Dressing for Austerity. Aspiration, Leisure and Fashion in Post-war Britain, Hardback - Geraldine Biddle-Perry

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Using clothing as a point of departure, these essays imagine the South's centuries-long engagement with a global economy through garments, with cot...

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Are disabled people second class citizens in modern Britain? Despite severe criticisms from the United Nations the UK Government has continued to r...

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Showcases 100 colour illustrations of stunning evening gowns by emerging illustrator Eris Tran. Focuses on detailed close-ups, with insightful desc...

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The story of the Jewish ex-servicemen who fought against Oswald Mosley after World War II

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Drawing on an extensive range of sources, from newspapers and institutional records to oral histories and autobiography, Dangerous amusements explo...

One of the world's leading writers on propaganda and information projection presents a remarkably detailed history and critique of the workings and...

Bassel and Emejulu explore minority women's experiences of austerity measures in France and Britain. They demonstrate how they use their race, clas...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Elizabeth L. BlockIllustration(s): 71 colour illustrations, 19 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 280...

In today's world, many believe that everyday life has become selfish and atomised-that individuals live only to consume. Jon Lawrence argues that t...

The latest book in the long-running Britain at the Polls series provides an indispensable account of the remarkable 2017 British general election. ...

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Immigration is an issue central to British society, as demonstrated by the vote for Brexit. This collection of essays offers a fascinating explorat...

Abstraction in Post-War British Literature explores the ways in which writers and thinkers responded to non-representational art in the decades fol...

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Civil defence was the most significant voluntary organisation of the Second World War. It involved men and women of every class, generation and loc...

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Concepts of Time in Post-War European Music gives a historical and philosophical account of the discussions of the nature of time and music during ...

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This book charts the history of Australian retail developments as well as examining the social and cultural dimensions of shopping in Australia.Pub...

This edited collection focuses on the negotiation of national, geographic and cultural identities during the Second World War among the constituent...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 368Collection: Onati International Series in Law and SocietyPublication date: 2021Dimensions: ...