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'This important new volume reconstructs the forms of production,
distribution and exhibition of films made in and about the
colonies. It then ties them to wider theoretical issues about film
and liberalism, spectacle and political economy, representation and
rule. The result is one of the first volumes to examine how
imperial rule is intimately tied to the emergence of documentary as
a form and, indeed, how the history of cinema is at the same time
the history of Empire.' BRIAN LARKIN, Barnard College 'This superb
collection of new scholarship shows how cinema both communicated
and aided the imperialist agenda throughout the twentieth century.
In doing so, it shows film can be understood as one of the tools of
empire, as much as the technology of weaponry or modes of
administration: a means of education and indoctrination in the
colonies and at home.' TOM GUNNING, University of Chicago At its
height in 1919, the British Empire claimed 58 countries, 400
million subjects, and 14 million square miles of ground. Empire and
Film brings together leading international scholars to examine the
integral role cinema played in the control, organisation, and
governance of this diverse geopolitical space. The essays reveal
the complex interplay between the political and economic control
essential to imperialism and the emergence and development of
cinema in the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth
century. Contributors address how the production, distribution and
exhibition of film were utilised by state and industrial and
philanthropic institutions to shape the subject positions of
coloniser and colonised; to demarcate between 'civilised' and
'primitive' and codify difference; and to foster a political
economy of imperialism that was predicated on distinctions between
core and periphery. The generic forms of colonial cinema were,
consequently, varied: travelogues mapped colonial spaces; actuality
films re-presented spectacles of royal authority and imperial
conquest and conflict; home movies rendered colonial
self-representation; state-financed newsreels and documentaries
fostered political and economic control and the 'education' of
British and colonial subjects; philanthropic and industrial
organisations sponsored films to expand Western models of
capitalism; British and American film companies made films of
imperial adventure. These films circulated widely in Britain and
the empire, and were sustained through the establishment of
imperial networks of distribution and exhibition, including in
particular innovative mobile exhibition circuits and non-theatrical
spaces like schools, museums and civic centres. Empire and Film is
a significant revision to the historical and conceptual frameworks
of British cinema history, and is a major contribution to the
history of cinema as a global form that emerged amid, and in
dialogue with, the global flows of imperialism. The book is
produced in conjunction with a major website housing freely
available digitised archival films and materials relating to
British colonial cinema, www.colonialfilm.org.uk, and a companion
volume entitled Film and the End of Empire.
This compendium of primary sources examines British architectural
history from the accession of King George III in 1760 to the
outbreak if the First World War in 1914. The collection of two
volumes contains a mixture of architectural treatises, biographical
material on architects, works on different types of building, and
contemporary descriptions of individual buildings. This title will
be of great interest to students of Art History and Architecture.
This four-volume collection explores the idea that, for Victorians
and Edwardians, the meanings attached to work and the meanings
attached to being without work were always dependent upon each
other, knotted together by the imperative for a man to desire
employment and be willing to work. Mechanization and the decline of
old trades, the creation of single-industry cities and towns, the
migration of agricultural labourers from the countryside to these
cities and to London, the intensification of the sweated
industries, and the displacement of the labour of adult men by the
labour of women and adolescent boys all contributed to urgent
conversations about the relationships between work and unemployment
and are examined through primary sources. Accompanied by extensive
editorial commentary, this collection will be of great interest to
students of British History.
A facsimile edition of Bradshaw's Handbook of 1863, the book that
inspired the BBC television series 'Great British Railway
Journeys'. When Michael Portillo began the series 'Great British
Railway Journeys', a well-thumbed 150-year-old book shot back to
fame. The original Bradshaw's guides had been well known to
Victorian travellers and were produced when the British railway
network was at its peak and as tourism by rail became essential. It
was the first national tourist guide specifically organized around
railway journeys, and this beautifully illustrated facsimile
edition offers a glimpse through the carriage window at a Britain
long past.
There is little doubt that the '45 rebellion was the greatest
challenge to the eighteenth-century British state. The battle of
Culloden in which it culminated was certainly one of the most
dramatic of the century. This study, based on extensive archival
research, examines the political and military context of the
uprising and highlights the seriousness of the challenge posed by
the Jacobites. The result is an illuminating account of an episode
often obscured by the perspectives of Stuart romance.
Sir John Duckworth commanded ships and squadrons and fleets
throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. He was an
assiduous correspondent, writing to Admirals St Vincent, Nelson,
Collingwood, and numerous other naval officers. He kept every piece
of paper he wrote on or received. He was in the first expedition to
the West Indies when he went on a mission to the United States to
suppress a French privateer. He commanded a ship in First of June
fight in 1794, and was peripherally involved in the great naval
mutinies of 1797. He was picked out by Lord St Vincent to command
the recovery of Minorca in 1798. He returned to the West Indies in
1799 where he was commander-in-chief in the Leeward Islands, and
then at Jamaica. There he was much involved in the Revolutionary
war in Haiti, eventually receiving several thousands of French
refugees and sending them on to France. A spell with the Channel
fleet was succeeded by time at the blockade of Gibraltar. Against
orders, he chased a French squadron across the Atlantic and
destroyed it (Battle of San Domingo 1796). One of his more curious
adventures was a diplomatic mission to the Constantinople to
browbeat the Ottoman Sultan into making peace with Russia in 1807.
He failed, of course, and was criticised for not bombarding the
city. He served out his time afloat with the Channel fleet,
displaying his usual humanity. A three-year appointment as governor
of Newfoundland completed his career.
This is the fully-illustrated edition of LONDON IN FRAGMENTS. A new
paperback edition is also available, published under the title A
MUDLARK'S TREASURES: London in Fragments 'A beautiful book.' Daily
Mail 'Exhilaratingly curious.' Evening Standard 'Gripping.'
Spectator 'Brilliant.' Penelope Lively 'Indefatigably researched.'
Country Life 'Beautifully illustrated.' Monocle Mudlarking, the act
of searching the Thames foreshore for items of value, has a long
tradition in England's capital. In the late 18th and 19th
centuries, mudlarks were small boys grubbing a living from scrap.
Today's mudlarks unearth relics of the past from the banks of the
Thames which tell stories of Londoners throughout history. From
Roman tiles to elegant Georgian pottery, presented here are
modern-day mudlark Ted Sandling's most evocative finds, gorgeously
photographed. Together they create a mosaic of everyday London life
through the centuries, touching on the journeys, pleasures, vices,
industries, adornments and comforts of a world city. This unique
and stunning book celebrates the beauty of small things, and makes
sense of the intangible connection that found objects give us to
the individuals who lost them.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF 2021
'Astonishing and compelling' Bernard Cornwell 'This superb book is
like a classical symphony, perfectly composed and exquisitely
performed' THE TIMES Books of the Year Follow bioarchaeologist Cat
Jarman - and the cutting-edge forensic techniques central to her
research - as she uncovers epic stories of the Viking age and
follows a small 'Carnelian' bead found in a Viking grave in
Derbyshire to its origins thousands of miles to the east in
Gujarat. 'This superb book is like a classical symphony, perfectly
composed and exquisitely performed' THE TIMES Books of the Year Dr
Cat Jarman is a bioarchaeologist, specialising in forensic
techniques to research the paths of Vikings who came to rest in
British soil. By examining teeth that are now over one thousand
years old, she can determine childhood diet, and thereby where a
person was likely born. With radiocarbon dating, she can ascertain
a death date down to the range of a few years. And her research
offers new visions of the likely roles of women and children in
Viking culture. In 2017, a carnelian bead came into her temporary
possession. River Kings sees her trace its path back to
eighth-century Baghdad and India, discovering along the way that
the Vikings' route was far more varied than we might think, that
with them came people from the Middle East, not just Scandinavia,
and that the reason for this unexpected integration between the
Eastern and Western worlds may well have been a slave trade running
through the Silk Road, and all the way to Britain. Told as a
riveting story of the Vikings and the methods we use to understand
them, this is a major reassessment of the fierce,
often-mythologised voyagers of the north, and of the global
medieval world as we know it.
The OS Historical Map series comprises of Ancient Britain and Roman
Britain. Each archaeological period is identified using different
symbols and colours to show sites from the Stone Age through to the
early Middle Ages against a modern map base, double-sided to cover
the whole country. The Ancient Britain map and guide is
complemented by a timeline that shows British events in relation to
wider history. Key sites of significant historical interest are
highlighted using photographs, text and thumbnail mapping from the
OS Landranger map series. Additional information, such as a list of
archaeological terms, suggested reading and museums to visit, is
also included.
'Coffin roads' along which bodies were carried for burial are a
marked feature of the landscape of the Scottish Highlands and
islands - many are now popular walking and cycling routes. This
book journeys along eight coffin roads to discover and explore the
distinctive traditions, beliefs and practices around dying, death
and mourning in the communities which created and used them. The
result is a fascinating snapshot into place and culture. After more
than a century when death was very much a taboo subject, this book
argues that aspects of the distinctive West Highland and Hebridean
way of death and approach to dying and mourning may have something
helpful and important to offer to us today. Routes covered in this
book are: The Kilmartin Valley - the archetypal coffin road in this
ritual landscape of the dead. The Street of the Dead on Iona -
perhaps the best known coffin road in Scotland. Kilearnadil
Graveyard, Jura - a perfect example of a Hebridean graveyard. The
coffin road through Morvern to Keil Church, Lochaline - among the
best defined and most evocative coffin roads today. The Green Isle,
Loch Shiel, Ardnamurchan - the oldest continuously used burial
place anywhere in Europe. The coffin road on Eigg - with its
distinctive 'piper's cairn' where the coffin of Donald MacQuarrie,
the 'Great Piper of Eigg', was rested. The coffin road from Traigh
Losgaintir to Loch Stocinis on Harris - popular with walkers and
taken as the title for a best-selling thriller by Peter May. The
coffin road on Barra - A detailed study of burial practices on
Barra in the early 1950s provides a fascinating record of Hebridean
attitudes to dying, death and mourning.
Building on the success of previous editions, Politics in the
Republic of Ireland continues to provide an authoritative
introduction to all aspects of government and politics in this
seventh edition. Written by some of the foremost experts on Irish
politics, it explains, analyses and interprets the background to
Irish government and contemporary political processes. It devotes
chapters to every aspect of contemporary Irish government and
politics, including the political parties and elections, the
constitution, deliberative democracy, referendums, the Taoiseach
and the governmental system, women and politics, the position of
the Dáil, and Ireland’s place within the European Union.
Bringing readers up to date with the very latest developments,
especially with the upheaval in the Irish party system and the
implications of recent liberalising referendums, PRI7 combines
substance with a highly readable style, providing an accessible
book that meets the needs of all those who are interested in
knowing how politics and government operate in Ireland.
This book: covers the essential content in the new specifications
in a rigorous and engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources,
timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension material
helps develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence,
interpretations, causation and change, through targeted activities
provides assessment support for A level with sample answers,
sources, practice questions and guidance to help you tackle the
new-style exam questions. It also comes with three years' access to
ActiveBook, an online, digital version of your textbook to help you
personalise your learning as you go through the course - perfect
for revision.
Stephen Bungay' s magisterial history is acclaimed as the account
of the Battle of Britain. Unrivalled for its synthesis of all
previous historical accounts, for the quality of its strategic
analysis and its truly compulsive narrative, this is a book
ultimately distinguished by its conclusions - that it was the
British in the Battle who displayed all the virtues of efficiency,
organisation and even ruthlessness we habitually attribute to the
Germans, and they who fell short in their amateurism,
ill-preparedness, poor engineering and even in their old-fashioned
notions of gallantry. An engrossing read for the military scholar
and the general reader alike, this is a classic of military history
that looks beyond the mythology, to explore all the tragedy and
comedy; the brutality and compassion of war.
Much writing on men in the field of gender studies tends to focus
unduly, almost exclusively, on portraying men as villains and women
as victims in a moral bi-polar paradigm. Re-Thinking Men reverses
the proclivity which ignores not only the positive contributions of
men to society, but also the male victims of life including the
homeless, the incarcerated, the victims of homicide, suicide,
accidents, war and the draft, and sexism, as well as those affected
by the failures of the health, education, political and justice
systems. Proceeding from a radically different perspective in
seeking a more positive, balanced and inclusive view of men (and
women), this book presents three contrasting paradigms of men as
Heroes, Villains and Victims. With the development of a comparative
and revised gender perspective drawing on US, Canadian and UK
sources, this book will be of interest to scholars across a range
of social sciences.
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Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: Shakespeare is a fascinating
collection of surprising revelations, quirky characters and other
fascinating pieces of trivia from the world of the great English
bard. From the stories behind his well-known plays and poems,
through the actors and theatres that have entertained his works, to
his legacy in popular culture and beyond, an intriguing and unusual
history of his life and times is revealed. Drawing back the
curtains on this iconic English character, there is something here
for every enthusiast to relish. This authoritative and absorbing
book is published to coincide with the 400th Anniversary of
Shakespeare's death on 23rd April 2016.
It was famously the scene of Charles and Diana's nightmare marriage
and Charles's serial adulteries. But then Kensington Palace has a
long history of royal philandering. George II installed his wife
and mistress in the palace, for example, and made his mistress
sleep in a room so damp there were said to be mushrooms growing on
the walls. And then there were the eccentrics. George III's sixth
son, Augustus, Duke of Sussex, became a virtual recluse at the
palace. He collected hundreds of clocks and mechanical toys,
thousands of early Bibles and dozens of songbirds that were allowed
to fly freely through the royal apartments. Today, the palace is
home to the future King William and his wife Catherine, and until
recently home to the newly married Duke and Duchess of Sussex,
Harry and Meghan. Tom Quinn takes the reader behind the official
version of palace history to discover intriguing, sometimes wild,
often scandalous, but frequently heart-warming stories.
This collection gathers together 31 previously out-of-print titles
focusing on revolution - the political, economic, military and
social aspects of the overthrow of state power. Ranging from
nineteenth-century France to late-twentieth-century Caribbean,
these books analyse the forms of revolt and the aftermaths of
revolution, examining the types of government that result and the
reactions of international opinion.
London, 1716. Revenge is a dish best served ice-cold...The city is
caught in the vice-like grip of a savage winter. Even the Thames
has frozen over. But for Jonas Flynt - thief, gambler, killer - the
chilling elements are the least of his worries... Justice Geoffrey
Dumont has been found dead at the base of St Paul's cathedral, and
a young male sex-worker, Sam Yates, has been taken into custody for
the murder. Yates denies all charges, claiming he had received a
message to meet the judge at the exact time of death. The young man
is a friend of courtesan Belle St Clair, and she asks Flynt to
investigate. As Sam endures the horrors of Newgate prison, they
must do everything in their power to uncover the truth and save an
innocent life, before the bodies begin to pile up. But time is
running out. And the gallows are beckoning... A totally enrapturing
portrayal of eighteenth-century London, and a rapier-like crime
thriller, perfect for fans of Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Antonia
Hodgson and Ambrose Parry.
Marking the third centenary of the office of Prime Minister, this
book tells its extraordinary story, explaining how and why it has
endured longer than any other democratic political office in world
history. Sir Anthony Seldon, historian of Number 10 Downing Street,
explores the lives and careers, loves and scandals, successes and
failures, of all our great Prime Ministers. From Robert Walpole and
William Pitt the Younger, to Clement Attlee and Margaret Thatcher,
Seldon discusses which of our Prime Ministers have been most
effective and why. He reveals the changing relationship between the
Monarchy and the office of the Prime Minister in intimate detail,
describing how the increasing power of the Prime Minister in
becoming leader of Britain coincided with the steadily falling
influence of the Monarchy. This book celebrates the humanity and
frailty, work and achievement, of these 55 remarkable individuals,
who averted revolution and civil war, leading the country through
times of peace, crisis and war.
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