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Rule Britannia :

1785904531

9781785904530

9781785904561

Rule Britannia :

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Brexit and the end of empire /

Danny Dorling & Sally Tomlinson.

London :

Biteback Publishing,

2019.

xiv, 396 pages :

illustrations, maps ;

22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why Brexit? -- Britain's immigrant origins -- From empire to Commonwealth -- High inequality and ignorant politicians -- The fantasy and future of free trade -- How not to treat immigrants -- Imperially rooted education and bigotry -- A land of hope and glory? -- Why not Brexit?

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Books on Brexit explaining how and why parts of Britain voted to leave the European Union are falling hot off the press. Some promise the full story of the political manoeuvring that got us to this point, others promise to make sense of the vote, with a couple focusing on the supposed evils of immigration and Islam. In Rule Britainnia, Danny Dorling and Sally Tomlinson tell a different story. They argue that the EU referendum was part of a last gasp of empire working its way out of the British psyche. It is a view of empire largely based on myth and nostalgia. Dorling and Tomlinson are not arguing for any particular position, but suggest that whatever the next year brings Britain will be much diminished by the process of trying to leave the EU, and that there is no welcoming Empire, Commonwealth, or other set of countries, ready to quickly embrace new trading relationships with us. They do, however, recognise the potential to reshape a post-Brexit Britain, assuming that the UK can accept a world order not based on the past.

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European Union-- Great Britain.

European Union-- Membership.

European Union.

Imperialism-- History.

Referendum-- Great Britain-- History-- 21st century.

Advice and Rights.

Diplomatic relations.

Imperialism.

Membership requirements.

Politics and government.

Referendum.

Great Britain, Foreign relations.

Great Britain, Politics and government, 2007-

Great Britain.

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Tomlinson, Sally

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