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1 David Cannadine, “Br<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>h H<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>tory as a “new subject”: Pol<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>ics, perspectives <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> prospects,” in Un<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>ing<br />

the Kingdom? The Making of Br<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>h H<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>tory, ed. Alex<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>er Grant <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Ke<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>h Stringer (L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong>, 1995), 26.<br />

2 Th<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g> had already <str<strong>on</strong>g>be</str<strong>on</strong>g>en triggered by Linda Colley’s Br<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>on</strong>s: Forging the Nati<strong>on</strong> 1707-1837 (New Haven,<br />

CT, 1992). It has <str<strong>on</strong>g>be</str<strong>on</strong>g>en c<strong>on</strong>tinued by, am<strong>on</strong>gst others, Ke<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>h Robbins, Great Br<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>ain: Ident<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>ies, Inst<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>uti<strong>on</strong>s<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> the Idea of <str<strong>on</strong>g>Br<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>hness</str<strong>on</strong>g> (Harlow, 1998), Norman Davies, The Isles: A H<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>tory (L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong>, 1999) <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Richard Weight, Patriots: Nati<strong>on</strong>al Ident<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>y in Br<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>ain 1940-2000 (L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong>, 2002).<br />

3 For an early examinati<strong>on</strong> of Engl<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>hness in the past see Gerald Newman, The R<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>e of Engl<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>h<br />

Nati<strong>on</strong>al<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>m: A Cultural H<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>tory 1740-1830 (L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong>, 1989). Th<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g> has <str<strong>on</strong>g>be</str<strong>on</strong>g>latedly <str<strong>on</strong>g>be</str<strong>on</strong>g>en followed by such<br />

works as Ro<str<strong>on</strong>g>be</str<strong>on</strong>g>rt Colls, Ident<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>ies of Engl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> (Oxford, 2002); Kr<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>han Kumar, The Making of Engl<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>h<br />

Nati<strong>on</strong>al Ident<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>y (Cambridge, 2003). The relati<strong>on</strong>ship <str<strong>on</strong>g>be</str<strong>on</strong>g>tween Br<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>h <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Engl<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>h ident<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>ies <str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g> explored in<br />

Re<str<strong>on</strong>g>be</str<strong>on</strong>g>cca Langl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>s, “<str<strong>on</strong>g>Br<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>hness</str<strong>on</strong>g> or Engl<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>hness? The h<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>torical problem of nati<strong>on</strong>al ident<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>y in Br<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>ain,”<br />

Nati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Nati<strong>on</strong>al<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>m 5 (1999), 53-69; Ben Wellings, “Empire-nati<strong>on</strong>: nati<strong>on</strong>al <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> imperial d<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>courses<br />

in Engl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>,” Nati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Nati<strong>on</strong>al<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>m 8 (2002), 95-109; Weight, Patriots, 8. For an analys<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g> of the<br />

possibil<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>ies of Engl<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>hness in Europe as the Br<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>h “project” unfolds see P.W.Prest<strong>on</strong>, Relocating<br />

Engl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>: Engl<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>hness in the new Europe (Manchester, 2004).<br />

4 Jeremy Paxman, The Engl<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>h: A Portra<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g> of a People (L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong>, 1998).<br />

5 Chr<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>topher Bryant, “These Engl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>s, or where does devoluti<strong>on</strong> leave the Engl<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>h?,” Nati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Nati<strong>on</strong>al<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>m 9 (2003), 393-412.<br />

6 See for example Davies, The Isles, 477; Hugh Kearney, The Br<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>h Isles: A H<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>tory of Four Nati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

(Cambridge, 1989), 1 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 105; Eric Hobsbawm, Nati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Nati<strong>on</strong>al<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>m since 1780 (Cambridge, 1992),<br />

178; Robbins, Great Br<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>ain, 8-9; Weight, Patriots, 598-603.<br />

7 Tom Nairn, After Br<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>ain: New Labour <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> the Return of Scotl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> (L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong>, 2000), 14.<br />

8 A.K.Hamilt<strong>on</strong> Jenkin, The Corn<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>h Miner (L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong>,1927), 274-75.<br />

9 Philip Payt<strong>on</strong>, A V<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>i<strong>on</strong> of Cornwall (Fowey, 2002), 47 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 65.<br />

10 Richard Jenkins, Rethinking Ethnic<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>y: Arguments <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Explorati<strong>on</strong>s (L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong>, 1997), 23.<br />

11 Alan Butt Philip, “Regi<strong>on</strong>al<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>m in the Un<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed Kingdom,” in Regi<strong>on</strong>al<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>m in Europe, ed. Peter Wagstaff<br />

(Oxford, 1994), 111.<br />

12 Th<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g> d<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>tincti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g> comm<strong>on</strong>ly made in social c<strong>on</strong>structiv<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>t approaches to ident<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>y formati<strong>on</strong>. For<br />

differentiati<strong>on</strong> see for example Shmuel E<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>enstadt <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Bernhard Giesen , “The c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> of collective<br />

ident<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>y,” European Journal of Sociology 36 (1995), 72-102; E.Laclau, New Reflecti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> the Revoluti<strong>on</strong><br />

of Our Time (L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong>, 1990), 33; Edward Said, Oriental<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>m: Western C<strong>on</strong>cepts of the Orient (L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong>,<br />

1985). For integrati<strong>on</strong> see Stuart Hall, “Who needs “ident<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>y”?” in Questi<strong>on</strong>s of Cultural Ident<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>y, ed. Stuart<br />

Hall <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Paul Du Gay (L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong>, 1996), 2; Nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>be</str<strong>on</strong>g>rt Wiley, “The pol<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>ics of ident<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>y in American h<str<strong>on</strong>g>is</str<strong>on</strong>g>tory,” in<br />

Social Theory <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> the Pol<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>ics of Ident<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>y, ed. Craig Calhoun (Oxford, 1994), 130-49.<br />

13<br />

Anssi Paasi, “Regi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> place: regi<strong>on</strong>al ident<str<strong>on</strong>g>it</str<strong>on</strong>g>y in questi<strong>on</strong>,” Progress in Human Geography 27, no.4<br />

(2003), 475-85.<br />

14<br />

The Guardian, 4 January 2006.<br />

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