This Sovereign Isle : Britain In and Out of Europe
by
Robert Tombs
Book Details
Format
Paperback / softback
ISBN-10
0141995025
ISBN-13
9780141995021
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 28th, 2022
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
164 grams
Dimensions
12.80 x 19.60 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
EuropeUnited Kingdom, Great Britain21st century, c 2000 to c 2100European historyBritish & Irish history21st century history: from c 2000 -Political structures / systems: democracyPolitical structures: democracyInternational institutions / intergovernmental organizationsEU & European institutionsHistoryEuropean historyEuropean history
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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. He challenges the orthodox view that Brexit was due solely to British or English exceptionalism: in choosing to leave the EU, the British, he argues, were in many ways voting as typical Europeans.
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. He challenges the orthodox view that Brexit was due solely to British or English exceptionalism: in choosing to leave the EU, the British, he argues, were in many ways voting as typical Europeans.
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