A major new study of Africa’s most important writer, offering a comprehensive reassessment of Achebe’s work as a novelist, broadcaster and political thinker -- .
Looks at how the Anglican Church coped with mass migration from Britain in the first half of the nineteenth century -- .
An examination of body cultures in the British Army during the Second World War -- .
Crafting design in Italy is the first book to examine the role that craft played in post-war Italian design, one of the most celebrated design... Læs mere
Re-situating Olson’s work in relation both to his own moment and to current concerns, the essays assembled in Contemporary Olson provide a major re-assessment of his place in postwar poetry and culture. -- .
This book examines the work that nurses of many differing nations undertook during the Crimean War, the Boer War, the Spanish Civil War, both... Læs mere
The various aspects of the way the Jews regarded themselves is analysed -- .
Assesses the economic and cultural links between country houses and the empire between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries -- .
Examines the oratory and rhetoric of twelve key figures from Conservative Party politics -- .
A focused and well-written study of classic Hollywood films which zeroes in on close analysis. -- .
Provides a deeply researched account of contemporary Asian art movements, focusing on the work of a select group of internationally renowned and politically engaged artists. -- .
Offers insights into how rural areas in Britain have been represented on film, from the silent era, through both world wars, and on into the twenty-first century. -- .