Britain and Europe: A Short History

The Brexit crisis has brought up false claims about Britain's history with Europe. Jeremy Black's book provides a dispassionate account of how Britain's history fits into a European context, comparing it to other countries and examining Brits' feelings towards Europe. It also explores Britain's involvement in European affairs over the last several hundred years.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 07 February 2019
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

Amid the ongoing Brexit crisis, both sides are appealing to Britain's past relationship with Europe to justify their positions. However, much specious history is presented to argue for either the closeness or distance of our political, cultural, and economic links with 'the Continent.' We urgently need a dispassionate account of how Britain's history truly fits into a European context.

How similar has Britain been to other European countries, and in what respects? Do Brits feel European, and have they taken an interest in events on the Continent, or has their distance from Europe led to insularity and xenophobia? Finally, how involved in European affairs has Britain been over the last several hundred years?

Jeremy Black's fresh and trenchant analysis sets an increasingly politicized British history in its real European context.

Weight: 472g
Dimension: 217 x 146 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781787381186