The Grand Delusion: Britain After Sixty Years of Elizabeth II, Stephen Haseler
Автор: Williams, Elizabeth Название: Politics of race in britain and south africa ISBN: 1784539740 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784539740 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 5493.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The postwar government of South Africa, led by H.F. Verwoerd, implemented wide-ranging racial segregation laws, beginning the open policy of apartheid in one of Africa`s most prosperous and internationally influential states.
Автор: Helsinger Elizabeth K. Название: Rural Scenes and National Representation: Britain, 1815-1850 ISBN: 0691636958 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691636955 Издательство: Wiley Цена: 17266.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Elizabeth Helsinger's iconoclastic book explores the peculiar power of rural England to stand for conflicting ideas of Britain. Despite the nostalgic appeal of Constable's or Tennyson's rural scenes, they record the severe social and economic disturbances of the turbulent years after Waterloo. Artists and writers like Cobbett, Clare, Turner, Emily Bront , and George Eliot competed to claim the English countryside as ideological ground. No image of rural life produced consensus over the great questions: who should constitute the nation, and how should they be represented? Helsinger ponders how some images of rural life and land come to serve as national metaphors while others challenge their constructions of Englishness at the heart of the British Empire.
Drawing on recent work in social history, nationalism, and geography, as well as the visual and literary arts, Helsinger recovers other possible and alternative readings of social ties embedded in the imagery of land. She reflects on the power of rural images to transfer local loyalties to the national scene, first popularizing then institutionalizing them. By turning a critical gaze on these scenes, she comments on the difference between art and ideology, and the problems and dangers of asserting any kind of national identity through imagery of the land.
Originally published in 1996.
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Автор: Helsinger Elizabeth K. Название: Rural Scenes and National Representation: Britain, 1815-1850 ISBN: 0691608504 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691608501 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 7128.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Elizabeth Helsinger`s iconoclastic book explores the peculiar power of rural England to stand for conflicting ideas of Britain. Despite the nostalgic appeal of Constable`s or Tennyson`s rural scenes, they record the severe social and economic disturbances of the turbulent years after Waterloo. Artists and writers like Cobbett, Clare, Turner, Emily
Описание: The general who thwarted the Spanish invasion of the British Isles The final years of the 16th century saw an emergent Dutch nationalism and a determination by the Dutch to throw off the yoke of Spanish occupation in their homeland. The English queen, Elizabeth, was not only well aware of the dangers of the presence of a Catholic super-power so close to her nation's shores, but had every sympathy with the cause of her Protestant neighbours. English volunteers soon flocked to the continent with her blessings to fight the Spanish in the Low Countries. This book describes the conflict there in fascinating detail, but also focuses on the military career of the finest English soldier of that time. Sir Francis Vere campaigned and fought for decades in this epic struggle, demonstrating a strategic and tactical talent equal to that of the enduringly famous British commanders of later generations. Ultimately Vere commanded the English Auxiliary Army. Much of this history is devoted to the battles for Dutch Independence, but it also covers the extraordinary British seaborne raid on Cadiz and the action known as 'The Island Voyage'. This volume concludes with a short account of the military career of Horace Vere, Francis' brother, who fought in the same cause. Contains maps and illustrations not present in the original edition of the text which was published as, 'The Fighting Veres'. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
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