Looks at the new activity of transcontinental civil flying in the 1930s and its extension of British imperial attitudes... Læs mere
During the Algerian War the French army engaged in the 'emancipation' of Muslim women as part of a strategy of subverting... Læs mere
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. -- .
How did Italy Italianise Byron? And how did Byron Byronise Italy? These are the key questions that the volume sets out to answer. -- .
This book studies Crimean War nursing from a transnational perspective setting nursing in the five combatant armies into the wider context of European statecraft. -- .
Comic empires is an innovative collection of new scholarly research, exploring the relationship between imperialism and cartoons, caricature, and comic art. -- .
This book analyses how racism and anti-racism affects Black British middle class cultural consumption, incorporating insights from critical race theory and cultural sociology. -- .
Culture on drugs extends the discussion of drugs and drug culture beyond the boundaries of such disciplines as sociology, anthropology and criminology to cultural and literary studies and philosophy. -- .
This fluent, accessible and richly informed study, based on much previously unexplored archival material, concerns the history of... Læs mere
The first book-length account in English of Jacob Talmon and his work on humanism, the university and society, and the ideal role of professors and scientists. -- .
A study of non-professional film making using regional archive sources and oral history. The book traces the rise of Britain's amateur cine photography from... Læs mere
A Familiar Compound Ghost explores the relationship between allusion and the uncanny in literature. An unexpected echo or quotation in a new text can be... Læs mere