Tag: British

Free Download Derek Ryan, "Bloomsbury, Beasts and British Modernist Literature"
English | ISBN: 1009182978 | 2022 | 280 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Bloomsbury, Beasts and British Modernist Literature reveals how the Bloomsbury group’s fascination with beasts – from pests to pets, tiny insects to big game – became an integral part of their critique of modernity and conceptualisation of more-than-human worlds. Through a series of close readings, it argues that for Leonard Woolf, David Garnett, Virginia Woolf and E. M. Forster, profound shifts in interspecies relations were intimately connected to questions of imperialism, race, gender, sexuality and technology. Whether in their hunting narratives, zoo fictions, canine biographies or (un)entomological aesthetics, these writers repeatedly test the boundaries between, and imagine transformations of the human and nonhuman by insisting that we attend to the material contexts in which they meet. In demonstrating this, the book enriches our understanding of British modernism while intervening in debates on the cultural significance of animality from the turn of the twentieth century to the Second World War.

Free Download Richard Price, "An Imperial War and the British Working Class"
English | ISBN: 0415848318 | 2014 | 296 pages | PDF | 11 MB
First published in 2006. This study looks at a time when Victorian Britain was a time for self-doubt. There was an increasing fear that the ‘place in the sun’ that had so long been hers was being shadowed by the rising powers of Germany and the United States of America. Doubts arouse about her economic strength, her military prowess, even the viability of the two-party system. The South African War of 1899-1902 served for a time as the focus for all the fears that many Britons had about their country’s future. The patriotism it engendered was exaggerated by the early military failures to resolve the problem of the troublesome Boers. The focus of the text is on working-class attitudes and reactions to the Boer War 1899-1902.

Free Download Precarious Domesticity and the British Novel: Space, Gender, and Empire
by Henna Messina
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1666903078 | 205 Pages | PDF | 2.17 MB

Free Download C. Chambers, "British Muslim Fictions: Interviews with Contemporary Writers"
English | ISBN: 0230252338 | 2011 | 361 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Through interviews with leading writers (including Ahdaf Soueif and Hanif Kureishi), this book analyzes the writing and opinions of novelists of Muslim heritage based in the UK. Discussion centres on writers’ work, literary techniques, and influences, and on their views of such issues as the hijab, the war on terror and the Rushdie Affair.

Free Download Celestial Aspirations: Classical Impulses in British Poetry and Art (E. H. Gombrich Lecture Series) by Philip Hardie
English | March 1, 2022 | ISBN: 0691197865 | 400 pages | MOBI | 65 Mb
A unique look at how classical notions of ascent and flight preoccupied early modern British writers and artists

Free Download L. Steffen, "Defining a British State: Treason and National Identity, 1608-1820"
English | 2001 | pages: 256 | ISBN: 0333920341, 134942448X | PDF | 0,9 mb
Explores the formation of the British state and national identity from 1603-1820 by examining the definitions of sovereignty and allegiance presented in treason trials. The king’s person remained central to national identity and the state until republican challenges forced prosecutors in treason trials to innovate and redefine sovereign authority.

Free Download Great British Food Revival: The Revolution Continues by Blanche Vaughan
English | November 1, 2011 | ISBN: 0297867644 | 224 pages | MOBI | 12 Mb
Great British Food Revival is back to champion more of Britain’s unique produce and delicious ingredients. Essential varieties and breeds that have been here for centuries are in danger of disappearing, forever. Under threat from tasteless foreign invaders, market forces, and food fashion, produce that has been part of our national food heritage could die out within a generation. So together,16 of our most celebrated and talented chefs have created delicious recipes to bring our native breeds and varieties back from the brink. Using only the best of ingredients, this collection of recipes will inspire home cooks to buy British and support our unique food heritage. Includes metric measures.

Free Download Carl Franklin – British Army Uniforms from 1751 to 1783: Including the Seven Years’ War and the American War of Independence
Pen & Sword | 2012 | ISBN: 1848846908 | English | 392 pages | PDF | 210.75 MB
Based on contemporary records and paintings, this book identifies each cavalry and infantry regiment and illustrates changes in uniforms, their facing colors and the nature and shape of lace worn by officers, NCOs and private soldiers from 1751 to 1783. Regiments that served in the American War of Independence are noted and the book includes more than 200 full-color plates of uniforms and distinctions. Divided into four sections, it not only details the cavalry and infantry uniforms of the period but also the tartans of the Highland regiments, some of which were short-lived, and the distinction of the Guards’ regiments.

Free Download Chris Foster, Peter Doyle – British Army Cap Badges of the First World War
Shire Publications | 2013 | ISBN: 0747807973 | English | 132 pages | PDF | 77.97 MB
For the British army, the cap badge is the most easily identifiable form of insignia. It represents a distillation of the pride of the regiment, its various battle honours and symbols borne proudly on the metallic emblem that was worn on all head dress, even within the trenches. Identification of the cap badge on old photographs is the first, important step in unravelling the military service of an individual. Cap badge collecting is as popular now as it has ever been; yet with a growing number of fakes and forgeries, there is a need for a book that illustrates clearly the main types, and allows the collector and family historian alike to understand their meaning.

Free Download Michael Shattock, "The Governance of British Higher Education: The Impact of Governmental, Financial and Market Pressures "
English | ISBN: 1350074020 | 2019 | 224 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Forms of institutional governance critically shape the culture, creativity and academic outcomes of higher education. The book provides a new, updated and research based account of the changing face of the governance of British higher education. Historically, British universities were deemed amongst the most, if not the most, autonomous in Europe, with governance rooted in their collegial disciplinary structures. This assessment must now be decisively revised, although the belief systems deriving from it remain buried deep in university culture.