Out of Place Englishness, Empire, and the Locations of Identity |
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| Author:
| Baucom, Ian |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-00403-7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1999 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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In a 1981 debate on the British Nationality Act, Enoch Powell insisted that although a black man may be a British citizen, he can never be an Englishman. This book explains why such a claim was possible to advance and impossible to defend.
In a 1981 debate on the British Nationality Act, Enoch Powell insisted that although a black man may be a British citizen, he can never be an Englishman. This book explains why such a claim was possible to advance and impossible to defend.