Cinema and Society in the British Empire, 1895-1940, Hardback - James Burns

By 1940 going to the movies was the most popular form of public leisure in Britain's empire. This book explores the social and cultural impact of t...

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DescriptionFilms for the Colonies examines the British Government's use of film across its vast Empire from the 1920s until widespread independence...

This ground-breaking book offers unique insights into the careers of Indian doctors in colonial Kenya during the height of British colonialism, bet...

Cinema on the Front Line offers the first comprehensive history and analysis of how British soldiers engaged with and were engaged by the medium of...

Space and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds - Michael Scott

One solution to West Indian problems after 1940 was to transform sugarcane into a raw material for making synthetics. Britain hoped to encourage ne...

A study of how artists and photographers shaped imperial visions of war and peace in the Victorian periodPublisher: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies ...

The Imperial Security State: British Colonial Knowledge and Empire-Building in Asia - James Hevia

Bringing together the world's leading scholars on the subject, Military Education and the British Empire explores distinct national narratives with...

In June 1940, Hitler ordered his generals to organize the invasion of Britain under a plan codenamed Operation Sealion, drawing up a complex set of...

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Sarah GodfreyIllustration(s): 15 B/W illustrationsNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2021Dimensi...

The follow-up to Peter Fryer's modern classic, Staying Power

DescriptionIn popular imagination few phenomena are as strongly associated with medieval society as knighthood and chivalry. At the same time, and ...

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A collection of essays examining literary discussions of the role of science, focusing on the interactions between processes of knowledge formation...

During the Age of Revolution, the British Crown responded to crises in its colonies with a heavy hand. Lisa Ford shows how imperial peacekeeping me...

This volume examines how the political, economic and social changes of the Great Depression impacted on Hollywood and how it responded to them.

Exploring a range of forms of literature in the British Isles from 1920 to 1940, this book will interest undergraduate and graduate students and sc...

Reducere. DescriptionThis study of politics and the role of the state in the Arab world is aimed at students of Middle East politics, political theory and po...

Expanded and updated, Charles Eisenstein's classic treatise on capitalism, currency, and the gift economy. This revised version traces the history ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr Alan R. H. (University of Cambridge, UK) BakerIllustration(s): 13 MapsNumber of pages: 248Publica...

This book traces the history from the days of silent screen heroines to the sound era's daring adventure serials, unearthing a thriving film cultur...

Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press LtdAuthor(s): James WolfeNumber of pages: 252Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 214 x 135 x 31Cover type: Hardback...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 165 x 241 x 24Cover type: HardbackEditor(s): Gay WachmanRedesc...

Secret Alliances is an authoritative new perspective on some of the most remarkable exploits of the Second World War.

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The book is a highly original and long overdue examination of the ways that European concepts of time were imposed on other cultures as a component...

Reducere. The War for Independence touched virtually every American. It promised liberty, the opportunity for a better life, and the excitement of the battle...

The Kuwaiti population includes around 100, 000 people - approximately 10 per cent of the Kuwaiti nationals -whose legal status is contested. Often...

Reducere. The half century of European activity in the Caribbean that followed Columbus's first voyages brought enormous demographic, economic, and social ch...

This book reveals, for the first time, a hitherto unexplored dimension of Britain's engagement with the post-war Middle East: the counter-subversiv...

Plecand de la definitia „capodoperei“, care se refera nu doar la calitatile estetice ale unui film, ci si la locul istoric pe care a reusit sa-l oc...

By examining the manufacturing, commercial, and cultural activities of the maverick industrialist Chen Diexian (1879-1940), Eugenia Lean illustrate...

The stateless (bidun) of Kuwait represent around 10 per cent of Kuwaiti nationals - approximately 100, 000 people. In this book, the author argues ...

Publisher: HAU Society Of Ethnographic TheoryAuthor(s): Marion FourcadeNumber of pages: 474Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 151 x 229 x 38Cover ty...

How did decolonization impact on Britain itself? And how did Britain manage its transition from colonial power to postcolonial nation? Sarah Stockw...

This is the first book to provide a direct and comprehensive account of British art cinema. It brings together original essays arguing that British...

In 1831 enslaved Jamaicans revolted. What began as a peaceful movement soon became a bloodbath as British troops retaliated. Tom Zoellner tells the...

Challenging assumptions around Sixties stardom, the book focuses on creative collaboration and the contribution of production personnel beyond the ...

Barry Forshaw celebrates with enthusiasm the British horror film and its fascination for macabre cinema. A definitive study of the genre, British G...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Anthony GiddensModernity differs from all preceding forms of social order because of its dynamism, its deep undercutting of...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdNumber of pages: 226Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 174 x 244 x 19Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Tom O...

Rare Merit illuminates the impact of women as portraitists, travel documentarians, photojournalists, fine artists, hobbyists, and printers in the e...

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): John WhiteIllustration(s): 22 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2...