Contact, Conquest and Colonization brings together international historians and literary studies scholars in order to explore the force of practices of comparing in shaping empires and colonial relations at different points in time and around the globe.
Contact, Conquest and Colonization brings together international historians and literary studies scholars in order to explore the force of practices o...
This collection explores trends and cultures relating to electrical telegraphy and recent digital communications, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It interrogates the ways in which society, politics, literature and art are imbricated with changing communications technologies, and what this might mean for human connection.
This collection explores trends and cultures relating to electrical telegraphy and recent digital communications, from the mid-nineteenth century to t...
This book examines the relationship between concepts of heroic "gallantry," as projected by the British honours system, and the transitions of the supposed Sixties ‘cultural revolution’. It will interest researchers of heroism, the Sixties revolution and British honours, decorations and medals.
This book examines the relationship between concepts of heroic "gallantry," as projected by the British honours system, and the transitions of the sup...
Drawing on 16th- to 21st-century Western literature, this book teases out culturally specific conceptions of old age as well as subjective constructions of late-life identity. The chapters demonstrate the great potential of interdisciplinary literary studies for historicising the ageing self.
Drawing on 16th- to 21st-century Western literature, this book teases out culturally specific conceptions of old age as well as subjective constructio...
The book illustrates the precursor role of tourism for people with disabilities, as developing in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Italy, in modern tourism as we now know it. While focusing on Italy, it charts territory for debate among the international community of scholars.
The book illustrates the precursor role of tourism for people with disabilities, as developing in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Italy, in modern t...
This book attests to the validity of visual research methods, commonly used across visual sociology and visual anthropology scholarship, as immediately pertinent tools for exploring imperial history.
This book attests to the validity of visual research methods, commonly used across visual sociology and visual anthropology scholarship, as immediatel...
Modern Murders is the first comprehensive study of murder representations during the turn of the century, drawing on previously neglected archival material to explore the intellectual, cultural, and artistic contexts of the period.
Modern Murders is the first comprehensive study of murder representations during the turn of the century, drawing on previously neglected archival mat...
While providing critical reflections on the work across generations of enthusiasts, this is the first book exclusively dedicated to John le Carré’s 1974 novel and its adaptations in radio, TV, and film.
While providing critical reflections on the work across generations of enthusiasts, this is the first book exclusively dedicated to John le Carré’s...
This book offers a cultural history of the travels of energy in the English language, from its origins in Aristotle’s ontology, where it referred to the activity-of-being, through its English usage as a way to speak about the inherent nature of things, to its adoption as a name for the mechanics of motion (capacity for work).
This book offers a cultural history of the travels of energy in the English language, from its origins in Aristotle’s ontology, where it referred to...
