This sovereign isle : Britain in and out of Europe
Tombs, Robert2021
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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.
Main title:
This sovereign isle : Britain in and out of Europe / Robert Tombs.
Author:
Tombs, Robert, author
Imprint:
UK : Allen Lane, 2021.
Collation:
ix, 203 pages : illustration (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241480380 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941
LC class:
DA30
Local class:
941
Language:
English
Subject:
HistoryGreat Britain -- HistoryGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- European Union countriesEuropean Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Great BritainHistoryReferendum -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st centuryGreat Britain -- Politics and governmentEuropean Union countries -- Politics and government
BRN:
2764437