Contents -- Acknowledgements vii -- Introduction 1 -- Chapter 1 - The Idea of England 11 -- Englishness as Absence 12 -- Nationalism as the Legitimisation of Sovereignty 19 -- England, Britain and Empire 27 -- England and Sovereignty 36 -- Conclusion 41 -- Chapter 2 - The Idea of Europe 43 -- War, Nationalism and European Unity 44 -- 'Post-war' 47 -- Legitimising the European Union 58 -- The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome 67 -- Conclusion 78 -- Chapter 3 - European Integration and the Demise of Britishness 79 -- Empire, Commonwealth and Britain 80 -- Britain, Commonwealth and the EEC 90 -- England, Sovereignty and Empire 101 -- Conclusion 115 -- Chapter 4 - Accession and the 1975 Referendum 117 -- Restoring Greatness 118 -- Defending Sovereignty 130 -- Instrumental Europeans 135 -- Conclusion 146 -- Chapter 5 - Thatcherism and English Nationalism 149 -- Britain and Europe 150 -- Thatcherism as English Nationalism 155 -- Thatcherism and European History 159 -- England's Nationalism 163 -- Unity and Disunity 167 -- Conclusion 178 -- Chapter 6 - Contemporary English Nationalism 181 -- England Arise? 182 -- Rump Britain 191 -- Ostentatious Englishness 198 -- Populism and Euroscepticism 212 -- Conclusion 223 -- Chapter 7 - Conclusion 225 -- Bibliography 237 -- Archival Sources 237 -- Newspapers and Periodicals 240 -- Secondary Sources 241 -- Indexes 255.