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The History of Sir William Wallace, the Governor-General of Scotland (Paperback): Peter Donaldson The History of Sir William Wallace, the Governor-General of Scotland (Paperback)
Peter Donaldson
R444 Discovery Miles 4 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The History of Sir William Wallace ... - Containing His Parentage, Life, Adventures, Heroic Achievements, Imprisonments and... The History of Sir William Wallace ... - Containing His Parentage, Life, Adventures, Heroic Achievements, Imprisonments and Death (Paperback)
Peter Donaldson
R399 Discovery Miles 3 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The History Of Sir William Wallace ... - Containing His Parentage, Life, Adventures, Heroic Achievements, Imprisonments And... The History Of Sir William Wallace ... - Containing His Parentage, Life, Adventures, Heroic Achievements, Imprisonments And Death
Peter Donaldson
R796 Discovery Miles 7 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Life of Sir William Wallace, the Governor General of Scotland and Hero of the Scottish Chiefs (Hardcover): Peter Donaldson The Life of Sir William Wallace, the Governor General of Scotland and Hero of the Scottish Chiefs (Hardcover)
Peter Donaldson
R825 Discovery Miles 8 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sport, War and the British - 1850 to the Present (Paperback): Peter Donaldson Sport, War and the British - 1850 to the Present (Paperback)
Peter Donaldson
R1,369 Discovery Miles 13 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Spanning the colonial campaigns of the Victorian age to the War on Terror after 9/11, this study explores the role sport was perceived to have played in the lives and work of military personnel, and examines how sporting language and imagery were deployed to shape and reconfigure civilian society's understanding of conflict. From 1850 onwards war reportage - complemented and reinforced by a glut of campaign histories, memoirs, novels and films - helped create an imagined community in which sporting attributes and qualities were employed to give meaning and order to the chaos and misery of warfare. This work explores the evolution of the Victorian notion that playing-field and battlefield were connected and then moves on to investigate the challenges this belief faced in the twentieth century, as combat became, initially, industrialised in the age of total warfare and, subsequently, professionalised in the post-nuclear world. Such a longitudinal study allows, for the first time, new light to be shed on the continuities and shifts in the way the 'reality' of war was captured in the British popular imagination. Drawing together the disparate fields of sport and warfare, this book serves as a vital point of reference for anyone with an interest in the cultural, social or military history of modern Britain.

Sport, War and the British - 1850 to the Present (Hardcover): Peter Donaldson Sport, War and the British - 1850 to the Present (Hardcover)
Peter Donaldson
R4,466 Discovery Miles 44 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Spanning the colonial campaigns of the Victorian age to the War on Terror after 9/11, this study explores the role sport was perceived to have played in the lives and work of military personnel, and examines how sporting language and imagery were deployed to shape and reconfigure civilian society's understanding of conflict. From 1850 onwards war reportage - complemented and reinforced by a glut of campaign histories, memoirs, novels and films - helped create an imagined community in which sporting attributes and qualities were employed to give meaning and order to the chaos and misery of warfare. This work explores the evolution of the Victorian notion that playing-field and battlefield were connected and then moves on to investigate the challenges this belief faced in the twentieth century, as combat became, initially, industrialised in the age of total warfare and, subsequently, professionalised in the post-nuclear world. Such a longitudinal study allows, for the first time, new light to be shed on the continuities and shifts in the way the 'reality' of war was captured in the British popular imagination. Drawing together the disparate fields of sport and warfare, this book serves as a vital point of reference for anyone with an interest in the cultural, social or military history of modern Britain.

Remembering the South African War - Britain and the Memory of the Anglo-Boer War, from 1899 to the Present (Hardcover, New):... Remembering the South African War - Britain and the Memory of the Anglo-Boer War, from 1899 to the Present (Hardcover, New)
Peter Donaldson
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R820 Discovery Miles 8 200 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library. The experience of the South African War sharpened the desire to commemorate for a number of reasons. An increasingly literate public, a burgeoning populist press, an army reinforced by waves of volunteers and, to contemporaries at least, a shockingly high death toll embedded the war firmly in the national consciousness. In addition, with the fallen buried far from home those left behind required other forms of commemoration. For these reasons, the South African War was an important moment of transition in commemorative practice and foreshadowed the rituals of remembrance that engulfed Britain in the aftermath of the Great War. This work provides the first comprehensive survey of the memorialisation process in Britain in the aftermath of the South African War. The approach goes beyond the simple deconstruction of memorial iconography and, instead, looks at the often tortuous and lengthy gestation of remembrance sites, from the formation of committees to the raising of finance and debates over form. In the process both Edwardian Britain's sense of self and the contested memory of the conflict in South Africa are thrown into relief. In the concluding sections of the book the focus falls on other forms of remembrance sites, namely the multi-volume histories produced by the War Office and The Times, and the seminal television documentaries of Kenneth Griffith. Once again the approach goes beyond simple textual deconstruction to place the sources firmly in their wider context by exploring both production and reception. By uncovering the themes and myths that underpinned these interpretations of the war, shifting patterns in how the war was represented and conceived are revealed.

The Life of Sir William Wallace, the Governor General of Scotland and Hero of the Scottish Chiefs (Paperback): Peter Donaldson The Life of Sir William Wallace, the Governor General of Scotland and Hero of the Scottish Chiefs (Paperback)
Peter Donaldson
R511 Discovery Miles 5 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The History Of Sir William Wallace ... - Containing His Parentage, Life, Adventures, Heroic Achievements, Imprisonments And... The History Of Sir William Wallace ... - Containing His Parentage, Life, Adventures, Heroic Achievements, Imprisonments And Death (Paperback)
Peter Donaldson
R453 Discovery Miles 4 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The History Of Sir William Wallace, The Governor-general Of Scotland (Hardcover): Peter Donaldson The History Of Sir William Wallace, The Governor-general Of Scotland (Hardcover)
Peter Donaldson
R857 Discovery Miles 8 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Symphony of the Heart (Paperback): Peter Donaldson Symphony of the Heart (Paperback)
Peter Donaldson
R422 R395 Discovery Miles 3 950 Save R27 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this poetic analysis of the human response throughout the journey of life, Peter Donaldson unveils his examination of human behavior in various circumstances and in response to a variety of topics, including love, faith, politics, relationships, and black history. He offers this literary exposition of the nature of the human heart and the intriguing emotional reactions we express towards the obstacles, successes, and failures of life, hoping to leave readers refreshed by a complete showering of poetic utopia. Although largely influenced by a Christian perspective, the philosophical ideologies presented here aim to stimulate deep thoughts in the minds of both the believer and agnostic alike. "Symphony of the Heart" presents an expression of lyrical artistry that surveys a journey into the uncharted waters of faith and unbridled emotions. In the dialect of poetic lingo, Donaldson intends to spur discussions concerning the controversial issues of life with language creatively written in such an untailored fashion as to create a sentiment of tranquil literary bliss.

The Life of Sir William Wallace, the Governor General of Scotland, and Hero of the Scottish Chiefs. by Peter Donaldson.... The Life of Sir William Wallace, the Governor General of Scotland, and Hero of the Scottish Chiefs. by Peter Donaldson. (Paperback)
Peter Donaldson
R557 Discovery Miles 5 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Fertility Transition - The Social Dynamics of Population Change (Hardcover, New): Peter Donaldson The Fertility Transition - The Social Dynamics of Population Change (Hardcover, New)
Peter Donaldson
R1,343 R1,220 Discovery Miles 12 200 Save R123 (9%) Out of stock

This book presents a critical account of the theories, hypotheses and models that have been advanced to explain and to predict population change in various kinds of societies. The author also puts forward and tests a new theoretical treatment to isolate and to explain the conditions and causes of the transition from high to low fertility rates within and among different societies. Two aspects of this new theory are the interacting effects of living standards and the constraints of time, and the economic and social factors that in turn are behind these. Among the other factors that are considered are the effects and roles of education, the availability of food, child care, the extent of the female labour force, health and infant mortality, family type, and cultural and social norms and expectations.

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