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1039878
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b794248
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Bradley, Ian C.
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| Title & Author
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Believing in Britain : : the Spiritual Identity of 'Britishness' /\ Ian Bradley.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: I.B. Tauris,, 2007.
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1 online resource (248 pages)
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| ISBN
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085771080X
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: 1282750690
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: 1435691253
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: 1845113268
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: 9780857710802
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: 9781282750692
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: 9781435691254
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: 9781845113261
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9781845113261
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Believing in Britain : disappearing and reappearing identities -- Red, white and blue, what does it mean to you? : locating and defining Britishness -- The Celtic spirit : the Welsh and Irish contribution -- Liberty, tolerance and indifference : the Anglo-Saxon and Gothic contribution -- Moral fibre and muscular Christianity : the Scottish contribution -- Carnival and reserve : the black and Asian contribution -- Wider still and wider : overlapping spiritual identities.
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Why is there such intense interest today in the idea of 'Britishness'? Does it really matter, and what is 'Britishness' anyway? Why does the notion of 'being British' seem to have most resonance amongst recent immigrant - especially Asian and Afro-Caribbean - communities? And why is that 'traditional' British values now seem to be most widely practised and cherished by newcomers, not by the dominant majority? This book answers these vital questions by making a unique contribution to the current debate about British identity. It investigates why Liverpool is the most British of UK cities, with.
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Ethnology-- Great Britain.
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Group identity-- Great Britain.
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National characteristics, British.
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Engländer
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Ethnology.
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Group identity.
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Identität
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National characteristics, British.
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Nationalbewusstsein
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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Religion
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Religion.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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Nationaal bewustzijn.
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Nationale identiteit.
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Great Britain, Religion.
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Engländer.
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Great Britain.
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Großbritannien
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Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.094109051
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| LC Classification
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BL980.G7B73 2007eb
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89.22bcl
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HD 400rvk
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| Parallel Title
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Spiritual identity of 'Britishness'
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