A British Subject

Author : Nigel Rapport
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000180596

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British Subjects by Nigel Rapport Pdf

The anthropology of Britain is hotly debated. What does it mean to live in Britain and to be 'British', and is an anthropology of Britain even a legitimate undertaking? British Subjects presents a forthright voice in this debate. Key anthropological concerns such as community, rationality, aesthetics, the body, power, work and leisure, nationalism and transnationalism are found reflected in the lives of a wide range of British 'subjects'--from farmers to dancers, children to retired miners, new-agers to entrepreneurs. In disputing traditional claims that anthropology 'at home' and 'of one's own' is misconceived, unnecessary or unperceptive, this book clearly establishes that an anthropology of Britain can set excellent standards of subtle ethnography and complex analysis. Providing a nuanced appreciation of the intricacies of British society, this book shows how the anthropological study of Britain can offer an enlightening paradigm for the study of individual lives.

Author : Dolar Popat
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781785905292

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A British Subject by Dolar Popat Pdf

FOREWORD by David Cameron Fleeing Idi Amin's regime, seventeen year-old Ugandan Indian immigrant Dolar Popat landed at Heathrow in 1971 with just £10 and a cardboard suitcase to his name but with everything to prove. Fuelled by a tenacious entrepreneurial spirit, a sharp talent for finance and an unparalleled drive for success, Popat worked relentlessly to pay his gratitude to the country that offered him a fresh start: Great Britain. With this same passion, he tells the incredible story of his journey from Wimpy Bar waiter to business magnate to member of the House of Lords. Despite battling prejudice, he found allies in the Conservative Party and, with guidance from David Cameron and his spiritual leader, Morari Bapu, has become one of the most influential people in commerce and politics today. Full of life lessons and business wisdom, A British Subject is a timely testament to the importance of integration in Britain. A love letter to his adopted country, this is the inspirational tale of how the barefoot boy from the streets of Tororo now treads the corridors of Parliament.

Author : Catherine Ingrassia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Authority in literature
ISBN : 0813948088

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Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750 by Catherine Ingrassia Pdf

In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Britain, captivity emerged as a persistent metaphor as well as a material reality. The exercise of power on both an institutional and a personal level created conditions in which those least empowered, particularly women, perceived themselves to be captive subjects. This "domestic captivity" was inextricably connected to England's systematic enslavement of kidnapped Africans and the wealth accumulation realized from those actions, even as early fictional narratives suppressed or ignored the experience of the enslaved. Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750 explores how captivity informed identity, actions, and human relationships for white British subjects as represented in fictional texts by British authors from the period. This work complicates interpretations of canonical authors such as Aphra Behn, Richard Steele, and Eliza Haywood and asserts the importance of authors such as Penelope Aubin and Edward Kimber. Drawing on the popular press, unpublished personal correspondence, and archival documents, Catherine Ingrassia provides a rich cultural description that situates literary texts from a range of genres within the material world of captivity. Ultimately, the book calls for a reevaluation of how literary texts that code a heretofore undiscussed connection to the slave trade or other types of captivity are understood.

Author : Thom Brooks
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781785900150

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Becoming British by Thom Brooks Pdf

From Syrian asylum seekers to super-rich foreign investors, immigration is one of the most controversial issues facing Britain today. Politicians kick the subject from one election to the next with energetic but ineffectual promises to 'crack down', while newspaper editors plaster it across front pages. But few know the truth behind the headlines; indeed, the almost daily changes to our complex immigration laws pile up so quickly that even the officials in charge struggle to keep up. In this clear, concise guide, Thom Brooks, one of the UK's leading experts on British citizenship - and a newly initiated British citizen himself - deftly navigates the perennially thorny path, exploding myths and exposing absurdities along the way. Ranging from how to test for 'Britishness' to how to tackle EU 'free movement', Becoming British explores how UK immigration really works - and sparks a long-overdue debate about how it should work. Combining expert analysis with a blistering critique of the failings of successive governments, this is the definitive guide to one of the most hotly disputed issues in the UK today. Wherever you stand on the immigration debate, Brooks's wryly observed account is the essential road map.

Author : E. Smith,M. Marmo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137280442

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Race, Gender and the Body in British Immigration Control by E. Smith,M. Marmo Pdf

This book analyses the practice of virginity testing endured by South Asian women who wished to enter Britain between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, and places this practice into a wider historical context. Using recently opened government documents the extent to which these women were interrogated and scrutinized at the border is uncovered.

Author : Hannah Weiss Muller
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190465810

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Subjects and Sovereign by Hannah Weiss Muller Pdf

Based on author's dissertation (doctoral - Princeton University, 2010) issued under title: An empire of subjects: unities and disunities in the British Empire, 1760-1790.

Author : Anthony King,Ivor Crewe
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781780746180

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The Blunders of Our Governments by Anthony King,Ivor Crewe Pdf

With unrivalled political savvy and a keen sense of irony, distinguished political scientists Anthony King and Ivor Crewe open our eyes to the worst government horror stories and explain why the British political system is quite so prone to appalling mistakes.

Author : Gabrielle Moser
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-29
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780271082875

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Projecting Citizenship by Gabrielle Moser Pdf

In Projecting Citizenship, Gabrielle Moser gives a comprehensive account of an unusual project produced by the British government’s Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee at the beginning of the twentieth century—a series of lantern slide lectures that combined geography education and photography to teach schoolchildren around the world what it meant to look and to feel like an imperial citizen. Through detailed archival research and close readings, Moser elucidates the impact of this vast collection of photographs documenting the land and peoples of the British Empire, circulated between 1902 and 1945 in classrooms from Canada to Hong Kong, from the West Indies to Australia. Moser argues that these photographs played a central role in the invention and representation of imperial citizenship. She shows how citizenship became a photographable and teachable subject by tracing the intended readings of the images that the committee hoped to impart to viewers and analyzing how spectators may have used their encounters with these photographs for protest and resistance. Interweaving political and economic history, history of pedagogy, and theories of citizenship with a consideration of the aesthetic and affective dimensions of viewing the lectures, Projecting Citizenship offers important insights into the social inequalities and visual language of colonial rule.

Author : Catherine Ingrassia
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813948102

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Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660–1750 by Catherine Ingrassia Pdf

In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Britain, captivity emerged as a persistent metaphor as well as a material reality. The exercise of power on both an institutional and a personal level created conditions in which those least empowered, particularly women, perceived themselves to be captive subjects. This "domestic captivity" was inextricably connected to England’s systematic enslavement of kidnapped Africans and the wealth accumulation realized from those actions, even as early fictional narratives suppressed or ignored the experience of the enslaved. Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660–1750 explores how captivity informed identity, actions, and human relationships for white British subjects as represented in fictional texts by British authors from the period. This work complicates interpretations of canonical authors such as Aphra Behn, Richard Steele, and Eliza Haywood and asserts the importance of authors such as Penelope Aubin and Edward Kimber. Drawing on the popular press, unpublished personal correspondence, and archival documents, Catherine Ingrassia provides a rich cultural description that situates literary texts from a range of genres within the material world of captivity. Ultimately, the book calls for a reevaluation of how literary texts that code a heretofore undiscussed connection to the slave trade or other types of captivity are understood.

Author : Ivor Stanbrook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Citizenship
ISBN : UOM:39015001083800

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British Nationality by Ivor Stanbrook Pdf

Author : Dolar Popat
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08
Category : Immigrants
ISBN : 1785905252

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A British Subject by Dolar Popat Pdf

`I adore the diversity found in Britain, from the different street cuisines to the festivals that light up our high streets. Yet I have always thought that in return for this variety, we must always respect and adopt the British values, traditions and culture around us. This is the sort of tolerant and inclusive Britain we want, not communities living separate lives, isolating themselves and their children. When all communities come together, barriers come down and diversity can be truly celebrated.' A love letter to his adopted country, A British Subject tells the story of Dolar Popat, who fled Idi Amin's Uganda and who, from humble beginnings, became extremely successful in both commerce and politics in Great Britain. This is the powerful and thought-provoking account of his first years in Britain in the 1970s, when he worked in a fast-food restaurant, through his building multiple businesses, to his current activity as a politician in the House of Lords. Full of life lessons and business wisdom, this is a multi-layered book for all those who find themselves crossing boundaries of identity. At its core is the importance of asserting a genuine loyalty to Britain.

Author : Martin Lloyd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Passports
ISBN : 0954715039

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The Passport by Martin Lloyd Pdf

Author : James Otis
Publisher : Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1379540100

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The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved. by James Otis, Esq; by James Otis Pdf

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ 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 insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T098780 [London]: Boston, New-England, printed: London reprinted, for J. Almon, [1764] 120p.; 8°

Author : Alfred Howell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:35112102095090

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Naturalization and Nationality in Canada by Alfred Howell Pdf

Author : IBP, Inc.
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781438783703

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United Kingdom Immigration Laws and Regulations Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Information and Basic Laws by IBP, Inc. Pdf

United Kingdom Immigration Laws and Regulations Handbook - Strategic Information and Basic Laws