Effervescent adventures with Britannia : personalities, politics and culture in Britain / / edited by Wm. Roger Louis

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (386 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 941
• Soggetto topico: Civilization; Intellectual life; Politics and government
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History; Great Britain Intellectual life
• Persona (resp. second.): LouisWilliam Roger
• Nota di contenuto: 1 Jack the Ripper / Richard Davenport-Hines ; Davenport-Hines, Richard ; 15 -- ; 2 George Bernard Shaw and Physical Culture / John D. Fair ; Fair, John D. ; 27 -- ; 3 Evelyn Waugh in North America / Martin Stannard ; Stannard, Martin ; 41 -- ; 4 V.s.Naipaul and the British Tradition of Biography / Patrick French ; French, Patrick ; 57 -- ; 5 Where Shall We Adventure? Hayao Miyazaki meets Robert Louis Stevenson / Susan Napier ; Napier, Susan ; 71 -- ; 6 Newer Images of Women and Men in the Interwar Decades / Reba Soffer ; Soffer, Reba ; 83 -- ; 7 Encyclopaedia Britannica / Joseph Epstein ; Epstein, Joseph ; 97 -- ; 8 Current American and British Newspapers / Boisfeuillet Jones, Jr ; Jr, Boisfeuillet Jones, ; 105 -- ; 9 The Anglo-American Special Relationship in Intelligence / John Prados ; Prados, John ; 123 -- ; 10 The Quest for Stalin's Englishman: Guy Burgess / Andrew Lownie ; Lownie, Andrew ; 137 -- ; 11 John Banville's The Untouchable / Steven Isenberg ; Isenberg, Steven ; 151 -- ; 12 All Souls College / S.J.D. Green ; Green, S.J.D. ; 161 -- ; 13 Guglielmo Marconi and England / Paul Kennedy ; Kennedy, Paul ; 177 -- ; 14 Harold Nicolson and Royal Biography / Jane Ridley ; Ridley, Jane ; 183 -- ; 15 Keeping an Eye on the Present: Whig History of Science / Steven Weinberg ; Weinberg, Steven ; 199 -- ; 16 Re-illustrating the History of the British Empire / Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes ; Motrescu-Mayes, Annamaria ; 209 -- ; 17 Britain Is Your Friend: Propaganda during the Second World War / Rosemary Hill ; Hill, Rosemary ; 223 -- ; 18 Ernest Bevin and Palestine: Bevingrads and Demonologies / Wm. Roger Louis ; Louis, Wm. Roger ; 231 -- ; 19 Britain's Egyptian Allies and the Suez Crisis / Barnaby Crowcroft ; Crowcroft, Barnaby ; 247 -- ; 20 Limitless Violence in Palestine / Caroline Elkins ; Elkins, Caroline ; 261 -- ; 21 Rudyard Kipling and Mrs. Ewing / Michael Holroyd ; Holroyd, Michael ; 275 -- ; 22 The British Empire: Ramshackle or Rampaging / John M. Mackenzie ; Mackenzie, John M. ; 281 -- ; 23 The Falklands Conflict: A Worm's-Eye View / Sarah Beaver ; Beaver, Sarah ; 295 -- ; 24 How to "Fix a War: Tony Blair and Iraq / Geoffrey Wheatcroft ; Wheatcroft, Geoffrey ; 311 -- ; 25 Seeking a Role: Britain after Brexit / Kenneth O. Morgan ; Morgan, Kenneth O. ; 323 -- ; 26 British Studies at the University of Texas, 1975-2017 ; 339.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores British culture, history and politics, offering 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Effervescent adventures with Britannia
• ISBN: 1-83860-847-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828726903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II