The Routledge Dictionary Of Modern British History

Author : John Plowright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134739035

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The Routledge Dictionary of Modern British History by John Plowright Pdf

From the Romantic age to the twenty-first century, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern British History is an essential guide to 250 years of history that have seen ‘this sceptr’d isle’ rise, fall and rise again as a major world power. A colourful, highly readable text, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern British History covers: Prime Ministers, from William Pitt to Winston Churchill and Tony Blair protest movements, from Chartism to CND 'the Troubles' and the journey towards a fragile peace in Northern Ireland military conflict from the Crimea to Iraq historic turning points from the Great Reform Act to the Poll Tax riots. An important and user-friendly resource, this comprehensive reference is ideal for A-Level students and first year undergraduates, as well as anyone interested in the history of the United Kingdom.

Author : John Cannon,Robert Crowcroft
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191044809

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A Dictionary of British History by John Cannon,Robert Crowcroft Pdf

Written by over 100 specialist contributors, this dictionary describes the people and events that have shaped and defined domestic, political, social, and cultural life in Britain since 55 BC. New entries to this edition include Diamond Jubilee 2012, Ed Miliband, and United Kingdom Independence Party; and existing entries on David Cameron, Elizabeth II, national debt, and Alex Salmond have been updated. Derived from the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to British History, A Dictionary of British History has been a leading historical reference work since its publication in 2001. Now thoroughly revised and fully updated, this invaluable A-Z remains essential for anyone studying British history.

Author : Kenneth J. Panton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 767 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810875241

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Historical Dictionary of the British Empire by Kenneth J. Panton Pdf

For much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Britain was the dominant world power, its strength based in large part on its command of an Empire that, in the years immediately after World War I, encompassed almost one-quarter of the earth’s land surface and one-fifth of its population. Writers boasted that the sun never set on British possessions, which provided raw materials that, processed in British factories, could be re-exported as manufactured products to expanding colonial markets. The commercial and political might was not based on any grand strategic plan of territorial acquisition, however. The Empire grew piecemeal, shaped by the diplomatic, economic, and military circumstances of the times, and its speedy dismemberment in the mid-twentieth century was, similarly, a reaction to the realities of geopolitics in post-World War II conditions. Today the Empire has gone but it has left a legacy that remains of great significance in the modern world. The Historical Dictionary of the British Empire covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Britain.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : OCLC:498186279

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Dictionary of British History by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bridgit McCafferty,Arianne Hartsell-Gundy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781442254176

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Literary Research and British Postmodernism by Bridgit McCafferty,Arianne Hartsell-Gundy Pdf

Literary Research and British Postmodernism is a guide for scholars that aims to connect the complex relationships between print and multimedia, technological advancements, and the influence of critical theory that converge in postwar British literature. This era is unique in that strict boundaries between fiction, nonfiction, multimedia and print are not useful. Postmodern literature is defined by the breaking down of boundaries as a reaction to modernism and requires an innovative, multifaceted approach to research. In this guide the authors explore these complex relationships and offer strategies for researching this new period of literature. This book takes a holistic approach to postmodern literature that recognizes the way in which digital media, film, critical theory, popular music and more traditional print sources are inextricably linked. Through this approach, the authors present a broad view of “postmodernism” that includes a wide variety of British authors writing in the last half of the twentieth century. The book’s definition of “postmodern” includes any British literature following World War II that engages issues central to postmodern theory, including the social construction of gender, sexuality, and power; the subjectivity of truth; technology as a social force; intertextuality; metafiction; post-colonial narrative; and fantasy. This guide aims to aid researchers of postwar British literature by defining best practices for scholars conducting research in a period so broadly varied in the way it defines literature.

Author : Alan Palmer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136160745

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Who's Who in Modern History by Alan Palmer Pdf

Who's Who in Modern History is a unique reference book which examines those individuals who have shaped the political world since 1860. Coverage is truly global, including the most important figures in Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Africa and Australasia. It provides: * an easy-to-use A-Z layout * authoritative, detailed biographies of the most important figures since 1860, from Clemenceau and Chief Buthelezi to King Fahd and Benazir Bhutto * bibliographical references for each entry, to aid further research * extensive cross-referencing * an essential guide for students, researchers and the general reader alike.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : OCLC:957033794

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A Dictionary of British History by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bruce Hoffman
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101874660

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Anonymous Soldiers by Bruce Hoffman Pdf

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award Winner of the Washington Institute Book Prize One of the Best Books of the Year St. Louis Post-Dispatch * Kirkus Reviews In this groundbreaking work, Bruce Hoffman—America’s leading expert on terrorism—brilliantly re-creates the crucial thirty-year period that led to the birth of Israel. Drawing on previously untapped archival resources in London, Washington, D.C., and Jerusalem, Anonymous Soldiers shows how the efforts of two militant Zionist groups brought about the end of British rule in the Middle East. Hoffman shines new light on the bombing of the King David Hotel, the assassination of Lord Moyne in Cairo, the leadership of Menachem Begin, the life and death of Abraham Stern, and much else. Above all, he shows exactly how the underdog “anonymous soldiers” of Irgun and Lehi defeated the British and set in motion the chain of events that resulted in the creation of the formidable nation-state of Israel. One of the most detailed and sustained accounts of a terrorist and counterterrorist campaign ever written, Hoffman has crafted the definitive account of the struggle for Israel—and an impressive investigation of the efficacy of guerilla tactics. Anonymous Soldiers is essential to anyone wishing to understand the current situation in the Middle East.

Author : Kate Morrison
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476639758

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Morality and the Law in British Detective and Spy Fiction, 1880-1920 by Kate Morrison Pdf

Who decides what is right or wrong, ethical or immoral, just or unjust? In the world of crime and spy fiction between 1880 and 1920, the boundaries of the law were blurred and justice called into question humanity's moral code. As fictional detectives mutated into spies near the turn of the century, the waning influence of morality on decision-making signaled a shift in behavior from idealistic principles towards a pragmatic outlook taken in the national interest. Taking a fresh approach to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's popular protagonist, Sherlock Holmes, this book examines how Holmes and his rival maverick literary detectives and spies manipulated the law to deliver a fairer form of justice than that ordained by parliament. Multidisciplinary, this work views detective fiction through the lenses of law, moral philosophy, and history, and incorporates issues of gender, equality, and race. By studying popular publications of the time, it provides a glimpse into public attitudes towards crime and morality and how those shifting opinions helped reconstruct the hero in a new image.

Author : Siobhan Garrigan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134940479

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The Real Peace Process by Siobhan Garrigan Pdf

The Good Friday Agreement resulted in the cessation of paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland. However, prejudice and animosity between Protestants and Catholics remains. The Real Peace Process draws on extensive fieldwork in Protestant and Catholic churches across Ireland to analyse how Christian worship can become caught up in sectarianism. The book examines the need for a peace process that changes hearts and minds and not merely civic structures of their inhabitants. Aspects of everyday worship – ranging from the spatial and symbolic to the verbal, musical and interpersonal – are explored as the means by which sectarianism can be challenged and transformed.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : OCLC:498186279

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Dictionary of British History by Anonim Pdf

Author : Catriona Ryan
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781443836715

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Border States in the Work of Tom Mac Intyre by Catriona Ryan Pdf

This work analyses the prose and drama of the Irish writer Tom Mac Intyre and the concept of paleo-postmodernism. It examines how Mac Intyre balances traditional themes with experimentation, which in the Irish literary canon is unusual. This book argues that Mac Intyre’s position in the Irish literary canon is an idiosyncratic one in that he combines two contrary aspects of Irish literature: between what Beckett terms as the Yeatsian ‘antiquarians’ who valorize the ‘Victorian Gael’ and the ‘others’ whose aesthetic involves a European-influenced ‘breakdown of the object’ which is associated with Beckett. Mac Intyre’s experimentation involves a breakdown of the object in order to uncover an unconscious Irish mythological and linguistic space in language. His approach to language experimentation is Yeatsian and this is what the author terms as paleo-postmodern. Thus the project considers how Mac Intyre incorporates Yeatsian revivalism with postmodern deconstruction in his drama and short stories.

Author : Juliet Gardiner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110535338

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The Penguin Dictionary of British History by Juliet Gardiner Pdf

An authoritative and wide-ranging survey of over 2000 years of British history, from Roman times to the present day. Comprizing over 3000 articles and written by a team of leading academic historians, the guide constitutes a useful source of information about the people, events and culture that have shaped Britain's development over the past two millennia.

Author : Michael Pearce
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134264285

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The Routledge Dictionary of English Language Studies by Michael Pearce Pdf

Filled with real examples of the way people use English in different contexts, The Routledge Dictionary of English Language Studies is an indispensable guide to the richness and variety of the English language for both students and the general reader. From abbreviation to zero-article, via fricative and slang, the Dictionary contains over 600 wide ranging and informative entries covering: the core areas of language description and analysis: phonetics and phonology, grammar, lexis, semantics, pragmatics and discourse sociolinguistics, including entries on social and regional variation, stylistic variation, and language and gender the history of the English language from Old English to the present-day the main varieties of English spoken around the world, covering the British isles, the Caribbean, North America, Africa, Asia, and Australasia stylistics, literary language and English usage.

Author : John Philipps Kenyon
Publisher : NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1853263222

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The Wordsworth Dictionary of British History by John Philipps Kenyon Pdf

This work covers the history of Great Britain and Ireland from the invasion of 55 BC to the latter half of the 20th century. There are over 3000 entries arranged in alphabetical order, encompassing domestic, social and political events, foreign affairs and economic developments.