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The Homeland Guide to Londonby W. G. Morris
Garrett County Press 2011; US$ 0.99Historic buildings, museums, street plans and photographs make up one of the most detailed guides of London ever published. Perfect for the contemporary time-traveler, the guide covers religion, history, antiquities, literary associations and presents entertaining "footpath rambles of the neighborhoods." Released in 1947 by The Homeland Association (founded in 1896), the guide is an amazing love letter to the city of London and Great Britain. more...
London Shoppingby Frommer's ShortCuts
John Wiley & Sons 2012; US$ 5.99Frommer's ShortCuts give you exactly what you need for your trip to London—and no more. In this ebook, you'll get the same candid reviews and insider tips that you'll find in all Frommer's guides. Plus, we've added planning and background information as well as our signature "Best of" features. Search for more Frommer's ShortCuts. Mix and match the exact destinations you need for your trip, and create your own Frommer's ShortCuts collection. more...
Where Are You From?by Dhooleka S. Raj
University of California Press 2003; US$ 15.95Dhooleka S. Raj explores the complexities of ethnic minority cultural change in this incisive examination of first- and second-generation middle-class South Asian families living in London. Challenging prevalent understandings of ethnicity that equate community, culture, and identity, Raj considers how transnational ethnic minorities are circumscribed by nostalgia for culture. Where Are You From? argues that the nostalgia for culture obscures the complexities of change in migrant minority lives and limits the ways the politics of diversity can be imagined by the nation. Based on ethnographic research with Indian migrants and their children, this book examines how categories of identity, culture, community, and nation are negotiated and often... more...
Refugees of the French Revolutionby Kirsty Carpenter
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 1999; US$ 171.00This volume focuses on the victims of revolutionary legislation. London had the largest community of French emigres. It had the most evolved social structure and was the most politically active community. In London, two cultures came face to face with their prejudices and were confronted them. more...
London Politics, 1760-1914by Matthew Cragoe; Antony Taylor
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2005; US$ 105.00Offers a detailed investigation of political life in nineteenth-century London. As these essays reveal, the capital remained more concerned with older struggles for political independence. This collection aims to stimulate a major reappraisal not of London politics alone, but of Victorian political history more generally. more...
Nationalism, Imperialism and Identity in Late Victorian Cultureby S. Attridge
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2002; US$ 130.00This book gives an account of the refashioning of ideas about national character in late Victorian Culture, with a wide reference to Literature and Popular Culture around the time of the Boer War, and a particular scrutiny of images of the soldier. In specific images, narratives and motifs, the book highlights dynamic tensions, between the external boundaries of empire and those of civil society, and between class antagonisms and national projections. Many new sources and materials are introduced to this field of study. more...
CultureShock! Londonby Orin Hargraves
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2008; US$ 11.17CultureShock! London is the all-essential guide designed to immerse you in the real London. Full of practical information and settling-in tips, this book will help make your stay in this vibrant city as smooth as possible. Find out how to choose the right accommodation, the most effective way to get around the busy roads, and how you can do your banking efficiently in this fast-paced metropolis. Get acquainted with the nooks and crannies of this exciting capital, and discover the quiet parks and local haunts that are hidden from most tourists, and which reveal a different side of London. Discover what makes Londoners tick and how you can break down the famous English reserve and build fulfilling friendships with colleagues and neighbours. Whatever... more...
Wellingtonby Gordon Corrigan
Continuum International Publishing 2006; US$ 170.00The Duke of Wellington, the most successful of British commanders, set a standard by which all subsequent British generals have been measured. His defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815 crowned a reputation first won in India at Assaye and then confirmed during the Peninsular War, where he followed up his defence of Portugal by expelling the French from Spain. Gordon Corrigan, himself an ex-soldier, examines his claims to greatness. Wellington was in many ways the first modern general, combining a mastery of logistics with an ability to communicate and inspire. He had to contend not only with enemy armies but also with his political masters and an often sceptical public at home. more...
A Journey Through Ruinsby Patrick Wright
OUP Oxford 2009; US$ 19.95A unique evocation of Britain at the height of the Thatcher era, viewing the transformation of the country through the prism of everyday life in East London to create a penetrating portrait of its age. - ;A unique evocation of Britain at the height of Margaret Thatcher's rule, A Journey Through Ruins views the transformation of the country through the unexpected prism of every day life in East London. Written at a time when the looming but still unfinished tower of Canary Wharf was still wrapped in protective blue plastic, its cast of characters includes council tenants trapped in disintegrating tower blocks, depressed gentrifiers worrying about negative equity, metal detectorists, sharp-eyed estate agents and management consultants, and... more...
Diversity and Difference in Early Modern Londonby Jacob Selwood
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 119.95Making Differences investigates multiculturalism in London during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as well as developing notions of Englishness. Rather than relying upon literary or theatrical representations, the study emphasizes day-to-day practice, drawing upon petitions, government records, guild minute books and economic and taxation disputes, offering a new perspective that will be of interest both to scholars of the early modern English metropolis and to historians of race, migration, imperialism and the wider Atlantic world. more...









