An original history of thirteen interwar women who successfully challenged male dominance in a wide range of occupations, from mountaineering to... Læs mere
Christ’s war examines Carolingian holy war from the forging of their empire in the eighth century to its dissolution in the... Læs mere
Interweaving stories of poets who took their own lives with the long history of suicide in his own family, J. T. Welsch reveals how poetry can help us to understand and come to terms with these difficult deaths. -- .
Challenging the assumption that civil society is inherently egalitarian, this book investigates the formation of a distinct civil society elite, its... Læs mere
A gripping memoir of Mike Pickering's five decades in the music industry, which saw him DJing at the Haçienda, signing Happy Mondays and James to Factory Records and selling millions of albums with his band M People. -- .
Brian McFarlane’s book, Roger Michell, is a study of one of the most interesting (and least explored) directors of recent British cinema. It offers analyses of his films in various categories, in a style aimed at general readers with an interest in British film. -- .
This collectionreassesses and revitalises the gendered and gendering debates associated with nineteenth-century ‘Easts’. It offers... Læs mere
This book reconstructs the Confucian account of power in terms of responsibility from historical and normative perspectives. It pays special attention to the liability and... Læs mere
Karina Bénazech Wendling re-assesses ‘souperism’ and British cultural imperialism through the use of the Irish language and Bible in... Læs mere
A transnational and transhistorical history of the artistic, political, and diplomatic relations between France and Senegal from the 1950s to the 1970s.... Læs mere
This book turns to the ideas of the early Frankfurt School to critically engage with key developments within anti-capitalist activism. -- .
The Bulletin of the John Rylands Library is a long-running journal that publishes research complementary to the John Rylands Library’s extensive special collections. -- .