This edited collection focuses on the negotiation of national, geographic and cultural identities during the Second World War among the constituent countries of the United Kingdom. Adopting a four nations approach, it contributes to understanding of how pluralistic identities within Britain informed the functioning of Britishness during the war.

This book is a selection of essays from the author’s work since the early 1980s. It is an analysis of political and cultural trends based upon case studies from the North West of England, roughly covering the years between the Third Reform Act (1884) and the outbreak of the Second World War. It reflects changing approaches to locality and identity.

This series seeks to encourage exploration of identities of place in the British Isles since the early eighteenth century, including intersections between competing and complementary identities such as region and nation. The series also advances discussion of other identities such as class, gender, religion, politics, ethnicity and culture when these are geographically located and positioned. While the series is historical, it welcomes cross- and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of British identities.