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Joining up in the second world war
Joining up explores men’s encounters with representations of the First World War in interwar Britain, and illuminates how these informed their understandings of the First World War and how those understandings shaped their attitudes to Second World War enlistment and their conceptions of masculin...
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The sociology of sovereignty
The book examines the intellectual history of the concept of sovereignty and argues that its essential value lies in its historical role as a political instrument to handle paradoxes of power.
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The question of literature
Brings together essays by a number of distinguished theorists and academics on the changing cultural significance of literature.
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Anne clifford's autobiographical writing, 1590–1676
Anne Clifford describes the dramatic and tragic events of her life in the seventeenth century. Of how she danced in the masques of Inigo Jones, experienced both joy and abuse in her two marriages, lost and gained an inheritance, and successfully defended her rights against kings and armies. All t...
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Myth and (mis)information
This book discusses the various cultural forms and literary works by which information, myth and misinformation on medical practices and personages were spread during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and some of the reasons for this, from authorial self-interest to scientific ignorance.
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Popular music on screen
Popular Music on Screen examines the relationship between popular music and the screen, from the origins of the Hollywood musical to contemporary developments in music television and video.
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Negotiating insanity in the southeast of ireland, 1820–1900
Students and Lecturers in Irish and British medical and social history.
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Eternal light and earthly concerns
This book investigates how the practice of keeping a light burning in churches was established in the early Middle Ages. It asks what the material consequences of implementing the practice were and why it ceased at the end of the Middle Ages.
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Masculinities in politics and war
This book opens up new avenues in gender history by mapping masculinity’s part in making revolution, waging war, building nations, and constructing welfare states. Written in a highly accessible style, targeted at both students, professional historians and the interested general reader.
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Substance / style
This collection interrogates and overturns the typical hierarchies of substance over style, renegotiating their relationship through new perspectives and with reference to a range of television programming, including series and serial dramas, sitcoms, science-fiction, animation, horror, thrillers...
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Deep transformations
This book provides a comprehensive theory of degrowth. It conceptualises degrowth as a multi-faceted phenomenon on different scales (trans-national, national and local) and sites (civil society, the state and business) and discusses a range of ecosocial policies and initiatives capable of bringin...
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Poison on the early modern english stage
This book explores some of the many instances of poisoning in early modern plays. It considers the practical, legal and epistemological aspects of poison plays and analyses the cultural work they perform, which includes questions related to race, religion, nationality, gender and humans’ relatio...
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Irish women and the creation of modern catholicism, 1850–1950
This book analyses the roles that lay women and girls played in the evolution of Irish Catholicism and thus the creation of modern Irish identities.
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Life history and the irish migrant experience in post-war england
This book makes innovative use of migrant life histories to further understanding the role of memory in the production of migrant identities. Offering a fresh perspective on the post-war Irish experience in England, it develops Popular Memory Theory to illuminate how migrants’ ‘recompose’ the sel...
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Semi-presidentialism in central and eastern europe
Examines the extent to which semi-presidentialism has affected the process of democratization in Central and Eastern Europe since the early 1990s
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Experiencing war as the 'enemy other'
An original and engaging study which examines the impact of World War Two on the Italian community in Scotland.
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The age of obama
As the world marvelled at a black family moving into the White House, arguments raged over whether America’s race relations had truly been transformed. This book looks at the hard facts of life for minorities on both side of the Atlantic, providing an illuminating comparative picture of diversity.
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The history of emotions
The first accessible text book on the theories, methods, achievements and problems in this burgeoning field of historical inquiry.
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The experience of suburban modernity
Looks at the history of the London suburbs in the interwar years
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Gentry culture in late-medieval england
This book is a comprehensive introductory guide to late medieval gentry culture, including chapters on gentility, chivalry, politics, education and recreation, literacy, literature, cultural networks, religion, music and the visual arts. It surveys existing work in the fieldand presents new resea...
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The korean war in britain
The Korean War in Britain is the first social history of the Korean War (1950-1953) in Britain. Assessing the impact of the war from 1950 to the early twenty-first century, this original book examines how British people responded to the Korean War and it came to be known as the ‘Forgotten War’ of...
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Serfdom in medieval england
Re-evaluates the mechanics and decline of serfdom in medieval England, casting new light on the nature of its economy and society, and the impact of the Black Death.
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Bodies complexioned
Skin-tones mattered in early modern England. Indexing health, social status, religious affiliation and national allegiance, they helped explain (away) poverty, colonialism, war and slavery. Drawing physical distinctions as a means to power has a complex history – one belying racism’s assumption t...
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Female performance practice on the fin-de-siècle popular stages of london and paris
This book focuses on seven celebrity performers working between the mid 1880s and 1910. Maud Allan, Jane Avril, Loïe Fuller, Sylvia Grey, Yvette Guilbert, Letty Lind and Cissie Loftus achieved international fame, whilst simultaneously creating new and innovative performances on the popular stage.
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Modern french short fiction
The 15 writers featured in this new anthology of French short stories represent the best of the genre, from Merimee to the present day. The selection includes writers as diverse as Balzac, Colette, Duras and Boulanger and is designed to introduce students to both the modern French short story and...
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Dublin: renaissance city of literature
The volume's broad focus and extended timeline offer an unprecedented and comprehensive consideration of the features of renaissance that may be traced to the city from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century.
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Waiting for the revolution
A companion piece to 2014's Against the grain, this collection of essays explores trajectories in the British far left from 1956 to the present day.
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Environmental policy-making in britain, germany and the european union
This book explains why national conflicts have arisen and how they are resolved at EU level by focusing on the Europeanisation of air and water pollution control.
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The english question
This book analyses the English Question - does England need to find its own political voice, following devolution to Scotland and Wales?, or are the English content to muddle through?
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Art and its global histories
A varied selection of content, including excerpts, new translations, interviews with curators and artists, and art criticism. The Reader is contextualised under key themes and ideas that underpin the notion of a global art history that spans from the 1400s to present day.
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4 saints in 3 acts
Explores the remarkable 1934 opera Four Saints in Three Acts, focusing on the hitherto neglected significance of photography in documenting the opera and its all-African American cast, and examining the roles of fashion, dance, literature, and music in the opera’s popular success.
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Unofficial peace diplomacy
The book analyses the phenomenon of private peace entrepreneurs – citizens with no official authority who initiate dialogue channels with official representatives in order to promote conflict resolution. The research combines theoretical discussion with historical analysis, examining four cases f...
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Globalisation, integration and the future of european welfare states
The book develops an interactive model of welfare provisions, state capacity and economic performance and applies the perspective to consdier European welfare states in light of contemporary challenges.
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Justifying violence
Offers a deep engagement with developments at the intersection of Habermasian communicative ethics and international relations.
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Populism in europe
This timely volume analyses the Northern League under its founder Umberto Bossi (1991-2012). As a well-led mass party, the League has much to teach political scientists today on the reasons behind populist growth, endurance and success.
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Intimacy and mobility in an era of hardening borders
Based on vivid and illuminating ethnographic research from both east and west Europe, this book investigates the relationship between geopolitical and physical borders and ideological, classificatory boundaries, highlighting bordering process, and showing how the two often operate in tandem in th...
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Creating a scottish church
A book about how Scotland’s Catholics participated in the extension of citizenship in Scotland and how it was transformed from an underground and isolated church to a multi-faceted institution that existed on a national scale.
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The wounds of nations
A book which looks at how trauma is replayed in horror cinema, allowing different audiences in different nation states to engage with recent trauma
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Sickness, medical welfare and the english poor, 1750-1834
This book explores the medical world of the poor and the Old Poor Law in the period 1750-1834. Encountering the sick poor in their own words and everyday situations, I offer a new and more positive view of English welfare.
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The british seaside
This is the first detailed academic cultural study of the rise and fall of the seaside holiday in Britain. This book offers an entertaining and broad interpretation of the holidays and resorts.
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Slave trading in the early middle ages
This book reexamines slave trading in the early Middle Ages from a comparative perspective, situating it at the core of economic and political development in northern and eastern Europe.
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Diaspora diplomacy
This book examines the reasons behind the Turkish state’s unprecedented recent interest in its diaspora, details new political activism in Europe among the Turkish diaspora and explores how Turkey’s growing sway over its overseas population has affected intra-diaspora politics and Turkey’s diplom...
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The narrative of carlos fuentes
Examines the full range of Carlos Fuentes’ work.
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British politics today
A short but comprehensive textbook for students of British politics which interprets changes over the last thirty years and analyses institutions within the context of British society and economics.
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Plagues of the heart
Using a micro-historical approach, this book explores how the 'culture of covenanting' shaped lived experiences and communities in seventeenth-century Scotland and offers a more complete understanding of protestant identity in the early modern Atlantic world.
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The kiss in history
In this collection, an eminent group of cultural historians have explored 'the kiss' using a wide range of evidence. By analyzing 'the kiss' and its position - embedded as it is as part of our culture - it shows how history can use small gestures to take us to big issues concerning ourselves and ...
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Dance and politics
This book examines the political power of dance, particularly its transgressive potential. Focusing on readings of dance pioneers Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham, Gumboots dancers in the gold mines of South Africa, the One Billion Rising movement, dabke in Palestine and dance as a protest agains...
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The religion of orange politics
The religion of Orange politics is an ethnographic study of the Orange Order in contemporary Scotland. The Order is ultra-Protestant, ultra-British, and ultra-unionist. It is also vehemently anti-Catholic. Drawing on new debates about the politics of hate, this book asks if religious bigotry can ...
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Germany's european diplomacy
This book offers a nuanced analysis of the German role in the EU, using a novel approach which identifies German influence in the EU in terms of "soft" power.
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New york hustlers
This exciting history of male prostitution in New York, the first detailed history of the hustler, draws the reader into the fascinating sexual culture of postwar America. its subject matter and style will appeal to a wide range of readers, especially those interested in the histories of sex, the...
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Beyond hegemony
Beyond Hegemony investigates the authoritarianism and breakdown of those state socialist governments in Russia and elsewhere which claim to put Marx’s ideas on democracy and equality into practice.
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Roots of the pax americana
This fascinating book examines how and why Americans built an informal trading empire and why the British Empire needed to be removed before a Pax Americana could be built. It offers a systematic explanation for the rise of this super empire, and explains in detail how it is governed.
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All in the mix
How do parents consider questions of race and class when they are choosing secondary schools for their children and does it differ from place to place? All in the mix: Race, class and school choice explores parents' experience of negotiating school choice in particular places and how this talk i...
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Sovereignty and superheroes
Marks a major new contribution to the emerging field of comic studies and the growing literature on superheroes. Using a range of critical theorists the book examines superheroes as sovereigns, addressing amongst other things the complex treatment of law and violence, legitimacy and authority.
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Games are not
In Game are not, David Myers demonstrates that current controversies and conflicts surrounding the meanings and effects of videogames are not going away; they are essential properties of the game's unique and paradoxical aesthetic form: a form critical to human creativity, knowledge, and sustena...
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Screen/space
Screen/Space is a collection of nine essays exploring developments in contemporary art informed by re-readings of the history of modernist exhibition design, experimental film festivals and key works in the history of structural and expanded film.
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Sounds and society
In this introduction to the social analysis of music, the author argues that musical meaning must be understood as socially constructed, rather than inherent, and that the notion of a correspondance between social and musical structures is highly problematic. An alternative approach, based on the...
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Wild for austen
Wild for Austen is the ultimate tribute to one of the world’s most beloved novelists. Devoney Looser explores the author's published and unpublished work and digs into her family history and legacy, revealing an Austen far wilder than the one we know.
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The political writings of archbishop wulfstan of york
Archbishop Wulfstan of York (d. 1023) is among the most important legal and political thinkers of the early Middle Ages. A leading ecclesiastic, innovative legislator, and influential royal councilor, Wulfstan witnessed firsthand the violence and social unrest that culminated in the fall of the E...
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Medieval women and urban justice
This is the first in-depth, comparative study of women’s access to justice in medieval English towns. It compares the records of Nottingham, Chester and Winchester and a wide range of legal actions to highlight the variable nature of women’s legal status in actions that arose from the complex, me...
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The subject of britain, 1603–25
This book reinterprets early seventeenth-century texts by situating them within the context of Jacobean writing on Britain and Britishness. Central to its argument are ideas about nationhood, identity and community that were occasioned by the accession of a Scottish king to England's throne, cont...
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No masters but god
A study in the writings of a transnational constellation of rabbis, scholars, activists, and theologians active during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It explores how, through the lense of biblical, rabbinic, and kabbalistic literature, they developed themes of anti-authoritari...
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Kate atkinson
From Behind the Scenes at the Museum to Big Sky, this book explores the major themes and formal concerns in Kate Atkinson’s fiction (history, memory, feminism, metafiction, genre revision). It situates Atkinson's œuvre in terms of an aesthetics of hydridity that runs through her eleven novels, on...
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Religion in revolutionary england
A collection of essays that are tightly focused around the issue of religion in England between 1640 and 1660, the time of upheaval and civil war in England
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Charting space
Taking its inspiration from the spatial turn in the humanities, this volume examines conceptual art’s diverse forms of mapping between the 1960s and the 1990s to critically engage with space and spatiality.
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Between the salt and the ash
Jake Morris-Campbell sets out on a pilgrimage from Lindisfarne to Durham Cathedral, exploring thirteen-hundred years of social change and asking what stories the North East can tell about itself in the wake of Christianity and coal.
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Pockets of resistance
The most detailed, sophisticated and theoretically grounded analysis of wartime media coverage written to date. Describes and explains how British news media variously supported, and dissented from, coalition propaganda campaigns during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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Frontiers of the caribbean
This bold inter-disciplinary study analyses the history, retention and development of frontier processes in the Eastern Caribbean multi-island state of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
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Molière et son premier tartuffe
A study of one of the most enduring mysteries in world theatre: the nature, structure and purpose of the first and no longer extant version of his most controversial play, Le Tartuffe.
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Eccentricities: writing in the margins of modernism
This book critically considers how geo-historically distant and disparate urban sites give rise to peculiarly parallel polyphonic fictional forms. It redefines new constellations (eccentric, concentric, ex-centric) for understanding geo-cultural and generic dimensions of modernist and post-modern...
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Drone imaginaries
The book demonstrates how cultural and emotional knowledge, made salient in aesthetic drone imaginaries, can provide an understanding of the effects of drone technology on human communities. Each chapter raises questions about the political function of art that engages with drone technology surve...
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Out of the ivory tower
An in-depth discussion of the recent historiography of the Independent Group, examining its history from the alternative perspective of popular culture
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Madness on trial
This book examines the role of civil law in determining mental capacity over a five hundred year period in England and in New Jersey.
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Mistress of everything
Mistress of everything examines how indigenous people across Britain's settler colonies engaged with Queen Victoria in their lives and predicaments, incorporated her into their political repertoires, and implicated her as they sought redress for the effects of imperial expansion during her long r...
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Why pamper life's complexities?
In this, the first academic text devoted to The Smiths, writers from a range of perspectives set out to consider the cultural significance and enduring appeal of one of the most influential and controversial bands of recent decades.
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Art and the british empire
This pioneering study argues that the concept of ‘empire’ belongs at the centre, rather than in the margins, of British art history. Twenty essays by authors from four continents offer innovative methodological approaches to the analysis of visual art as it was produced, exhibited, and distribute...
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The conservative party and the nation
This book is an important and timely re-assessment of the significance which the role of national identity plays in Conservative politics. It examines the challenges facing the party in its commitment to preserve the Union, in its promise to address the English Question and in its objective of us...
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James baldwin review
The James Baldwin Review (JBR) is an annual journal that brings together a wide array of peer-reviewed critical and creative work on the life, writings, and legacy of James Baldwin. In addition to these cutting-edge contributions, each issue contains a review of recent Baldwin scholarship and...
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Charlemagne
Fifteen introductory but challenging essays on the key aspects of the age of Charlemagne written by many of the top scholars of early medieval Europe.
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Myth and materiality in a woman’s world
The place of women in Shetland society is unique. In this isolated island group off the north of Scotland, women dominated the family, economy and the cultural imagination for 200 years. Here, women were numerically preponderant and economically vital. They maintained families and communities bec...
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Laudian and royalist polemic in seventeenth-century england
Looks at one of the most prolific and controversial polemical authors of the seventeenth century, whose writings lie at the heart of the rule of Charles I, the Civil War, and the restoration of Charles II. In the process, the author presents an important new interpretation of the origins and natu...
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International law in europe, 700–1200
Was there international law in the Middle Ages? This book examines the extent to which such a system of rules was known and followed in the period 700 to 1200. Taking treaties as its main source, it challenges traditional interpretations of the history of international law and how it functioned i...
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The ecological eye
This book synthesises a variety of approaches to the visual, drawn from politics, theory, feminism and activism, in order to provide the blueprint for an ecocritical art history.
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Cooking up a revolution
During the late 1980s and early 1990s the city of San Francisco waged a war against the homeless. This book treats the conflict between the city and activists as a unique opportunity to examine the contested nature of homelessness and public space while developing an anarchist alternative to libe...
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Radical voices, radical ways
This edited collection addresses the issue of radicalism by focusing on the media that contributed to its diffusion in the early modern era, using innovative interdisciplinary research that draws on a wide range of primary material.
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Unemployment and the state in britain
Explores the impact of the highly controversial means test in south Wales and north-east England
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Ferranti. a history
The case-study outlines the inherent dangers in international mergers, as well as explaining the acute problems associated with City practices that avoided issues that would bring down Ferranti in spectacular fashion.
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