this book offers a practical and reader-friendly introduction to the artistic and intellectual revolution of the early twentieth century. It combines an emphasis on how to read... Læs mere
This book examines the study of natural history in the Spanish Empire in the years, 1750-1850, taking a transatlantic approach to the history of science. -- .
The first full-length critical study of the British television director Alan Clarke, whose varied career included the gritty social realism of the banned 'Scum', the fantasy 'Penda's Fen' and the influential terrorist short, 'Elephant'. -- .
This book focuses on explaining why the EU agreed to eastern enlargement and the (uneven) pattern of accommodation of the applicants' preferences in substantive policies. -- .
A comprehensive study of Dada’s images of the body in various media and geographical centres. Mask or machine-part, grotesque or iconoclastic, the bodily... Læs mere
Why did Tony Blair take Britain to war with Iraq? This book argues that he was following the core political beliefs and style - the Blair identity -... Læs mere
A fresh study of civil aviation as a tool of late British imperialism. It uses archival sources, biographies, industry magazines and newspapers to chronicle the disputed progress toward air empire.
This book provides a detailed analysis of the aims, character and trajectory of the ideology of liberal internationalism in late nineteenth and... Læs mere
This is the first text to focus solely on the writing of British writers of South Asian descent born or raised in Britain. Written in accessible prose,... Læs mere
This book examines the role of class in the encounter between South Asians and British institutions in the... Læs mere
This is a study of the history and memory of Anglo-Jewry from medieval to the present. The particular focus is on the relationship between the local (in this case Hampshire), the national and the global. -- .
Investigates internationalism using Belgium as its focal point; historically a major hub for transnational movements -- .