Effervescent Adventures with Britannia

Personalities, Politics and Culture in Britain

AvRoger Louis

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Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

Effervescent Adventures with Britannia is the latest addition to Wm Roger Louis's stimulating and acclaimed series, Adventures with Britannia. It draws upon a distinguished array of writers and scholars - historians, political scientists, journalists, novelists, biographers and English literature specialists - to guide the reader through a fascinating labyrinth of British culture, history and politics. Together, they provide a unique insight into the pivotal themes - political, literary and cultural - which have shaped British state and society. The subjects covered include a new analysis of Jack the Ripper by Richard Davenport-Hines, a new appraisal of Harold Nicholson and Royal Biography by Jane Ridley and a new account of Evelyn Waugh in North America by Martin Stannard. In literature, Patrick French writes on V.S. Naipul; in history Andrew Lownie offers new perspectives on Guy Burgess and in politics Kenneth O. Morgan considers what will become of Britain after Brexit. Collectively, the chapters combine a rich mix of original ideas, historical and literary allusion, personality and anecdote, to provide an intellectual adventure into the mainsprings of modern British and international society.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-12-05
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:400
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781838608460
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Wm. Roger Louis is Kerr Professor of English History and Culture and Distinguished Teaching Professor at The University of Texas at Austin. He is an Honorary Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford. His books include Imperialism at Bay (1976) The British Empire in the Middle East (1984), and Ends of British Imperialism (2006). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford History of the British Empire. In 2001 he was President of the American Historical Association and in 2013 he was awarded the Benson Medal by the Royal Society of Literature.

Innehållsförteckning

List of AuthorsIntroductionWm. Roger Louis1Jack the RipperRichard Davenport-Hines2George Bernard Shaw and Physical CultureJohn D. Fair3Evelyn Waugh in North AmericaMartin Stannard4V. S. Naipaul and the British Tradition in BiographyPatrick French5Where Shall We Adventure? Hayao Miyazaki Meets Robert Louis StevensonSusan Napier6Newer Images of Women and Men in the Interwar DecadesReba Soffer7Encyclopaedia BritannicaJoseph Epstein8Current American and British NewspapersBoisfeuillet Jones, Jr.9The Anglo-American Special Relationship in IntelligenceJohn Prados10The Quest for Stalin's Englishman: Guy BurgessAndrew Lownie11John Banville's The UntouchableSteven Isenberg12All Souls CollegeS. J. D. Green13Guglielmo Marconi and EnglandPaul Kennedy14Harold Nicolson and Royal BiographyJane Ridley15Keeping an Eye on the Present: Whig History of ScienceSteven Weinberg16Re-illustrating the History of the British EmpireAnnamaria Motrescu-Mayes17Britain Is Your Friend: Propaganda during the Second World WarRosemary Hill18Ernest Bevin and Palestine: Bevingrads and DemonologiesWm. Roger Louis19Britain's Egyptian Allies and the Suez CrisisBarnaby Crowcroft20Limitless Violence in PalestineCaroline Elkins21Rudyard Kipling and Mrs. EwingMichael Holroyd22The British Empire: Ramshackle or Rampaging?John M. MacKenzie23The Falklands Conflict: A Worm's-Eye ViewSarah Beaver24How to “Fix” a War: Tony Blair and IraqGeoffrey Wheatcroft25Seeking a Role: Britain after BrexitKenneth O. Morgan26British Studies at the University of Texas, 1975–2017