The Right to Belong: Citizenship and National Identity in Britain 1930-1960

ISBN-13: 9781784531805 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 288 str.

Richard Weight

Opis

The period 1940-1960 was a time of considerable change in British society. It saw the emergence of mass democracy, a world war and then unprecedented affluence. Change brought uncertainty among Britain s elites, which in turn encouraged them to reflect more acutely on the direction the nation was taking. Questions were posed: what was the social role of ordinary men and women in 20th-century Britain? What were their needs, their rights, their responsibilities? How did they stand in relation not only to the State but to their regions and communities? And how were those objects of loyalty or disloyalty defined? Who, in other words, were the British, and by what processes did they come to be so considered?; The contributors explore the development of these ideas by a variety of individuals and organizations, and the relationship between these opinion-makers and political parties. They also examine the extent to which their conclusions were translated into social policy in an attempt to shape the evolution of modern Britain."

O autorze

RICHARD WEIGHT is a writer and broadcaster based in London. He is the author of 'We Are The Modernists! The Rise and Reign of British Youth Culture Since 1950' (2009) and 'Patriots: National Identity in Britain 1940-2000' (2002), which was shortlisted for the 2003 Orwell Prize for political writing. He was principal researcher and a co-author of Edward Heath's autobiography 'The Course of My Life' (1998) and the co-editor of'The Right To Belong: Citizenship and National Identity in Britain 1930-1960' (1998). He has written and presented documentaries for the BBC and discusses the nature of modern Britain on productions as diverse as The Today Programme and Richard and Judy. He is a contributor to the 'Times' and was recently elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of the Royal Historical Society.