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Free Download Gill Crozier, "Racism and Education in Britain: Addressing Structural Oppression and the Dominance of Whiteness "
English | ISBN: 3031189302 | 2023 | 302 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This book is concerned with racism and education in Britain. It aims to seek greater understanding of the nature and endurance of racism within education practice in the 21st century and to examine the relationship between racism and the educational experiences and outcomes of many Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) children and young people, with reference to school and university. Employing Critical Race Theory, Critical Whiteness Theory and Intersectionality, this structural analysis traces the historical and contemporary development of racism in education. White privilege and White supremacy, it is argued, are central to the perpetuation of racism and the failure to either understand or recognise the systemic nature of racial oppression. The book focuses on Britain, but the analysis locates racism as a global phenomenon. In spite of decades of policies on ‘race’ equality in Britain, BAME children and young people continue to be discriminated against and are failed by theeducation system. Applying a theoretical analysis of racism and White supremacy and privilege to an examination of government policies and research in schools and universities, the nature and extent of racism is revealed in the educational experiences of young people.

Free Download Peter Caygill – Javelin from the Cockpit: Britain’s First Delta Wing Fighter
Pen & Sword | 2011 | ISBN: 1848846568 | English | 264 pages | PDF | 108.46 MB
The Gloster Javelin was designed to be a night/all-weather fighter. It was first introduced into RAF service in 1956 and was retired in 1967. It was a large two-man, twin-engined and delta-winged aircraft. Although extremely rugged in construction pilots were banned from spinning as test flights had proved it impossible to recover. During its service nine different marks were introduced. At first it was armed with four wing-mounted cannon but as technology advanced air-to-air missiles replaced them. In its role as a night/all-weather fighter it bristled with Britain’s latest radar and interception devices.

Free Download Empire Lost: Britain, the Dominions and the Second World War By Andrew Stewart
2008 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 1847252443 | EPUB | 4 MB
Using government records, private letters and diaries and contemporary media sources, this book examines the key themes affecting the relationship between Britain and the Dominions during the Second World War, the Empire’s last great conflict. It asks why this political and military coalition was ultimately successful in overcoming the challenge of the Axis powers but, in the process, proved unable to preserve itself. Although these changes were inevitable the manner of the evolution was sometimes painful, as Britain’s wartime economic decline left its political position exposed in a changing post-war international system.

Free Download Terry Hancock – Directory of Britain’s Military Aircraft: vol.1: Fighters, Ground Attack, Strike and Overland Reconnaissance
The History Press | 2008 | ISBN: 0752445251 | English | 328 pages | PDF | 179.11 MB
Detailing all the aircraft, airships, and gliders which have served the U.K.’s forces throughout the 100 years of flight since the first powered flight, the airship Nulli Secundus, in 1907, this volume focuses on Fighters, Bombers, Ground Attack, Strike, and Over-land Reconnaissance. Intending to create a quick and useful reference book, author Terry Hancock details every type of manned aircraft that has carried military serials and seen service with the operational squadrons or training and support units of the British armed forces, the RFC, RNAS, RAF, Fleet Air Arm, and Army Air Corps (excluding types designed for record breaking, carrying civil registrations, types used solely by the Commonwealth, temporary serials, types retained for ground training, tethered balloons, and man-carrying kites.) Each entry lists the type name and mark, role prefix, comments on the type as a whole, details on its roles, crew, capacity, service period, units and countries, armament, engines, serials, and a performance and dimensions table.

Free Download Paul Betts, "Critiquing Evidence-Based Policing in Britain: A Genealogy "
English | ISBN: 303159293X | 2024 | 343 pages | EPUB, PDF | 498 KB + 5 MB
Evidence Based Policing (EBP) exerts significant influence on how actors think, act and speak about UK policing to the point that it is becoming institutionalised. Inspired by the insights of Michel Foucault into power-knowledge, governmentality and institutional reform over time, this book provides a comprehensive account of the emergence of EBP in Britain as well as original discourse analysis and analytical research into the texts produced by EBP. It presents a new history of EBP presented around EBP’s story-lines, subject positions and the institutional changes it has created. This history shows EBP shares a genealogical heritage with modern discourses of managerialism and neoliberalism. EBP’s roots are traced and it is re-presented as an extension of the problematic relationship in the production of criminological knowledge and the British state. This history fundamentally challenges the notion on which EBP rests: basing policing policy upon independent, robust knowledge. Instead this book argues EBP should be subject to greater illumination and challenge, suggesting EBP is a contestable device that is doing political work. It speaks to those interested in policing, critical criminology and political science.

Free Download Alwyn W. Turner, "Crisis? What Crisis?: Britain in the 1970s"
English | 2013 | pages: 336 | ISBN: 1845134257, 1845133277 | EPUB | 0,6 mb
The 1970s. They were the best of times and the worst of times. Wealth inequality was at a record low, yet industrial strife was at a record high. These were the glory years of Doctor Who and glam rock, but the darkest days of the Northern Ireland conflict. Beset by strikes, inflation, power cuts and the rise of the far right, the cosy Britain of the post-war consensus was unravelling – in spectacularly lurid style. Fusing high politics and low culture, Crisis? What Crisis? presents a world in which Enoch Powell, Ted Heath and Tony Benn jostle for space with David Bowie, Hilda Ogden and Margo Leadbetter, and reveals why a country exhausted by decline eventually turned to Margaret Thatcher for salvation.

Free Download Matt Baker, "Countryfile – A Picture of Britain: A Stunning Collection of Viewers’ Photography"
English | 2020 | pages: 256 | ISBN: 0008254982 | EPUB | 235,2 mb
Published In Aid of BBC Children in Need *

Free Download Britain, Germany and the Future of the European Union By Christian Schweiger
2007 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 0230008097 | PDF | 4 MB
Britain, Germany and the Future of the European Union outlines the changes in British and German European policies which have been characteristic of a process of normalization in both countries. Schweiger examines possible areas for cooperation between Britain and Germany on major European issues (institutional and procedural reform, EMU, economic reform, CFSP and enlargement) and the potential significance that such a working partnership could have within the enlarged European Union.

Free Download William Casey Baker, "Britain’s War for the Mediterranean: The Fight against Revolutionary France"
English | ISBN: 1682479250 | 2024 | 360 pages | EPUB | 7 MB
Britain’s War for the Mediterranean provides a definitive study on British warmaking in the Mediterranean during the War of the First Coalition. It traces the origins of foreign and naval policies from the early eighteenth century to describe the duality of British affairs. These contradictions manifested themselves in the War of the First Coalition as Great Britain attempted to build consensus in the Mediterranean World while clinging to its power base of naval power and commerce. The book explores the decisions of individuals and the wider trends of the British political and naval system, honed over the course of the eighteenth century. In explaining war against Revolutionary France, the book follows the decisions of admirals, diplomats, and politicians in attempting to cobble together a coalition of Spanish, Austrian, Sardinian, and Neapolitan forces. This book also makes connections with the other theaters of war: The Austrian Netherlands and the Caribbean.

Free Download Alison Weir, "Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy"
English | 2008 | pages: 400 | ISBN: 009953973X | EPUB | 0,3 mb
A unique book on Britain’s royal families by this well established popular historian.