Author: Leon Norman WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commemorative postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Stationery, local postage stamps.
Commemorative Postage Stamps of Great Britain, 1890-1966
Author: Leon Norman WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commemorative postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Stationery, local postage stamps.
The Invention of Tradition
Author: Eric HobsbawmPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107604672
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Many of the traditions which we think of as very ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over the centuries, but were invented comparatively recently. This book explores examples of this process of invention - the creation of Welsh and Scottish 'national culture'; the elaboration of British royal rituals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the origins of imperial rituals in British India and Africa; and the attempts by radical movements to develop counter-traditions of their own. It addresses the complex interaction of past and present, bringing together historians and anthropologists in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which poses new questions for the understanding of our history.
Rites of Power
Author: Sean WilentzPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812216950
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Rites of Power provides a sweeping overview of the symbolism of power from tenth-century France to modern Britain. Approaching their topic from an eclectic range of intellectual traditions, the authors turn the study of politics, social relations, and cultural creation into a single endeavor. The essays begin with three assumptions: that all societies are ordered and governed by "master fictions" (divine right, equality for all) which make political hierarchy appear natural; that political rhetoric includes nonverbal communication (royal portraits, statistics on crop yields); and that common rhetoric can mean different things to various segments of a culture ("states' rights" during the American Civil War). Societies studied include France and Spain in the Middle Ages, post-Revolutionary France, the modern British monarchy, tsarist Russia, colonial Virginia, and industrial Germany. The essays were selected to provide methodological as well as historical coverage; the result is a comprehensive treatment along the cutting edge of several disciplines. This book will appeal to scholars and students in the fields of history, political science, sociology, anthropology, and art history.
The National Union Catalogs, 1963-
Author: The British National Bibliography
Author: Arthur James WellsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1356
Book Description
Library of Congress Catalogs
Author: Library of CongressThe National union catalog, 1968-1972
Author: Library of Congress Catalog
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.
The Queen's Stamps
Author: Nicholas CourtneyPublisher: Methuen Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The first popular history of the world's finest stamp collection. This elegant book is the definitive historical account of one of the world's most important and extensive stamp collections, and the monarchs and keepers who have contributed to it. Inaugurated by Queen Victoria, and enlarged by five successive British monarchs, the main body of the Collection came into being under George V, whose passionate and shrewd acquisition of many other private collections has ensured the unique and comprehensive character of his own. This is a story told through the stamps themselves, many of the most famous of which are produced here in full color, as well as through astonishing anecdotes featuring the kings, queens, and courtiers who brought them together. This informative, surprising, highly illustrated volume is written to appeal to the general reader with an interest in Royal history, as well as to the specialist enthusiast.
Seeking a Role
Author: Brian HarrisonPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191606782
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
In this, the first of two self-standing volumes bringing The New Oxford History of England up to the present, Brian Harrison begins in 1951 with much of the empire intact and with Britain enjoying high prestige in Europe. The United Kingdom could still then claim to be a great power, whose welfare state exemplified compromise between Soviet planning and the USA’s free market. When the volume ends in 1970, no such claims carried conviction. The empire had gone, central planning was in trouble, and even the British political system had become controversial. In an unusually wide-ranging, yet impressively detailed volume, Harrison approaches the period from unfamiliar directions. He explains how British politicians in the 1950s and 1960s responded to this transition by pursuing successive roles for Britain: worldwide as champion of freedom, and in Europe as exemplar of parliamentary government, the multi-racial society, and economic planning. His main focus, though, rests not on the politicians but on the decisions the British people made largely for themselves: on their environment, social structure and attitudes, race relations, family patterns, economic framework, and cultural opportunities. By 1970 the consumer society had supplanted postwar austerity, the socialist vision was fading, and 'the sixties' (the theme of his penultimate chapter) had introduced new and even exotic themes and values. Having lost an empire, Britain was still resourcefully seeking a role: it had yet to find it.