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  • Imagining Socialism

    Aesthetics, Anti-politics, and Literature in Britain, 1817-1918

    by Mark A. Allison ...
    "Socialism" names a form of collective life that has never been fully realized; consequently, it is best understood as a goal to be imagined. So this study argues, and thereby uncovers an aesthetic impulse that animates some of the most consequential socialist writing, thought, and practice of the long nineteenth century. Imagining Socialism explores this tradition of radical activism, ... Read more

    $82.79 USD

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  • In Defence of History

    by Richard J. Evans ...
    "A lucid, muscular, and often sly reflection" on the worth and purpose of historical scholarship by the award-winning author of The Third Reich Trilogy ( Kirkus).In this volume, the renowned historian Richard J. Evans offers a fervent and deeply insightful defense of his craft and its importance to civilization. At a time when fact and historical truth are under unprecedented assault, Evans shows ... Read more

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  • Poverty and Compassion

    The Moral Imagination of the Late Victorians

    by Gertrude Himmelfarb ...
    In a provocative study that bristles with contemporary relevance, Himmelfarb demonstrates that the material and moral dimensions of poverty were inseparable in the minds of late Victorians, be they radical or conservative. ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Modernism

    Edited by Michael Levenson ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    This Companion has long been a standard introduction to the field. This second edition is updated and enhanced with four new chapters, addressing the key themes being researched, taught and studied in modernism. Its interdisciplinary approach is central to its success as it brings together readings of the many varieties of modernism. Chapters address the major literary genres, the intellectual, ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • The Pursuit of History

    Aims, Methods and New Directions in the Study of History

    by John Tosh ...
    This classic introduction to the study of history invites the reader to stand back and consider some of its most fundamental questions – what is the point of studying history? How do we know about the past? Does an objective historical truth exist and can we ever access it?In answering these central questions, John Tosh argues that, despite the impression of fragmentation created by Postmodernism ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • On Looking Into the Abyss

    Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society

    by Gertrude Himmelfarb ...
    In these provocative essays, one of our most distinguished historians looks into the abyss of the present. Himmelfarb exposes the intellectual and spiritual impoverishment of some of our most fashionable current ideas--and shows how the vogue for historical structuralism has made it possible to trivialize the tragedy of the Holocaust. ... Read more

    Was $7.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

  • The Moral Economists

    R. H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, E. P. Thompson, and the Critique of Capitalism

    by Tim Rogan ...
    A fresh look at how three important twentieth-century British thinkers viewed capitalism through a moral rather than material lensWhat’s wrong with capitalism? Answers to that question today focus on material inequality. Led by economists and conducted in utilitarian terms, the critique of capitalism in the twenty-first century is primarily concerned with disparities in income and wealth. It was ... Read more

    $45.39 USD

  • Dystopia

    A Natural History

    by Gregory Claeys ...
    Dystopia: A Natural History is the first monograph devoted to the concept of dystopia. Taking the term to encompass both a literary tradition of satirical works, mostly on totalitarianism, as well as real despotisms and societies in a state of disastrous collapse, this volume redefines the central concepts and the chronology of the genre and offers a paradigm-shifting understanding of the subject. ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • After the Victorians

    Private Conscience and Public Duty in Modern Britain

    Edited by Peter Mandler, Susan Pedersen ...
    Written by a team of eminent historians, these essays explore how ten twentieth-century intellectuals and social reformers sought to adapt such familiar Victorian values as `civilisation', `domesticity', `conscience' and `improvement' to modern conditions of democracy, feminism and mass culture. Covering such figures as J.M. Keynes, E.M. Forster and Lord Reith of the BBC, these interdisciplinary ... Read more

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  • The Making of British Socialism

    by Mark Bevir ...
    A compelling look at the origins of British socialismThe Making of British Socialism provides a new interpretation of the emergence of British socialism in the late nineteenth century, demonstrating that it was not a working-class movement demanding state action, but a creative campaign of political hope promoting social justice, personal transformation, and radical democracy. Mark Bevir shows ... Read more

    $51.89 USD

  • Historiography: An Introductory Guide

    by Dr Eileen Ka-May Cheng ...
    "What is historiography?" asked the American historian Carl Becker in 1938. Professional historians continue to argue over the meaning of the term. This book challenges the view of historiography as an esoteric subject by presenting an accessible and concise overview of the history of historical writing from the Renaissance to the present. Historiography plays an integral role in aiding ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The Historical Imagination of G.K. Chesterton

    Locality, Patriotism, and Nationalism

    by Joseph R. McCleary ...
    Series series Studies in Major Literary Authors
    This study examines a selection of Chesterton’s novels, poetry, and literary criticism and outlines the distinctive philosophy of history that emerges from these writings. Looking at Chesteron's relationship with and influence upon authors including William Cobbett, Sir Walter Scott, Belloc, Shaw, H.G. Wells, Christopher Dawson, Evelyn Waugh, and Marshall McLuhan, McCleary contends that Chesterton ... Read more

    $70.99 USD