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The econocracy
A particular, narrow way of thinking about the economy is dominant in society today. This book explores how this came to be, why the system cannot continue and how to build a better future.
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Jimmy mcgovern
The first complete study of one of Britain's leading television writers, Jimmy McGovern. With chapters covering series such as Brookside, Cracker, The Street and Accused, the book also analyses a key period in the history of television drama.
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Fictional television and american politics
This book explores the relationship between fictional television and American world politics in the period from 9/11 through to the presidency of Donald J. Trump. This period comprises a second golden age for fictional TV. The book therefore explores some of the best TV of all time across two dec...
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The international politics of the middle east
One of the major internationally recognised works on the international politics of the Middle East, this book systematically combines international relations theory and Middle East case studies to provide a macro overview of the international relations of the region.
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Beginning realism
Realism is an essential concept in literary studies, yet for a variety of reasons it has not received the attention and clarity it deserves, often being dismissed as ‘too slippery’ to be of use. This accessible study remedies that failing for students and scholars of English Literature and Litera...
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New labour and the european union
A study of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's failed attempt to sell the European ideal to the British people. Based on an exhaustive survey of New Labour's foreign policy speeches after 1997 and interviews with policy-makers involved in the formulation of New Labour's foreign policy.
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From partition to brexit
From Partition to Brexit provides an authoritative and accessible analysis of how successive Irish governments have tried to overcome the challenges presented by the division of Ireland, including the decades-long conflict that claimed thousands of lives.
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Loyalty, memory and public opinion in england, 1658–1727
This book makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate over the emergence of an early modern ‘public sphere’. Focusing on the petition-like form of the loyal address, it argues that these texts helped to foster a politically aware public by mapping shifts in the national ‘mood’.
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German politics today
A comprehensive overview of the structures and influences of politics in Germany, which covers both historical and recent events
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Antisemitism and the left
A highly original conceptual study of the opposing faces of universalism, its stimulation for Jewish emancipation and the struggle for its rescue from repressive, antisemitic associations.
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Drafting the irish free state constitution
This book provides an account of the drafting of the Irish Free Constitution of 1922, analysing the document in its historical context and exploring the reasons for its lack of success
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R. k. narayan
A comprehensive study of Narayan’s fiction, which offers detailed readings of all his novels
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The political writings of eva gore-booth
A compilation of writings by this important Irish political activist. The volume includes a fascinating array of letters, political pamphlets, newspaper articles and poetry relating to key aspects of Irish and British events of the early twentieth century.
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South asians and the shaping of britain, 1870–1950
The first anthology of primary material interdisciplinary study of the history of the South Asian presence in Britain over the period 1870-1950, it selects a wide range of official and non-official archival sources. and identifies four key areas of South Asian impact – minority rights, war, cultu...
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Twenty british films
This book examines twenty major British films from a seventy-year time span, offering a lively account of what has made them valuable and provocative over many viewings.
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Exploring history 1400–1900
This book offers a broad sweep of 500 years of history in the light of three key themes: consumers and producers; beliefs and ideologies; and state-formation. This book illuminates links between concurrent events in diverse places and provides insights into the daily concerns and critical debates...
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Communists constructing capitalism
This book offers a novel account of how the Chinese Communist Party has achieved rapid economic growth while preserving political stability. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and challenging existing paradigms of political economy, it sheds light on the financial foundations of China’s evolving auth...
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Empire and history writing in britain c.1750–2012
Offers both a narrative and an analysis of the influence of British imperial involvements on history writing since 1750
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Unearthing childhood
Prehistoric children can be seen in footprints and finger daubs, in images painted on rocks and pots, in the signs of play and the evidence of first attempts to learn practical crafts. Readers in archeology and those with interests in childhood will gain new perspectives from this survey of the d...
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England and the 1966 world cup
England and the 1966 World Cup presents a cultural analysis of what is considered a key 'moment of modernity' in the nation's post-war history. Regarded as having an importance beyond its primary sporting purpose, the World Cup in England is examined within the complexity of the cultural,...
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Spanish visual culture
This book is the first to explore three visual media in contemporary Spain: cinema, television and internet. It also examines cultural products in each of these media in terms of three vital themes: emtion, location and nostalgia.
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Architects of the resurrection
Seeking the creation of a one-party totalitarian state, Ailtirí na hAiséirghe was Ireland's leading fascist movement during the Second World War. Architects of the Resurrection reconstructs the hidden history of this pro-Axis organisation, and its ambitious plans to make Ireland the leading light...
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Ireland and migration in the twenty-first century
Considers migration to, from and within Ireland in the twenty-first century, covering the Celtic Tiger era of mass immigration to Ireland as well as the dramatic growth in levels of emigration that has occurred since the Irish economic collapse.
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The debate on the crusades, 1099–2010
This is the first book-length study to chart how the dramatic events of 30 generations ago have been understood, shaped and manipulated by writers in successive periods since and to show how modern images of the crusades are as much a product of our own and intervening times as of the bloody wars...
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Iain sinclair
A clearly written, comprehensive critical introduction to one of the most original contemporary British writers, providing an overview of all of Sinclair's major works and an analysis of his vision of modern London
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Philip roth
This is a groundbreaking study of the most important contemporary American novelist, Philip Roth. Reading alongside a number of his contemporaries and focusing particularly on his later fiction, this book offers a highly accessible, informative and persuasive view of Roth as an intellectually adv...
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Humanitarian aid, genocide and mass killings
Throughout the 1990s, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) faced challenges posed by the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis and a succession of outbreaks of political violence in Rwanda and in its neighbours. This book recounts the experiences of the MSF teams working in the field.
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Network neutrality
This book explains net neutrality battles in Europe, the United States and in developing countries such as India. He explains its history, engineering, policy challenge, legislation and regulation, dividing it into its negative/'lite' and positive/'heavy' elements: Specialized Services for video ...
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Ideal homes, 1918–39
Focusing on the house-building boom of the interwar years, when Britain became a nation of homeowners, this book investigates the ways in which ordinary people expressed new class and gender identities through the design, architecture and decoration of their homes.
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Syria and the chemical weapons taboo
Focusing on the Syria crisis, this book challenges the arguments in favour of the chemical weapons taboo, demonstrating how it can exacerbate a conflict.
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Anarchy in athens
Based on extensive first-hand fieldwork, this book offers rare insight into activist ethnography and the role of emotions and violence in social movement reproduction, with implications extending far beyond the study locale.
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Laughing matters
An incisive, witty and comprehensive textbook that looks at the many genres of comedy from silent film onwards. Covering film, televison and radio it is not only up-to-date but also provides full historical context. It focuses on all of the key issues studied on university courses.
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What a waste
Documents how outsourcing has penetrated every part of the public sector, and balances critique with practical suggestions for policy reform
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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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Postcolonial african cinema
An excellent introductory volume for those wishing to know more about the hitherto neglected cinema from the African continent, including directors from Egypt, Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Cameroon, South Africa
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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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Hollywood romantic comedy
'Hollywood romantic comedy' explores the changing representation of the couple in three cycles of movies. The book considers the themes of marriage, equality and desire, as well as individual films and their star couples.
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Bound together
This book examines US gay and lesbian leather archives alongside contemporary artistic practices that reframe and renegotiate historical source material, creating a queer politics of the present.
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Writing local history
This book describes the development of local history in England from its origins in the Middle Ages to its practise in the early twenty-first century. It looks also at how local history is related to archaeology, landscape, and family history.
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Reflections on the marxist theory of history
This book defends the Marxist theory of history through, first, a critique of its empiricist and postmodern critics, second, a practical demonstration of the power of Marxist historical writings, and, third, a survey of the powerful and influential methodological debates between Marxists.
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Germany, pacifism and peace enforcement
Germany, pacifism and peace enforcement traces the reaction of Europe’s biggest and potentially most powerful country to the ethnic wars of the 1990s, the emergence of large-scale terrorism, and the new US emphasis on pre-emptive strikes.
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Immigration and schooling in the republic of ireland
Immigration and schooling in Ireland addresses the impact of recent rapid social and economic change on the education system. It provides thought provoking analysis and fascinating insights into the complex and varied responses of principals, teachers, parents and children to working in newly-mul...
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David malouf
Don Randall's comprehensive study situates acclaimed author David Malouf within the field of contemporary international and psotcolonial writing, but without losing sight of the author's affiliation with Australian contexts. The book presents an original reading of Malouf, but also engages with t...
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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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The absurd in literature
This is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of the phenomenon of the absurd in a full literary context (that is to say, primarily in fiction, as well as in theatre).
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It's a london thing
This book tells the history of the London black music culture that emerged in post-colonial London at the end of the twentieth century; the people who made it, the racial and spatial politics of its development and change, and the part it played in founding London’s precious, embattled multiculture.
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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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Colour
Accessible and inventive in its approach, Colour is the first monograph to deal with the close criticism of film colour across decades and countries.
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Kids and branding in a digital world
How do kids become engaged with brands? Does their relationship with them change throughout their life? Providing a detailed analysis of kids and branding, the author considers specific models of cognitive development throughout childhood.
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William holman hunt
William Holman Hunt was self-styled leader of the Pre-Raphaelites and a major figure of nineteenth century art. This book is a fundamental reassessment of his work, the first critical text to reproduce his pictures in colour and to set him on an international stage.
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Aesthetic evaluation and film
This book provides an in-depth, holistic examination of evaluative aesthetics and criticism and how they apply to film. Suitable for students of films studies and philosophical aesthetics, undergraduates and postgraduates, it also provides a supportive framework for academics researching or teach...
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Conflict, peace and mental health
What are the human consequences of conflict and what are the appropriate service responses? This book seeks to provide an answer to these important questions, drawing on over twenty-five years of work by the author in Northern Ireland and elsewhere.
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Safe as houses
As the tragedy of the Grenfell tower fire has slowly revealed a shadowy background of outsourcing, private finance initiatives and a council turning a blind eye to health and safety concerns, many questions need answers.Stuart Hodkinson has those answers.
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The struggle for a social europe
This book provides a detailed comparison of the trade unions of five EU member states (Austria, Britain, France, Germany and Sweden) and their positions on EMU. Several European-level trade union organisations are also investigated.
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The making of german democracy
This is the first English language source reader that deals with post-war (West) Germany. Over 160 commented sources describe the political, social and economic developments that changed Germany from the abyss of Nazism into a prosperous ally of the West and into one of the driving forces of Euro...
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A history of the new zealand fiction feature film
A history of the New Zealand fiction feature film is the only comprehensive account of the New Zealand feature film from its beginnings to the present. Countering tendencies to think of New Zealand film as beginning in the 1970s, Bruce Babington discloses a longer saga showing how the present, fo...
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The scottish family tree detective
The Scottish family tree detective is a practical, user- friendly guide to research in family history – in locating the ancestors and exploring their background. Its aim is to provide sign-posts to the past and to solve problems.
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Montage
Montage is an informed and highly original study in the styles and histories of film editing. Drawing on a wide range of directors and films, the book demonstrates the fundamental importance of montage aesthetics to the art of cinema and the practice of film criticism.
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Women in the weimar republic
The first comprehensive survey of women in the Weimar Republic, exploring the diversity and multiplicity of women’s experiences in the economy, politics and society.
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Swedish crime fiction
Swedish crime fiction became an international phenomenon in the first decade of the twenty-first century, starting first with novels but then percolating through Swedish-language television serials and films and onto English-language BBC productions and Hollywood remakes. This book looks at the r...
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Evelyn sharp
This is the first biography of a remarkable writer and incorrigible rebel. Evelyn Sharp’s story encapsulates the shifts in opportunities for talented Victorian women who survived into the mid-twentieth century.She was born into a privileged family in 1869 and became a very popular writer of schoo...
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Taking the long view
This study examines three long documentaries from Europe, each tracing the lives of individuals or groups as they mature from childhood to adulthood. It explores the reasons why long documentaries are so popular with television and cinema audiences, as well as addressing some of the issues faced ...
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Islamic charities and islamic humanism in troubled times
This book is the fruit of twenty years' reflection on Islamic charities, both practically and as a key to understand the crisis in contemporary Islam. On the one hand Islam is undervalued as a moral and political force whose admirable qualities are epitomised in its strong tradition of charit...
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Protest and the politics of space and place, 1789–1848
An accessible and innovative analysis of how political groups used and contested spaces and places in protest. It uses a wide range of interesting sources, from Home Office correspondence to local magistrates, diaries and autobiographies, local newspapers, together with spatial analysis of sites ...
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Theatre, education and the making of meanings
The book is a study of theatre's educational role in the 20th and the first years of the 21st centuries. It examines the variety of ways the theatre's educational potential has been harnessed and theorised by the claims made for its value and the tension between theatre as education and theatre a...
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Rethinking equality
Although formally equal, relations between citizens are actually characterised by many and varied forms of inequality. Rethinking Equality provides a clear, critical and very up-to-date account of the most important contemporary egalitarian theories.
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Child soldiers in international law
Can the use of children as soldiers be effectively regulated at an international level? Child soldiers in international law examines how international law has developed to deal with this problematic and emotive issue.
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European art and the wider world 1350–1550
Focuses on issues of assimilation, translation and misunderstanding as art objects moved between cultures, either literally or imaginatively, and considers how visual culture expresses the increasing contact between Europe and the rest of the world in this era.
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Networks of sound, style and subversion
This book examines the birth of punk in the UK and its transformation, within a short period of time, into post-punk. Deploying innovative concepts of ‘critical mass’, ‘social networks’ and ‘music worlds’, and using sophisticated techniques of ‘social network analysis’, it teases out the events a...
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Public issue television
Public issue television is a major contribution to understanding the relationship between television, politics and society. By tracing the history of the high-profile series World in Action across four decades it charts the interwoven processes of media practice and social change in a manner unri...
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Loud and proud
This book is an ethnographic study of grassroots activists in the English Defence League. Setting the findings within contemporary debates on race and racism, Islamophobia, social movements and the far right.
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The us economy today
An essential introduction to American economic history from 1929 to the present.
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Community and identity
This fluent, accessible and richly informed study, based on much previously unexplored archival material, concerns the history of Gibraltar following its military conquest in 1704, after which sovereignty of the territory was transferred from Spain to Britain and it became a British fortress and ...
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Culture on drugs
Culture on drugs extends the discussion of drugs and drug culture beyond the boundaries of such disciplines as sociology, anthropology and criminology to cultural and literary studies and philosophy.
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The autonomous life?
This book is an ethnographic study of the internal dynamics of a subcultural squatting community that defines itself as a social movement.
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Hugo chávez and the bolivarian revolution
The first full-length study of the government of Hugo Chávez of Venezuela within wider discussions on populism and globalisation in Latin America. It provides a comprehensive and critical account of Chávez’s emergence, socio-economic policies, democratic credentials, impact, foreign policy and fu...
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The houses of history
An updated edition of this accessible critical reader, with additional chapters including an introduction that contextualises the rise of each theoretical perspective and draw links between them.
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Political corruption in ireland 1922–2010
The only scholarly account of Irish corruption from 1922-2010. It empirically maps the decline in standards since Irish independence in 1922, to the loss of economic sovereignty in 2010.
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Democracy in scandinavia
This book breaks new ground in challenging the established status of the Scandinavian countries as consensual democracies
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