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Our Girl (DVD)
Harriet Madeley, Matthew McNulty, Stuart Ward, Ciaran Clancy, Sean Gallagher, …
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Five-part BBC drama starring Lacey Turner as a young woman who
joins the British Army. Following a troubled childhood, Molly Dawes
(Turner) left school without any qualifications and now works
part-time in a nail salon. Struggling to find direction in her life
she is drawn towards an army recruitment office. After signing up
she endures rigorous training to become a member of the Royal Army
Medical Corps, leading Molly on a journey that will ultimately
transform her life.
How did Britain cease to be global? In Untied Kingdom, Stuart Ward
tells the panoramic history of the end of Britain, tracing the ways
in which Britishness has been imagined, experienced, disputed and
ultimately discarded across the globe since the end of the Second
World War. From Indian independence, West Indian immigration and
African decolonization to the Suez Crisis and the Falklands War, he
uncovers the demise of Britishness as a global civic idea and its
impact on communities across the globe. He also shows the
consequences of this diminished 'global reach' in Britain itself,
from the Troubles in Northern Ireland to resurgent Englishness and
the startling success of separatist political agendas in Scotland
and Wales. Untied Kingdom puts the contemporary travails of the
Union for the first time in their full global perspective as part
of the much larger story of the progressive rollback of Britain's
imaginative frontiers.
This is the first major attempt to view the break-up of Britain as
a global phenomenon, incorporating peoples and cultures of all
races and creeds that became embroiled in the liquidation of the
British Empire in the decades after the Second World War. A team of
leading historians are assembled here to view a familiar problem
through an unfamiliar lens, ranging from India, to China, Southern
Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the Falklands, Gibraltar and the
United Kingdom itself. At a time when trace-elements of Greater
Britain have resurfaced in British politics, animating the febrile
polemics of Brexit, these essays offer a sober historical
perspective. More than perhaps at any other time since the empire's
precipitate demise, it is imperative to gain a fresh purchase on
the global challenges to British identities in the twentieth
century. -- .
This is the first major attempt to view the break-up of Britain as
a global phenomenon, incorporating peoples and cultures of all
races and creeds that became embroiled in the liquidation of the
British Empire in the decades after the Second World War. A team of
leading historians are assembled here to view a familiar problem
through an unfamiliar lens, ranging from India, to China, Southern
Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the Falklands, Gibraltar and the
United Kingdom itself. At a time when trace-elements of Greater
Britain have resurfaced in British politics, animating the febrile
polemics of Brexit, these essays offer a sober historical
perspective. More than perhaps at any other time since the
empire’s precipitate demise, it is imperative to gain a fresh
purchase on the global challenges to British identities in the
twentieth century. -- .
The demise of the British Empire in the three decades following the
Second World War is a theme that has been well traversed in studies
of post-war British politics, economics and foreign relations. Yet
there has been strikingly little attention to the question of how
these dramatic changes in Britain's relationships with the wider
world were reflected in British culture. This volume addresses this
central issue, arguing that the social and cultural impact of
decolonisation had as significant an effect on the imperial centre
as on the colonial periphery. Far from being a matter of
indifference or resigned acceptance as is often suggested, the fall
of the British Empire came as a profound shock to the British
national imagination, and resonated widely in British popular
culture.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Lepidoptera Injurious To The Apple In Pennsylvania; Issue 169
Of Bulletin (Pennsylvania State College. Agricultural Experiment
Station) Stuart Ward Frost Pennsylvania State College Agricultural
Experiment Station, 1921 Technology & Engineering; Agriculture;
Agronomy; Crop Science; Apples; Technology & Engineering /
Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science; Technology & Engineering
/ Agriculture / General
Australians, it is often said, have long displayed a healthy
skepticism towards the symbols and sentiments of nationalism. While
exhibiting an almost fanatical pride in the exploits of their
sporting heroes, Australians have otherwise remained indifferent to
the more formal trappings of their nationhood. Recent events,
however, seem to indicate that Australia is at a new departure. The
once-derided flag now adorns all kinds of public places, people and
civic landmarks; the once-disputed national anthem is spontaneously
bellowed at sporting and other popular events; politicians and
journalists now invoke 'the nation' with a conviction that once
eluded their predecessors; and Australia's national holidays are
today observed with a reverence that only decades ago might have
seemed 'un-Australian'. This book offers an original and compelling
insight into why Australians have come to exhibit their nationhood
in these curious new ways. It argues that the critical period for
understanding this phenomenon is the twilight of the British Empire
in the 1960s and early 1970s. The book is based on the vast
reservoir of documentary material in the National Archives of
Australia (most of it previously unseen), as well as the rich
public record of national rhetoric, rites and rituals since the
late 1960s.
Until a generation ago, 'Britishness' lay at the heart of
Australian political culture. How and why did this fundamental idea
lose its meaning for Australians and their political institutions?
The popular view is that the British ideal succumbed to a
triumphant, long-thwarted Australian nationalism. The reality is
much more complex. Having weighed the documentary evidence, Stuart
Ward vigorously argues that it was not Australia but the 'Mother
Country' that set the pace. The critical move was the Macmillan
Government's decision in the early 1960s to seek membership of the
European Economic Community. Thereafter, the ties of imperial
sentiment and the dictates of national self-interest were
essentially irreconcilable. Australia s attachment to being British
was profoundly shaken, and the contours of Australian nationhood
were irreversibly redrawn. Australia and the British Embrace is an
engrossing account of the unravelling of Britishness in Australian
political life. The consequences of that unravelling continue to
dominate Australian politics-from multiculturalism to Aboriginal
reconciliation, engagement with Asia and, above all, the pro
The essays in Australia and the Wider World bring together a
lasting contribution to the story of Australia and the history of
ideas in this country.Since the 1960s Neville Meaney has been
asking probing questions about social change and the rise of
nationalism, especially as found in the making of Australia's
self-image and its engagement with the world. His efforts to
unravel what he once called 'the riddle of Australian nationalism'
have raised important, and often unsettling, challenges for
Australians. Bringing together the cultural, intellectual,
political and diplomatic dimensions of the national experience,
Meaney's work has been dominated by two overarching and
interconnected questions: how Australians should resolve the
tension between the 'community of culture' and the 'community of
interest' and how they should reconcile their British heritage with
their Asian moorings?A number of topics standout out in the essays
- racial discrimination and immigration, the evolution of
Australia's Pacific policy, the coming of the Cold War, doubts
about the American alliance, the Communist threat and relations
with Asia, notably Japan. His treatment of all of them shows how
Australia was involved with the wider world and how politicians and
policymakers responded to these momentous issues.If, as Neville
Meaney once wrote, the purpose of studying the past is 'to clarify
the argument, mediate the passion and enlighten the judgment' then
these essays, when considered singly or together, will undoubtedly
have an enduring value.
While the British Empire is long gone, it survives as a recurring
flashpoint in heated debates about the present and future of
Britain and the nations over which Britain once ruled. Embers of
Empire in Brexit Britain turns a critical eye to the widely-held
notion that the long shadow of the imperial past has much to answer
for, and asks to what extent should the residual after-effects of
Britain's colonial empire be taken at face value? From the 'Rhodes
must fall' controversy and contested anniversaries to immigration
scares and the question of what Britishness is in a post-imperial
world, an eclectic mix of expert researchers, writers and
commentators consider the legacy of the British empire in the
battle over Brexit. As the United Kingdom haggles its way out of
the European Union and casts about for an alternative future, this
volume shows how the memory of the empire is still as potent a
political force as ever.
This is the first major collaborative reappraisal of Australia's
experience of empire since the end of the British Empire itself.
The volume examines the meaning and importance of empire in
Australia across a broad spectrum of historical issues-ranging from
the disinheritance of the Aborigines to the foundations of a new
democratic state. The overriding theme is the distinctive
Australian perspective on empire. The country's adherence to
imperial ideals and aspirations involved not merely the building of
a 'new Britannia' but also the forging of a distinctive new culture
and society. It was Australian interests and aspirations which
ultimately shaped "Australia's Empire."
While modern Australians have often played down the significance of
their British imperial past, the contributors to this book argue
that the legacies of empire continue to influence the temper and
texture of Australian society today.
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