Poplar Memories

Author : John Hector
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780750953573

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Poplar Memories by John Hector Pdf

Poplar Memories is a vivid impression of Cockney London before and during the Second World War, set in a teeming, rundown docklands neighbourhood famous for being, well, one end of the Blackwall Tunnel. John Hector’s spellbinding account of his early life in the 1920s and ’30s conjures up a vanished era when simplicity and happiness went hand-in-hand. Halcyon days of ‘talking pictures’ and pavement buskers, Saturday night knees-ups round the piano, eel and pie stalls, chimneysweeps, ‘boxers’, Clarnico’s toffees and Lloyd Loom furniture, and a little shop called Woolworth’s selling ‘nothing over sixpence’ – unless it’s a shilling. All this was to disappear forever in the horrors of the Blitz. The author was disabled by infantile paralysis – yet he became School Captain and embarked on a successful career at 14, surviving extreme poverty, panel doctors, dockers’ riots and Hitler’s Luftwaffe with an unshakeable belief in the ordinary people of Poplar.

Author : Susannah Radstone
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351505925

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Memory, History, Nation by Susannah Radstone Pdf

In the last decade, a focus on memory in the human sciences has encouraged new approaches to the study of the past. As the humanities and social sciences have put into question their own claims to objectivity, authority, and universality, memory has appeared to offer a way of engaging with knowledge of the past as inevitably partial, subjective, and local. At the same time, memory and memorial practices have become sites of contestation, and the politics of memory are increasingly prominent. This inter-disciplinary volume demonstrates, from a range of perspectives, the complex cultural work and struggles over meaning that lie at the heart of what we call memory.The chapters in this volume offer a complex awareness of the workings of memory, and the ways in which different or changing histories may be explained. They explore the relation between individual and social memory, between real and imaginary, event and fantasy, history and myth. Contradictory accounts, or memories in direct contradiction to the historical record are not always the sign of a repressive authority attempting to cover something up. The tension between memory as a safeguard against attempts to silence dissenting voices, and memory's own implication in that silencing, runs throughout the book. Topics covered range from the Basque country to Cambodia, from Hungary to South Africa, from the Finnish Civil War to the cult Jim Jarmusch movie Dead Man, from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to Australia. Part I, ""Transforming Memory"" is concerned primarily with the social and personal transmission of memory across time and generations. Part II, ""Remembering Suffering: Trauma and History,"" brings the after-effects of catastrophe to the fore. Part III, ""Patterning the National Past,"" the relation between nation and memory is the central issue. Part IV, ""And Then Silence,"" reflects on the complex and multiple meaning of silence and oblivion, wherein amnesia is often used as a figure for the denial of shamefu

Author : Polly Jones
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300187212

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Myth, Memory, Trauma by Polly Jones Pdf

Drawing on newly available materials from the Soviet archives, Polly Jones offers an innovative, comprehensive account of de-Stalinization in the Soviet Union during the Khrushchev and early Brezhnev eras. Jones traces the authorities' initiation and management of the de-Stalinization process and explores a wide range of popular reactions to the new narratives of Stalinism in party statements and in Soviet literature and historiography. Engaging with the dynamic field of memory studies, this book represents the first sustained comparison of this process with other countries' attempts to rethink their own difficult pasts, and with later Soviet and post-Soviet approaches to Stalinism.

Author : K. E. Ormsbee
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781452149950

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The House in Poplar Wood by K. E. Ormsbee Pdf

Three teens investigate a mysterious death to break a curse, escape dark forces, and do the right thing in this suspenseful tale for middle schoolers. For as long as the Vickery twins can remember, Lee and his mother have served Memory, while Felix and his father assist Death. This is the Agreement. But one Halloween, Gretchen Whipple smashes her way into their lives. Her bargain is simple: If the twins help her solve the murder of local girl Essie Hasting, she’ll help them break the Agreement. The more the three investigate, however, the more they realize that something’s gone terribly wrong in their town. Death is on the loose, and if history repeats itself, Essie’s might not be the last murder in Poplar Wood . . . Simultaneously heartwarming and delightfully spooky, The House in Poplar Wood is a story about a boy’s desire to be free, a girl’s desire to make a difference, and a family’s desire to be together again. Praise for The House in Poplar Wood “With expert pacing and detailed worldbuilding, the story unfurls into a smart, thrilling mystery, equal parts dark and gentle, that explores questions about freedom, power, and choosing one’s master.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “The suspenseful plot is unspooled slowly, but the magical elements, evocative, intelligent writing, and ever ratcheting suspense keep it interesting.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review “The foreboding atmosphere perfectly matches the dark mystery and high stakes confronting the middle-schoolers.” —Booklist “A breathtaking and elegant tale with vivid prose, a spooky setting, and a fiercely determined group of unlikely friends. Will have readers flipping pages late into the night.” —Ashley Herring Blake, acclaimed author of Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World

Author : Craig E. Barton
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 156898233X

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Sites of Memory by Craig E. Barton Pdf

"These essays explore the historic and contemporary effects of race upon the development of the built environment, and examine the myths and realities of America's racial landscapes. Its multi-disciplinary approach identifies and interprets the black cultural landscape, examining its visual, spatial, and ideological dimensions.".

Author : John Blake
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1977-01-01
Category : Poplar (England)
ISBN : 0950524115

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Memories of Old Poplar by John Blake Pdf

Author : Jonathan Finch,Katherine Giles
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1843833700

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Estate Landscapes : Design, Improvement and Power in the Post-medieval Landscape by Jonathan Finch,Katherine Giles Pdf

An exciting study of the social and landscape phenomena of the Estate Landscape. In recent years, the post-medieval landscape has attracted new interest from archaeologists, historians, and geographers concerned to understand the development of the historic environment. One of the key structuring elements within these landscapes from the sixteenth century until the aftermath of the Second World War was undoubtedly the landed estate. However, it was not until the late nineteenth century that any systematic attempt to quantify the presence of these estates was undertaken, prompted by the move to democratic reform and the persistent link between political power and landed wealth. Yet the importance of the landed estate in structuring power, social relationships, and both agricultural and industrial production was not limited to the UK. From the eighteenth century, the link between the UK estates and patterns of landholding and exploitation in the colonies became increasingly complex and recursive. This volume explores the relationships between the form and structure of British and Colonial estate landscapes, their agricultural management and the political structures and social relationships they reproduced. The articles address themes as diverse as the creation and development of the agrarian landscape, improvement, ornamental landscapes and gardens and estate architecture. Overall, it highlights the wealth and diversity of existing scholarship and suggests new directions for post-medieval archaeology in this dynamic area of research.

Author : Mark Connelly
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780861933273

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The Great War, Memory and Ritual by Mark Connelly Pdf

The modern idea that the Great War was regarded as a futile waste of life by British society in the disillusioned 1920s and 1930s is here called into question by Mark Connelly. Through a detailed local study of a district containing a wide variety of religious, economic and social variations, he shows how both the survivors and the bereaved came to terms with the losses and implications of the Great War. His study illustrates the ways in which communities as diverse as the Irish Catholics of Wapping, the Jews of Stepney and the Presbyterian ex-patriate Scots of Ilford, thanks to the actions of the local agents of authority and influence - clergymen, rabbis, councillors, teachers and employers - shaped the memory of their dead and created a very definite history of the war. Close focus on the planning of, fund-raising for, and erection of war memorials expands to a wider examination of how those memorials became a focus for a continuing need to remember, particularly each year on Armistice Day. Mark Connelly is Professor of Modern British Military History, University of Kent.

Author : Malcolm James,Helen Kim,Victoria Redclift
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317629177

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New Racial Landscapes by Malcolm James,Helen Kim,Victoria Redclift Pdf

The chapters in this volume examine the racial and ethnic landscape of Britain in a contemporary era of neoliberalism and financial crisis. A key aspect of neoliberal thought is the belief that we live in a ‘post-racial’ in which the problems of racism and xenophobia have been overcome. However, cultural retrenchment and coded xenophobia have been sweeping the political terrain, accompanied by ‘new racisms’ and ‘new racial subjects’ that only close contextual analysis can unpick. The scholarship contained in this collection challenges those who suggest that we live in a post-racial time. By focusing on particular locations in Britain at a particular moment, the volume explores local stories of ‘race’ and racism across changing sociopolitical ground. This book is essential reading for scholars and students of race, racism, diaspora, multiculturalism, post-colonialism, transnationalism and post-race. This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Author : Malcolm James
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137473813

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Urban Multiculture by Malcolm James Pdf

This book explores the transformation of youth and urban culture in neoliberal Britain. Focusing on the reconfiguration of urban culture in relation to race, marginalization and youth politics, James examines the shifting formations of memory, territory, cultural performance and politics.

Author : John Tosh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317866398

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Historians on History by John Tosh Pdf

A follow-up to the bestselling The Pursuit of History, this Reader brings together the reflections of a number of major historians on the nature and purpose of their craft. They illuminate the different governing assumptions - political, social, personal - that have sustained these leading practitioners in their studies, and show how different influences and methodologies have impacted on them. In so doing, the book not only gives an insight into the great variety of aspirations and convictions that animate History as a discipline, but also brings into focus the key historiographic trends of the English-speaking world since World War II. Key themes which are highlighted include: The nation Marxism People's history Structural history Gender Race Quantitative history Ranging widely from the earlier traditions and schools to the wake of postmodernism, authors represented include Braudel, Carr, Elton, Himmelfarb, Hobsbawm, Scott and Zeldin. This Reader provides the core reading for all History and Theory courses.

Author : Ronald Bateman
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780244112035

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Rifleman of the Raj a Soldier's Journal British India 1919-1920 by Ronald Bateman Pdf

In October 1919 Augustus Harold Stevens travelled to India on a three-year tour of duty with the 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade Aside from taking us on an incredible journey to Baluchistan, ÔGusÕ also describes the day to day life of a soldier stationed in Quetta Cantonment, culminating in his transfer to Chaman on the Afghan border, GusÕs India Journal offers the reader a unique, active-participant insight of the experiences of an underage soldier beginning a three-year tour of duty as a rifleman of the British Raj.

Author : William B. Cronin
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0801874351

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The Disappearing Islands of the Chesapeake by William B. Cronin Pdf

An appendix documents the many small islands that have dropped entirely from view since the seventeenth century.

Author : Peter K. Bailey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1996-11-01
Category : Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)
ISBN : 096554530X

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Poplar Island by Peter K. Bailey Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781681621616

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Conway County Heritage by Anonim Pdf

The history of the community and people of Conway County, Arkansas.