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  • Arts of Independence

    by Alexander Moffat ...
    Series Book 13 - Viewpoints
    There is only one argument for Scottish independence: the cultural argument. It was there long before North Sea oil had been discovered, and it will be here long after the oil has run out. How have perceptions of Scottish culture been shaped by its role within Britain? What would be different about culture in an Independent Scotland? Why is culture the key to the independence debate? ALEXANDER ... Read more

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  • Dancing with Empty Pockets

    by Tony Moore ...
    In the nineteenth century, the word bohemians initially conjured the primitive, exotic and mysterious power of gypsies, but in a few short years would be used to describe any nomadic or vagabond character - with strong overtones of poverty and even criminality. In Australia, bohemians have been associated with subcultures, and movements across most creative arts and media for more than 150 years. ... Read more

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  • A Thinking Reed

    by Barry Jones ...
    From quiz kid to Australian Minister for Science, from frustrated school teacher to National President of the ALP, from the suburbs of Melbourne to UNESCO in Paris, Barry Jones has had a prodigious public life.Barry Jones first came to public prominence as Pick-a-Box quiz champion, and from then on he has embraced a myriad of passions and causes. A Thinking Reed spans his remarkable career, from a ... Read more

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  • Ireland

    A Social and Cultural History 1922–2001

    by Dr. Terence Brown ...
    The seminal history of Ireland’s most unusual century, thoroughly updated for the new millennium.With its starting point the bloody creation of the Irish Free State in 1922, Ireland: A Social and Cultural History explores how Irish identity has shifted across eighty years of unprecedented change and violence. What was the legacy of De Valera and Sinn Fein – or of remaining neutral during the ... Read more

    $8.49 USD

  • George Orwell: English Rebel

    English Rebel

    by Robert Colls ...
    An intellectual who did not like intellectuals, a socialist who did not trust the state, a writer of the left who found it easier to forgive writers of the right, a liberal who was against free markets, a Protestant who believed in religion but not in God, a fierce opponent of nationalism who defined Englishness for a generation. Aside from being one of the greatest political essayists in the ... Read more

    $22.22 USD

  • White Heat

    A History of Britain in the Swinging Sixties

    by Dominic Sandbrook ...
    'An active pleasure to read' Mail on SundayHarold Wilson's famous reference to 'white heat' captured the optimistic spirit of a society in the midst of breathtaking change. From the gaudy pleasures of Swinging London to the tragic bloodshed in Northern Ireland, from the intrigues of Westminster to the drama of the World Cup, British life seemed to have taken on a dramatic new momentum.The memories ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Nationalist Revolutionaries in Ireland 1858-1928

    Patriots, Priests and the Roots of the Irish Revolution

    by Tom Garvin ...
    The present-day Republic of Ireland was created by a revolutionary elite which developed between 1858 and 1914. Here, one of Ireland's most eminent historians, Professor Tom Garvin, considers the social origins of the revolutionary politicians who became the rulers of Ireland after the 1916 Rising and examines their political preconceptions, ideologies and prejudices. In many cases they were not ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to the Bloomsbury Group

    Edited by Victoria Rosner ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Named after a small neighborhood in London where its members settled as young adults, the Bloomsbury Group produced an impressive body of work that yielded British Post-Impressionist painting, literary modernism, the field of macroeconomics, and a new direction for public taste in art. This Companion offers a comprehensive guide to the intellectual and social contexts surrounding Bloomsbury and ... Read more

    $25.82 USD

  • On Glasgow and Edinburgh

    by Robert Crawford ...
    Edinburgh and Glasgow enjoy a famously scratchy relationship. Resembling other intercity rivalries throughout the world, from Madrid and Barcelona, to Moscow and St. Petersburg, to Beijing and Shanghai, Scotland’s sparring metropolises just happen to be much smaller and closer together—like twin stars orbiting a common axis. Yet their size belies their world-historical importance as cultural and ... Read more

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  • The Ministry of Nostalgia

    Consuming Austerity

    by Owen Hatherley ...
    Why should we have to “Keep Calm and Carry On”?In this brilliant polemical rampage, Owen Hatherley shows how our past is being resold in order to defend the indefensible. From the marketing of a “make do and mend” aesthetic to the growing nostalgia for a utopian past that never existed, a cultural distraction scam prevents people grasping the truth of their condition.The Ministry of Nostalgia ... Read more

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  • Glasgow

    A History of the City

    by Michael Fry ...
    Beloved, reviled – and not only by Glaswegians – Glasgow isn't just the Industrial Revolution nor the Victorian slums. Founded in the sixth century, its forebears pushed back the Romans.The roof of its cathedral, founded in the twelfth century, survived the Reformation. Its fifteenth-century university welcomed Adam Smith and the Enlightenment. It prospered from sugar, tobacco, cotton and slavery ... Read more

    $7.28 USD

  • The Victorians

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Dr. David Gange ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    The Victorian era was a time of unprecedented transformation, yet it is often understood only through the stereotypes of crowded factories, child labour and emotional repression. In this entertaining and scholarly introduction, Dr David Gange explores the political, social and economic realities that defined life for Victorian people.Weaving together the perspectives of historians and literary ... Read more

    $5.99 USD