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This Sovereign Isle

By Robert Tombs

This Sovereign Isle Social Sciences

This Sovereign Isle

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THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The author of the celebrated bestseller The English and Their History puts Brexit in its historical context Geography comes before history. Islands cannot have the same history as continental plains. The United Kingdom is a European country, but not the same kind of European country as Germany, Poland or Hungary. For most of the 150 centuries during which Britain has been inhabited it has been on the edge, culturally and literally, of mainland Europe. In this succinct book, Tombs shows that the decision to leave the EU is historically explicable - though not made historically inevitable - by Britain's very different historical experience, especially in the twentieth century, and because of our more extensive and deeper ties outside Europe. He challenges the orthodox view that Brexit was due solely to British or English exceptionalism: in choosing to leave the EU, the British, he argues, were in many ways voting as typical Europeans.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
224
Release Date:
2021-01-28
Publication Date:
2021-01-28
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0241480388
ISBN13:
9780241480380
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
334 g
Height:
138 cm
Width:
221 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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