The Life And World Of Francis Rodd Lord Rennell 1895 1978

Author : Philip Boobbyer
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785276637

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The Life and World of Francis Rodd, Lord Rennell (1895-1978) by Philip Boobbyer Pdf

This book is a biographical study of the geographer/explorer and banker Francis Rodd, the second Lord Rennell of Rodd (1895-1978). Rodd’s life is interesting for the way it connected the worlds of geography, international finance, politics, espionage, and wartime military administration. He was famous in the 1920s for his journeys to the Sahara and his study of the Tuareg, People of the Veil (1926). A career in banking included a stint at the Bank of England, before he became a Partner in the merchant bank Morgan Grenfell—where remained for most of his working life (1933-1961). During the war he worked for the Ministry of Economic Warfare (1939=40), before getting closely involved in the sphere of military government (civil affairs). In 1942, he was War Office’s Chief Political Officer in East Africa. He was then appointed head of the first Allied Military Government in occupied Europe (Chief Civil Affairs Officer of AMGOT). In civil affairs, he was drawn to the principles of indirect rule. A generalist in an age of growing specialisation, he was also a mixture of traditionalist and moderniser. A product of Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, and elevated to the peerage in 1941, he was well-connected socially, and his life is a window onto British society at a time of great change.

Author : Philip Boobbyer
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785276644

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The Life and World of Francis Rodd, Lord Rennell (1895-1978) by Philip Boobbyer Pdf

This book is a biographical study of the geographer/explorer and banker Francis Rodd, the second Lord Rennell of Rodd (1895-1978). Rodd’s life is interesting for the way it connected the worlds of geography, international finance, politics, espionage, and wartime military administration. He was famous in the 1920s for his journeys to the Sahara and his study of the Tuareg, People of the Veil (1926). A career in banking included a stint at the Bank of England, before he became a Partner in the merchant bank Morgan Grenfell—where remained for most of his working life (1933-1961). During the war he worked for the Ministry of Economic Warfare (1939=40), before getting closely involved in the sphere of military government (civil affairs). In 1942, he was War Office’s Chief Political Officer in East Africa. He was then appointed head of the first Allied Military Government in occupied Europe (Chief Civil Affairs Officer of AMGOT). In civil affairs, he was drawn to the principles of indirect rule. A generalist in an age of growing specialisation, he was also a mixture of traditionalist and moderniser. A product of Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, and elevated to the peerage in 1941, he was well-connected socially, and his life is a window onto British society at a time of great change.

Author : Hayden Lorimer,Charles W. J. Withers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474290234

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Geographers by Hayden Lorimer,Charles W. J. Withers Pdf

Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 35 includes seven essays discussing the contribution made to geography by eleven geographers. The subjects include: three British figures, Francis Rennell Rodd (1895-1978) expert on the Sahara; David Harris (1930-2013), a geographer with archaeological interests; and William Gordon East, historical geographer (1902-1998); a Spanish urban scholar, Enric Martin (1928-2012); Mauricio de Almeida Abreu (1948-2011), a Brazilian urban and historical geographer; and two essays on French geographers, one on Jacques Levainville (1869-1932), the other an innovative prosopographical essay on five French authors involved in the monumental Vidalian Geographie Universelle of the early 20th century. In these studies, geography's international dimensions are illuminated and the subject's vibrant history shown to be the result of committed endeavours in the field, in the classroom and in print.

Author : Jane Wellesley
Publisher : Sandstone Press Ltd
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781914518249

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Blue Eyes and a Wild Spirit by Jane Wellesley Pdf

Dorothy Wellesley was a poet, gardener, traveller and heiress; she was also bisexual and a rebel. She became the lover of Vita Sackville-West, wrecking her marriage to the Duke of Wellington. She was the intimate friend of W.B. Yeats in his final years. On the fringes of the Bloomsbury Group, she had a unique view of these iconic writers and artists. The biography draws on unpublished material, including private Wellesley family papers and hitherto unknown source materials. This is a riveting story of a complex and fascinating woman.

Author : Tom Lawson,Andy Pearce
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030559328

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The Palgrave Handbook of Britain and the Holocaust by Tom Lawson,Andy Pearce Pdf

This handbook is the most comprehensive and up-to-date single volume on the history and memory of the Holocaust in Britain. It traces the complex relationship between Britain and the destruction of Europe’s Jews, from societal and political responses to persecution in the 1930s, through formal reactions to war and genocide, to works of representation and remembrance in post-war Britain. Through this process the handbook not only updates existing historiography of Britain and the Holocaust; it also adds new dimensions to our understanding by exploring the constant interface and interplay of history and memory. The chapters bring together internationally renowned academics and talented younger scholars. Collectively, they examine a raft of themes and issues concerning the actions of contemporaries to the Holocaust, and the responses of those who came ‘after’. At a time when the Holocaust-related activity in Britain proceeds apace, the contributors to this handbook highlight the importance of rooting what we know and understand about Britain and the Holocaust in historical actuality. This, the volume suggests, is the only way to respond meaningfully to the challenges posed by the Holocaust and ensure that the memory of it has purpose.

Author : Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. National Museum of African Art Branch
Publisher : G. K. Hall
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000169107

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Catalog of the Library of the National Museum of African Art Branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries by Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. National Museum of African Art Branch Pdf

Author : Dina Gusejnova
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107120624

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European Elites and Ideas of Empire, 1917-1957 by Dina Gusejnova Pdf

Explores European civilisation as a concept of twentieth-century political practice and the project of a transnational network of European elites. This title is available as Open Access.

Author : Rennell Rodd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1902
Category : English poetry
ISBN : HARVARD:HNN9BI

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Myrtle and Oak by Rennell Rodd Pdf

Author : Leslie Stephen,Sir Sidney Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UCSD:31822016916223

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The Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen,Sir Sidney Lee Pdf

Author : George.H. Cassar
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 3319393626

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Kitchener as Proconsul of Egypt, 1911-1914 by George.H. Cassar Pdf

This book covers the tenure of Kitchener as Proconsul in Egypt in the years preceding the First World War. Based mostly on unpublished sources – including government records and private papers – it not only fills a gap in the life and career of Kitchener, the most famous soldier in Britain since Wellington, but it also deals with an important but practically unknown period in Egyptian history. George Cassar shows Kitchener to be an ardent imperialist, but one who had a sense of responsibility to the country he governed. Exchanging his field marshal’s uniform for the dress of a statesman, he arrived in Egypt when British prestige was at a low point on account of his predecessor’s policies. He restored political stability, created conditions that bolstered the economy, and introduced a wave of reforms. Kitchener as Proconsul of Egypt, 1911-1914 reveals how Kitchener’s interest extended beyond Egypt, and how throughout these years he worked quietly to prepare the ground in an attempt to create an Arab Empire under Britain’s suzerainty.

Author : Charles H. Hapgood
Publisher : Adventures Unlimited Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0932813712

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The Path of the Pole by Charles H. Hapgood Pdf

Hapgood's tour de force is back in print! This riveting account of how earth's poles have flipped positions many times is the culmination of Hapgood's extensive research of Antarctica, ancient maps and the geological record. This amazing book discusses the various pole shifts in earth's history -- occurring when earth's crust slips in the inner core -- and gives evidence for each one. It also predicts future pole shifts: a planetary alignment will cause the next one on 5 May 2000! Packed with illustrations, this book is the reference other books on the subject cite over and over again. With millennium madness in full swing, this is just the book to generate even more excitement at the unknown possibilities.

Author : I. M. Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Afar (African people)
ISBN : UOM:39076005524363

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Peoples of the Horn of Africa by I. M. Lewis Pdf

Purpose of this series is to present in a brief and readily comprehensible form a summary of available information concerning the different peoples of Africa with respect to location, natural environment, economy and crafts, social structure, political organization, and religious beliefs and cults.

Author : Mohamed Haji Mukhtar
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810866041

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Historical Dictionary of Somalia by Mohamed Haji Mukhtar Pdf

The volume will cover all aspects of Somalia, providing useful information about the country in a comprehensive manner. The book also reflects on the contributions of the Somali sources on history and culture. Arabic sources and other non-English colonial sources of great importance to the subject are also highlighted. A vital addition to reference collections supporting undergraduate and graduate programs on Africa and the Middle East, international relations, and economics_and a useful fact-filled compendium for governement and public libraries, NGO's, and other special libraries as well.

Author : James Rennell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Geography, Ancient
ISBN : NYPL:33433000469373

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The Geography System of Herodotus Examined and Explained, by a Comparison with Those of Other Ancient Authors, and with Modern Geography ... by James Rennell Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : UOM:39015026885163

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Who was who Among English and European Authors, 1931-1949: N-Z by Anonim Pdf