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This sovereign isle : Britain in and out of Europe / Robert Tombs.

This sovereign isle : Britain in and out of Europe / Ro...

This sovereign isle : Britain in and out of Europe / Robert Tombs.

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This sovereign isle : Britain in and out of Europe / Robert Tombs.

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Full title

This sovereign isle : Britain in and out of Europe / Robert Tombs.

Author / Creator

Publisher

London : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2021.

Call Numbers

G 2020/5194

Record Identifier

74VKaJ5pvQzy

MMS ID

991024374412902626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

ix, 203 pages ; 23 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Publication information

Publisher

London : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2021.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2021.

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

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...

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Full title

This sovereign isle : Britain in and out of Europe / Robert Tombs.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Issued As

ebook version : 9780141995038

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2021

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2020/5194

Record Identifier

74VKaJ5pvQzy

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaJ5pvQzy

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ISBN

0241480388

9780241480380

DDC

941

MMS ID

991024374412902626

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