846-377-0
• Weight: 478 g
• Series: Historical Materialism; Historical Materialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, 20th Century, Nationalism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, General and world history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General