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Recently, the issues of colonialism and imperialism have come to the forefront of thinking in the humanities. This volume examines relevant issues from a range of historical perspectives. Central to the whole volume is a critique of the idea of the "post-colonial" itself.

John Thieme provides a comprehensive study of Derek Walcott's writing from its beginning in the 1940s to his most recent work. Walcott's poetry and drama are set against the background of various contexts and intertexts - Caribbean, European and other - which have shaped him as a writer.

This play is one of the most popular of Elizabethan plays, revealing a portrait of Elizabethan London and the interaction of social classes within the city. Its social commentary is on the whole optimistic, though darker tones are discernible.

This book looks at how a range of women in the theatre - actors, managers, writers and live artists - have used, and still use, autobiography and performance as both a means of expression and control of their private and public selves on the page and on the stage from the late eighteenth century to the present day. -- .

Cubism was the most influential artistic movement that emerged in the twentieth century. With over 100 illustrations this fascinating book recounts the history of cubism and discusses how principal writings, from the likes of Apollinaire to Rosalind Krauss, have shaped its importance over the years. -- .

This is a long essay on various aspects of the history of railways, and the effects they have had on the world around them. It is mostly about railways and society in 19th-century Britain, with a rapid sketch of developments in other countries.

This work introduces the reader to the rich film production of the French-speaking countries outside France, commonly called Francophonia. The book brings together films that might otherwise be divided by questions of race, gender, genre, period or nation.

This edition of George Chapman's tragedy is based on the Quarto of 1607 in preference to the much revised Quarto of 1641. The editor believes that the earlier text gives a more certain indication of Chapman's intentions and he has supported this view in his introduction.

In this history of early modern London, the essays range widely, covering the themes of polis and the police, gender and sexuality, space and place, and material culture and consumption.

This feminist literary study discusses postmodern ideas about the self, particularly about the way in which selves are constructed by biography and autobiography. The author particularly examines the manner in which women write about themselves.

Discusses the representation of women in the art of the late Middle Ages in Northern Europe. Drawing on different media, but focusing paticulary on the woodcut, the text charts how the images of women changed during the period and proposes two basic categories - the Virgin and Eve, good and evil.

This collection of sources demonstrates the variety of evidence that survives of English women in all walks of life from the time of Edward I to the eve of the Reformation. An overview is included of current thinking about English medieval women below the level of the greater aristocracy.

Examines the relationship between scientific claims and practices on the one hand and the exercise of colonial power on the other. This title challenges conventional views that portray science as a detached mode of reasoning with the capacity to confer benefits in a more or less even-handed manner.

This lively book explores the intellectual ideas which the West Indians brought with them to Britain. It shows that for more than a century West Indians living in Britain developed a dazzling intellectual critique of the codes of imperial Britain.

This book fills a major gap in the history of the Cold War by examining in detail a neglected phase of US-Soviet relations. Based on original and recently released archive materials, the book constitutes a major contribution to the growing 'beyond Vietnam' literature on the foreign policy of President Lyndon B. Johnson -- .

A highly readable account of film theory and is an indispensable resource for students -- .

This work explores the idea of the Celt and the definition of the "Celtic Fringe" over the last 300 years. It is an in-depth study of the literary and cultural representation of Ireland, Scotland and Wales over this period, and is based on a grasp of issues of national identity and state formation.

This text offers a broad survey outlining human rights instruments and describing how they are implemented in the United Nations, through regional institutions, in specialized agencies and elsewhere. This fourth edition has been updated to include the War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

This book opens up new avenues in gender history by mapping masculinity's part in making revolution, waging war, building nations, and constructing welfare states. Written in a highly accessible style, targeted at both students, professional historians and the interested general reader. -- .

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.

Provides a starting point for researchers and students investigating the Viking settlement of Britain. This book considers the history and development of contemporary debates about Scandinavian settlement, and examines differences between rural and urban Viking settlement. It looks at the Scandinavian conversion to Christianity.

This study looks at the Independent Group of artists, designers and writers who, in the early 1950s, aimed to raise the status of popular objects and icons within modern visual culture. The development of the Group is mapped against the changing nature of modernism during the Cold War era.

This book debates the nature of the EU and its international relationships, enabling students of EU foreign policy to review a broad range of theoretical templates from which the EU's foreign policy can be studied. -- .

Examines the ways in which the cinema has defined, mythified and disseminated British national identity during the 20th century. The text considers chronologically, thematically and by case studies of film, stars and genres, the complexities and process of the evolution of national identity.

This work provides a pan-European survey of the Jacobite phenomenon. It examines Jacobitism in all three kingdoms and offers an interpretation of the impact of the Jacobites on the history of Britain and Europe. -- .

This work is about how the allied coalition and government of Iraq attempted to influence, utilize and manipulate the ways in which the Gulf War was presented by the media to the outside world between mid January and March 1991.

First full-length study on the 1951 Festival of Britain. An examination of how Britain and Britishness were portrayed in the 1951's Festival's exhibitions and events. Covers the Festival's history and historiography, purpose, representations of the future and past, the role of London and the 'local', the British Empire and finally its legacy. -- .

An investigation into children's own perspectives on what they find frightening, moving and upsetting on television. The author examines their responses, looks at how they learn to cope with their feelings about such material, and shows how their parents help or hinder them in doing so.

A broad and detailed examination of the stability of the late imperial regime. There is general accord that Russia was not evolving into a stable constitutional monarchy -- .

An enlightening collection of essays by a distinguished list of contributors on travel and travellers from Europe to the Middle East in the medieval period, covering the Crusades, pilgrimage, mission, trade, scholarship, and exploration, as well as expectations and experiences. A valuable work for students of medieval history. -- .