{"podcast":{"title":"New Books in Australian and New Zealand Studies","slug":"new-books-in-australian-and-new-zealand-studies-507383","podcast_index_feed_id":507383,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LIT4392416069","website_url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/peoples-places/australian-new-zealand-studies/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/ad3f55fa-eddb-11e8-a831-cf2d74dc681e/image/3962a5333d5b67ff49cb7a17a45b9368.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":249,"summary":"This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/australian-and-new-zealand-studies","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-australian-and-new-zealand-studies-507383"},"episode":{"title":"Stuart Ward, \"Untied Kingdom: A Global History of the End of Britain\" (Cambridge UP, 2023)","slug":"stuart-ward-untied-kingdom-a-global-history-of-the-end-of-britain-cambridge-up-2023","published_at":"2025-05-16T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-australian-and-new-zealand-studies-507383/stuart-ward-untied-kingdom-a-global-history-of-the-end-of-britain-cambridge-up-2023","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-australian-and-new-zealand-studies-507383","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK1714337732.mp3?updated=1747331438","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK1714337732.mp3?updated=1747331438","summary":"How did Britain cease to be global? In Untied Kingdom: A Global History of the End of Britain (Cambridge University Press, 2023), Professor Stuart Ward tells the panoramic history of the end of Britain, tracing the ways in which Britishness has been imagined, experienced, disputed and ultimately discarded across the globe since the end of the Second World War. From Indian independence, West Indian immigration and African decolonization to the Suez. Crisis and the Falklands War, he uncovers the demise of Britishness as a global civic idea and its impact on communities across the globe. He also shows the consequences of this diminished 'global reach' in Britain itself, from the Troubles in Northern Ireland to resurgent Englishness and the startling success of separatist political agendas in Scotland and Wales. Untied Kingdom puts the contemporary travails of the Union for the first time in their full global perspective as part of the much larger story of the progressive rollback of Britain's imaginative frontiers. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda’s interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/australian-and-new-zealand-studies","meta_description":"How did Britain cease to be global? In Untied Kingdom: A Global History of the End of Britain (Cambridge University Press, 2023), Professor Stuart Ward te…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4336,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-australian-and-new-zealand-studies-507383/episodes/stuart-ward-untied-kingdom-a-global-history-of-the-end-of-britain-cambridge-up-2023/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-australian-and-new-zealand-studies-507383/stuart-ward-untied-kingdom-a-global-history-of-the-end-of-britain-cambridge-up-2023.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}