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Title: When was Britain? Answers from Scotland and England
Author(s): Smith, Joseph
Chapman, Arthur
Contact Email: joseph.smith@stir.ac.uk
Keywords: Britain
Identity
History Curriculum
Issue Date: 15-Jun-2023
Date Deposited: 26-Jun-2023
Citation: Smith J & Chapman A (2023) When was Britain? Answers from Scotland and England. <i>Public History Weekly</i>, 11, Art. No.: 5. https://doi.org/10.1515/phw-2023-21664
Abstract: What do we mean when we say ‘Britain’? Is Britain an island formed 8000 years ago by rising sea levels in the English Channel? Or is ‘Britain’ a multi-national state united by a single government in London? The answer is, of course, both – although the latter is too simple, since there are governments at least three of the UK’s four component jurisdictions.[1] Nevertheless, the contexts in which the term ‘Britain’ is favoured over, say, ‘England’, ‘Scotland’ or ‘the UK’ reveals much about the assumptions underlying this use. In this article, we explore this use in the context of the examination syllabuses of England and Scotland and find that the concept ‘Britain’ is called-up in different times in different places.
DOI Link: 10.1515/phw-2023-21664
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