The common writer in modern history

The common writer in modern historyThis edited collection focusses on the writing of ordinary, semi literate people in history, emphasising the agency and voices of the subordinate classes and contesting conventional histories that treat them as passive or silent. It analyses ordinary writings across a range of geographical areas, historical periods and scholarly disciplines.

designers and writers who formed the Independent Group in the early 1950s including such influential figures as Richard Hamilton

grim lakes and talking flowers are among the topics

non-technical introduction to the economics of the arms industry by one of the world's leading defence economists

'The Anthem Dictionary of Literary Terms and Theory' is a guide to the literary terms most relevant to students and readers of English literature today

A sociological analysis of immigration in Ireland

Britain in fragments traces how the historic pillars of democracy have begun to crumble

including the writings published posthumously in recent decades

This book provides a basic but comprehensive text on the topic of social stratification

Delving deep beyond the surface of cinema

Explores African literature in the post-colonial era

and soldier in the Cuban wars of independence

'A Jovial Crew' and 'The Antipodes'