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 -- .
Cricket and Community in England: 1800 to the Present Day is a path-breaking enquiry into the social history of the summer game. -- .
An engaging and lively tour through the scatological, the flatulent and the cloacal in English literature over four centuries. -- .
This book focuses on representations of slavery in the works of contemporary British authors Caryl Phillips, David Dabydeen and... Læs mere
Examines the oratory and rhetoric of twelve key figures from Conservative Party politics -- .
Examines how and why the Northern Ireland conflict was resolved from the perspective of the general public, using dozens of public opinion surveys collected since 1968 -- .
Most comprehensive study of Tavernier’s oeuvre. In-depth discussion of every major film through 2010. First to examine Tavernier’s work through the lens of genre. -- .
A focused and well-written study of classic Hollywood films which zeroes in on close analysis. -- .