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Author : Stephen B. Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The United States Air Force and the Culture of Innovation, 1945-1965 written by Stephen B. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John M. MacKenzie
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526119544
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Propaganda and Empire written by John M. MacKenzie and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been said that the British Empire, on which the sun never set, meant little to the man in the street. Apart from the jingoist eruptions at the death of Gordon or the relief of Mafeking he remained stonily indifferent to the imperial destiny that beckoned his rulers so alluringly. Strange, then that for three-quarters of a century it was scarcely possible to buy a bar of soap or a tin of biscuits without being reminded of the idea of Empire. Packaging, postcards, music hall, cinema, boy's stories and school books, exhibitions and parades, all conveyed the message that Empire was an adventure and an ennobling responsibility. Army and navy were a sure shield for the mother country and the subject peoples alike. Boys' brigades and Scouts stiffened the backbone of youth who flocked to join. In this illuminating study John M. Mackenzie explores the manifestations of the imperial idea, from the trappings of royalty through writers like G. A. Henty to the humble cigarette card. He shows that it was so powerful and pervasive that it outlived the passing of Empire itself and, as events such as the Falklands 'adventure' showed, the embers continue to smoulder.
Author : H. Perraton
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137294957
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)
Download or read book A History of Foreign Students in Britain written by H. Perraton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreign students have travelled to Britain for centuries and, from the beginning, attracted controversy. This book explores changing British policy and practice, and changing student experience, set within the context of British social and political history.
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Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Randolph County, 1779-1979 written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3732624005
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (326 download)
Download or read book The Pearl of Lima written by Jules Verne and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.
Author : Kay Saunders
Publisher : University of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 1921902108
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (219 download)
Download or read book Workers in Bondage written by Kay Saunders and published by University of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on thorough documentary research in archives and newspapers, Workers in Bondage begins with the origins of servitude during the convict era in Queensland before its separation from New South Wales in 1859. The study then focuses in on Queensland’s Pacific Islander labor force, examining the reconstruction of the Queensland sugar industry after the withdrawal of Islander labor and describing the realities of white labor and the early trade union struggles in the sugar industry. Underlying the text is an analysis of labor manipulation by capitalism in a new colony during a time of transition from slavery to indenture in the British Empire. This is a comprehensive and insightful academic examination of the little known history of the enslavement of Pacific Island workers in Australian convict-era industries, as well as a wider study of race relations in a frontier society.
Author : Gary Kynoch
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821441566
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)
Download or read book We Are Fighting the World written by Gary Kynoch and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the late 1940s, a violent African criminal society known as the Marashea has operated in and around South Africa’s gold mining areas. With thousands of members involved in drug smuggling, extortion, and kidnapping, the Marashea was more influential in the day-to-day lives of many black South Africans under apartheid than were agents of the state. These gangs remain active in South Africa. In We Are Fighting the World: A History of the Marashea Gangs in South Africa, 1947–1999, Gary Kynoch points to the combination of coercive force and administrative weakness that characterized the apartheid state. As long as crime and violence were contained within black townships and did not threaten adjacent white areas, township residents were largely left to fend for themselves. The Marashea’s ability to prosper during the apartheid era and its involvement in political conflict led directly to the violent crime epidemic that today plagues South Africa. Highly readable and solidly researched, We Are Fighting the World is critical to an understanding of South African society, past and present. This pioneering study challenges previous social history research on resistance, ethnicity, urban spaces, and gender in South Africa. Kynoch’s interviews with many current and former gang members give We Are Fighting the World an energy and a realism that are unparalleled in any other published work on gang violence in southern Africa.
Author : Robin F. Haines
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780333660492
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Emigration and the Labouring Poor written by Robin F. Haines and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1997-06-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robin Haines has analysed the origins, occupations, literacy, and mobilization of emigrants recruited in the UK on behalf of colonial legislatures. Her exploration of strict selection procedures shows that the symbiosis between the clergy, empire-minded philanthropic societies, and parishes, which combined to fund the emigrants' considerable pre-departure expenses, increased the opportunities for underemployed rural and domestic workers during an era of farm rationalization and industrial restructuring. Although poor, hybrid state and private funding enabled them to relocate to Australia where their skills were in demand.
Author : A. Twells
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230234720
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Civilising Mission and the English Middle Class, 1792-1850 written by A. Twells and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-12-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume concerns the missionary philanthropic movement which burst onto the social scene in early nineteenth century in England, becoming a popular provincial movement which sought no less than national and global reformation.
Author : Sir George Gilbert Scott
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Personal and Professional Recollections written by Sir George Gilbert Scott and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeffrey Richards
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 152612355X
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Imperialism and juvenile literature written by Jeffrey Richards and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular culture is invariably a vehicle for the dominant ideas of its age. Never was this truer than in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when it reflected the nationalist and imperialist ideologies current throughout Europe. It both reflects popular attitudes, ideas and preconceptions and it generates support for selected views and opinions. This book examines the various media through which nationalist ideas were conveyed in late-Victorian and Edwardian times: in the theatre, "ethnic" shows, juvenile literature, education and the iconography of popular art. It seeks to examine in detail the articulation and diffusion of imperialism in the field of juvenile literature by stressing its pervasiveness across boundaries of class, nation and gender. It analyses the production, distribution and marketing of imperially-charged juvenile fiction, stressing the significance of the Victorians' discovery of adolescence, technological advance and educational reforms as the context of the great expansion of such literature. An overview of the phenomenon of Robinson Crusoe follows, tracing the process of its transformation into a classic text of imperialism and imperial masculinity for boys. The imperial commitment took to the air in the form of the heroic airmen of inter-war fiction. The book highlights that athleticism, imperialism and militarism become enmeshed at the public schools. It also explores the promotion of imperialism and imperialist role models in fiction for girls, particularly Girl Guide stories.
Author : Kirsten Hastrup
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415061223
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (612 download)
Download or read book Other Histories written by Kirsten Hastrup and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a decade of historical anthropology, the discipline seems to be thoroughly historicized. This implies not only that the historical dimension of other cultures has become an integrated part of any anthropological inquiry, but also that the different ways of producing history have become important considerations. Using mainly European historical and ethnographic materials, Other Historiesexamines the nature of history and its importance to anthropological study. The apparently Eurocentric perspective of this volume actually serves the purpose of dismantling the unity and progress of European history. It demonstrates that history is not linear but highly complex, often containing several separate local histories.
Author : Compton Reade
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Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Smith Family written by Compton Reade and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Florian Malzacher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783943365849
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (658 download)
Download or read book Truth is Concrete written by Florian Malzacher and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: X93;Truth is concrete” collects 100 strategies by artists, activists and theorists, mapping the broad field of engaged art and artistic activism today. Additional essays focus on the philosophy, structures and modalities behind the many fights to make this world a better place.
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Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Broadcasting Yearbook written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Heaphey
Publisher : History Publishing Company Llc
ISBN 13 : 9781933909301
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Legerdemain written by James Heaphey and published by History Publishing Company Llc. This book was released on 2008-12-12 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a true story of a barely trained and inexperienced Air Force undercover agent who is sent to Morocco to assist the nationalist movement in breaking away from the teetering French colonial system without the French being made aware. It was Operation Camelback, set in motion by President Truman to safeguard the SAC airbases in Morocco, vital to a bombing run on Moscow if necessary, and a continued maintenance of a secret storage of Atomic bombs, also unknown to the French.The author's mission takes him to the Atlas Mountain garrison of the Foreign Legion, through the bathhouses and alleyways of Casablanca, the exotic Arabian Nights-like Fair in Marrakech and the settings of the privileged in Cairo where he meets the young Anwar Sadat and the former Nazi commando Otto Skorzney. The story unveils the working of MI6, the CIA, French Security Force, Mossad and the KGB. This story brings to the reader an understanding of the Islamist mind, angry at their European colonial masters, and sets the stage for the Twenty First century.
Author : Richard D. Altick
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The English Common Reader: a Social History of the Mass Reading Public 1800-1900 written by Richard D. Altick and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
