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This is the first text to focus solely on the writing of British writers of South Asian descent born or raised in Britain. Written in accessible prose, it offers original new readings of works, among others by Salman Rushie, V. S. Naipaul, Hanif Kureishi, Ravinder Randhawa, Atima Srivastava, Monica Ali and Meera Syal. -- .

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This book delves into an in-depth discussion around dress and languages and how they have shaped the changes in the British Bangladeshi Muslim community in the East End of London.

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This textbook covers the three centuries of British business history from 1720 to the present day. Wilson argues that company culture has been a component in the evolution of business organisations and management practices.

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This re-evaluation of what has until now been seen as the most critically lacklustre period of the British film history covers a variety of genres, such as B-movies, war films, women's pictures and theatrical adaptations, as well as social issues which affect film-making, such as censorship.

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The end of the empire and the legacies of Britain's imperial past have shaped how the British public interact with the outside world. This book shows how the international activities of civic associations in the 1960s can help us to understand the impact of decolonisation on the British public's sense of international responsibility. -- .

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The end of the empire and the legacies of Britain's imperial past have shaped how the British public interact with the outside world. This book shows how the international activities of civic associations in the 1960s can help us to understand the impact of decolonisation on the British public's sense of international responsibility. -- .

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This book tells the forgotten story of four to five thousand British civilians who were interned at the Ruhleben camp near Berlin during the First World War. Together they formed a unique community in the heart of enemy territory, based on a diverse and extremely rich culture of enduring significance. -- .

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This book tells the forgotten story of four to five thousand British civilians who were interned at the Ruhleben camp near Berlin during the First World War. Together they formed a unique community in the heart of enemy territory, based on a diverse and extremely rich culture of enduring significance. -- .

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This book, the first full-length study of British civilians' behaviour in air raids during the Second World War, challenges a common image of civilians as passive shelterers during air raids. -- .

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Draws together key documents in the history of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in a single, student-friendly volume. Balanced, comprehensive and framed by Callaghan and Harker's detailed introductions, this is a valuable addition to the study of twentieth-century Britain. -- .

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Draws together key documents in the history of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in a single, student-friendly volume. Balanced, comprehensive and framed by Callaghan and Harker's detailed introductions, this is a valuable addition to the study of twentieth-century Britain. -- .

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This book follows the afterlives of empire from 1945 to present day, providing an interdisciplinary analysis of how the legacy of empire continues to shape the cultures, politics, spaces and memories of contemporary Britain. The essays it contains illustrate this with reference to a series of local histories, individual texts and institutions.

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This book follows the afterlives of empire from 1945 to present day, providing an interdisciplinary analysis of how the legacy of empire continues to shape the cultures, politics, spaces and memories of contemporary Britain. The essays it contains illustrate this with reference to a series of local histories, individual texts and institutions.

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Studying the demise of the British Empire after World War II from a cultural perspective rather than a political or economic one, this text argues that the social and cultural impact of decolonisation had as significant an effect on the imperial centre as on the colonial periphery.

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This text surveys the development of British fascism between 1918 and 1939. It provides a guide to interwar British fascism's essential features and includes a discussion of fascism and culture, a previously under-researched area of the topic.

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British Films of the 1970s offers highly detailed and insightful critical analysis of a range of individual films of the period. This analysis draws upon an innovative range of critical methodologies which place the film texts within a rich variety of historical contexts. -- .

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Examines British foreign policy from the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 to the outbreak of World War II, surveying the results of the Paris Peace conference, the crushing of the hopes of the 1920s and British leaders' attempts to cope with crises leading to the descent into war. In the MANCHESTER STUDIES IN MODERN HISTORY series.

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This book explores the tensions underlying British imperialism in Cyprus, explaining how the Union Jack came to fly over the island and why after thirty-five years the British wanted it lowered. Cyprus' importance was always more imagined than real and was enmeshed within widely held cultural signifiers and myths. -- .

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Explores the tensions underlying British imperialism in Cyprus. This book follows Cyprus' progress from a perceived imperial asset to an expendable backwater by explaining how the Union Jack came to fly over the island and why after thirty-five years the British wanted it lowered.

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Reveals how British writers and artists engaged with archaeological discourse as a crucial mode of conceptualising modernity at the turn of the twentieth century. Examining multiple literary genres and visual media from 1880-1930, the book traces archaeological discourse in discussions about sexuality, aesthetics, authenticity, and historiography.

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British politics in an Age of Reform is an examination of principal themes in the political history of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. It evaluates much research, links the politics of the elite with the politics of the people, and seeks to explain developments with reference to both their long- and short-term causes.

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Aims to condense the complexities of British politics into a short manageable form for students at A/S level and above. This book is suitable for those wishing to quickly acquire a good working knowledge of how the British political system works and has changed over the decades.

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Short, yet comprehensive. Completely up to date. Great value for money textbook by two established scholars .

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Takes stock of the 'new British queer history'. Topics range from newspaper reporting of sodomy cases, to homoerotic representations in art, to queer autobiographical accounts, to oral histories of Scottish lesbians, and much else besides. -- .