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The Union Jack

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

The Union Jack

By Nick Groom

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About the book

Known the world over as a symbol of the United Kingdom, the Union Jack is an intricate construction based on the crosses of St George, St Andrew and St Patrick. Nick Groom traces its long and fascinating past, from the development of the Royal Standard and seventeenth-century clashes over the precise balance of the English and Scottish elements of the first Union Jack to the modern controversies over the flag as a symbol of empire and its exploitation by ultra-rightwing political groups. The Uni...Show more

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9781786491480

Publisher

Atlantic Books

Published year

2017

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1

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The Union Jack

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Paperback

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