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On Living in an Old Country : The National Past in Contemporary Britain
ISBN: 9780199541959 | 0199541957
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 4/15/2009
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The hulk of Henry VIII's flagship is raised from the seabed in an operation that captures the mind of the nation. The leader of the Labour party wears an informal coat at the Cenotaph and provokes a national scandal. An elderly lady whose ancient house is scheduled for demolition dismantles it, piece by piece, and moves it across the country...On Living in an Old Country probes such apparently fleeting and disconnected events in order to reveal how history lives on, not just in the specialist knowledge of historians, archaeologists and curators... MORE
| Preface to the Oxford University Press edition | |
| Heritage and the Place of Criticism | |
| Introduction: Everyday Life, Nostalgia and the National Past | |
| Trafficking in History | |
| Coming Back to the Shores of Albion: The Secret England of Mary Butts (1890-1937) | |
| A Blue Plaque for the Labour Movement? Some Political Meanings of the National Past | |
| Falling Back Together in the Nineteen Eighties... MORE | |
| Moving House in a Welfare State | |
| The Ghosting of the Inner City Afterword: Everyday Life and the Aura of the Modern Past | |
| Sneering at the Theme Parks: an Encounter with the Heritage Industry | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
Patrick Wright is a writer and broadcaster with an interest in the cultural dimensions of modern life. He is the author of a number of highly acclaimed best-selling history books, including The Village that Died for England, Tank (described by Simon Schama as 'a tour de force'), and Iron Curtain, which John le Carre described as 'a work of wit, style and waggish erudition.'
He has written for many magazines and newspapers, including the London Review of Books, the Guardian, the Washington Post, the Independent, and the Observer, and has made numerous documentaries on cultural themes for both BBC Radio 3 and 4. His television work includes The River, a four-part BBC2 series on the Thames.
He is also a Professor at the Institute for Cultural Analysis at Nottingham Trent University, and a fellow of the London Consortium.
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