This is a new edition of Hugh Kearney''s classic account of the
British Isles from pre-Roman times to the present. When this book
was first published it was acclaimed as a unique account of British
history, distinguished by its treatment of English history as part
of a wider ''history of four nations''. Acknowledging the
significance of England, it attempts to deal with the histories of
Wales, Ireland and Scotland in their own terms, while recognising
that they too have political, religious and cultural divides. In
this new edition the author takes into account the recent
historiographical renaissances in Wales, Ireland and Scotland and
examines the rise of a new multi-ethnic Britain and its
implications for ''four-nations'' history. This book offers a
valuable case-study of the complexities which lie behind nationhood
in Europe and will be essential reading for all students of British
and Irish history.
目錄:
Introduction
1. The Celtic societies of the British Isles
2. The impact of Rome on the British Isles
3. The post-Roman centuries
4. The Vikings and the fall of the Old Order
5. The Norman ascendancy
6. The decline of the Norman-French empire
7. The making of an English empire
8. The remaking of an empire
9. The Britannic melting pot
10. The rise of ethnic politics
11. Between the wars
12. Withdrawal from empire
13. Post-Imperial Britain: post-Nationalist Ireland
Afterword
Selected reading list.