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  • Histories on Screen

    The Past and Present in Anglo-American Cinema and Television

    Edited by Dr Sam Edwards, Dr Michael Dolski, Dr Faye Sayer ...
    What can historical films and period television tell us about history? How reliable are these sources? How, as historians, should we 'read' a film? This second edition of Histories on Screen gets to the heart of these questions and more in a comprehensive volume which greatly enhances our understanding of the relationship between film/television and history.The book begins with a theoretical ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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  • D-Day in History and Memory

    The Normandy Landings in International Remembrance and Commemoration

    Edited by Michael Dolski, Sam Edwards, John Buckley ...
    Over the past sixty-five years, the Allied invasion of Northwestern France in June 1944, known as D-Day, has come to stand as something more than a major battle. The assault itself formed a vital component of Allied victory in the Second World War. D-Day developed into a sign and symbol; as a word it carries with it a series of ideas and associations that have come to symbolize different things to ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Presidents and Place

    America's Favorite Sons

    by Thomas Cobb, Ilias Ben Mna, D. Jason Berggren, Sam Edwards, Elizabeth Rees, Olga Maria May Akroyd, Wesley R. Bishop, Scott E. Buchanan, Frederick David Gordon0, Keith J. Muchowski1, Laura Álvarez Trigo2, Giuliano Santangeli Valenzani3, Lisa Payne Ossian4, Jeff Smith5 ...
    Presidents and Place: America's Favorite Sons highlights the interrelationship between America's leading political icons and various facets of space and place, including places of birth and death as well as regional allegiances, among others. The chapters examine the legacy of relationships between presidents and place in a variety of social and cultural forms, ranging from famous political ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Histories on Screen

    The Past and Present in Anglo-American Cinema and Television

    Edited by Dr Sam Edwards, Dr Faye Sayer, Dr Michael Dolski ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Research Skills for History
    How, as historians, should we 'read' a film? Histories on Screen answers this and other questions in a crucial volume for any history student keen to master source use.The book begins with a theoretical 'Thinking about Film' section that explores the ways in which films can be analyzed and interrogated as either primary sources, secondary sources or indeed as both. The much larger 'Using Film' ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Legacy of Thomas Paine in the Transatlantic World

    Edited by Sam Edwards, Marcus Morris ...
    As early as 1892, Moncure Conway, the author of the first scholarly Paine biography, noted that whilst Paine’s life up to 1809 was certainly fascinating, his subsequent life – that is, his afterlife – was even more thrilling. Vilified by Theodore Roosevelt as a "filthy little atheist," yet employed by Ronald Reagan in his campaign to make America "great again," Paine’s words and ideas have been ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Allies in Memory

    World War II and the Politics ofTransatlantic Commemoration, c.1941–2001

    by Sam Edwards ...
    Series Book 41 - Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
    Amidst the ruins of postwar Europe, and just as the Cold War dawned, many new memorials were dedicated to those Americans who had fought and fallen for freedom. Some of these monuments, plaques, stained-glass windows and other commemorative signposts were established by agents of the US government, partly in the service of transatlantic diplomacy; some were built by American veterans' groups ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • A Hymn, O God, of Praises Free

    by Edward "Sam" E. Justice ...
    This book is a collection of mainly poetry, but two sermons and a few short stories are interspersed throughout. Most of the work is based on life's real experience. Some of the poetry is written to fit music in public domain. Many of them are exciting as they focus on the Lord's Supper. Others are also based on music, but I do not know their copyright status. The works is to honor Christ and the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • History Beyond the Text

    A Student’s Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources

    Edited by Sarah Barber, Corinna Peniston-Bird ...
    Series series Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources
    Historians are increasingly looking beyond the traditional, and turning to visual, oral, aural, and virtual sources to inform their work. The challenges these sources pose require new skills of interpretation and require historians to consider alternative theoretical and practical approaches.In order to help historians successfully move beyond traditional text, Sarah Barber and Corinna Peniston ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Children's Literature

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Kimberley Reynolds ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Children's literature takes many forms - works adapted for children in antiquity, picture books and pop-ups - and now includes the latest online games and eBooks. This vast and amorphous subject is both intimately related to other areas of literary and cultural investigation but also has its own set of concerns, issues and challenges. From familiar authors including Beatrix Potter and Roald Dahl, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Tragedy of Great Power Politics

    by John J. Mearsheimer ...
    "A superb book....Mearsheimer has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the behavior of great powers."—The National Interest, Barry R. PosenA decade after the cold war ended, policy makers and academics foresaw a new era of peace and prosperity, an era in which democracy and open trade would herald the "end of history." The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, sadly shattered ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Triumph of Narrative: Storytelling in the Age of Mass Culture

    by Robert Fulford ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    Narrative has been central to human life for millennia, and the twentieth century has been preeminently the age of the story. Mass culture and mass leisure have enabled us to spend far more time absorbing stories, real and imaginary, than any of our ancestors. Whether or not this has been to our benefit is one of the questions raised by journalist and 1999 CBC Massey lecturer Robert Fulford. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The First World War:A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael Howard ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    By the time the First World War ended in 1918, eight million people had died in what had been perhaps the most apocalyptic episode the world had known. This Very Short Introduction provides a concise and insightful history of the 'Great War', focusing on why it happened, how it was fought, and why it had the consequences it did.It examines the state of Europe in 1914 and the outbreak of war; the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD