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Book Eighteenth Century English Literature and Its Cultural Background

Download or read book Eighteenth Century English Literature and Its Cultural Background written by James Edward Tobin and published by Biblo & Tannen Publishers. This book was released on 1967 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Abortion in England 1900 1967

Download or read book Abortion in England 1900 1967 written by Barbara Brookes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the decades from 1900 to 1967 abortion was transformed from an important female-centred form of fertility control into a medical event, closely monitored by the State. This transition, the author argues here, took place against a background of debate over fertility control and its implications for women’s maternal role. The book, originally published in 1988, suggests that the inter-war years saw a crucial mapping of boundaries in the debates over abortion. The distinction between methods of fertility control used before and after conception was more sharply drawn. The abortion law was difficult to enforce and in 1936 the Abortion Law Reform Association was founded by feminists to call for safe legal abortion as a woman’s right. Resort to criminal abortion continued in the post-war years and the number of therapeutic abortions also began to increase. The medical profession’s attempt to create a distinction between worthy medical and spurious social reasons for fertility control gave way in the face of women’s demands for safe and effective means to plan when and if they would have children. After a hard-fought battle, the abortion law was reformed in 1967. The abortion decision, however, remained firmly in the hands of the medical profession.

Book The Railway Times

Download or read book The Railway Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nazis in Pre War London  1930 1939

Download or read book Nazis in Pre War London 1930 1939 written by James J Barnes and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2010-02-03 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once war broke out in September 1930 the Nazi Party newspaper, Völkischer Beobachter, sent its first representative to London. Soon afterwards, German residents in London established an Ortsgruppe, or local Nazi group, which provided Party members with a place to congregate and support the new movement. By 1933, more than 100 members belonged to the London group. The Nazis in pre-war London created a dilemma for the Foreign Office and the Home Office, who were divided as to how best to treat residents whose allegiance was to the German Reich. Some felt that all Nazi organizations should be banned, and Party Members should not be allowed to enter the UK. Others, including MI5, argued that it would be easier to keep track of Nazis if they were in-country. Previously unpublished German documents reveal the fate of German diplomats, journalists, and professionals, many of whom were interned in Britain or deported to Nazi Germany once war broke out on 3 September 1939. Nazis in Pre-War London is the first book to study the history of the Nazis in Britain. An Appendix lists the details concerning the nearly 400 German Party members, as well as Nazi journalists, who spent time in Britain prior to the war.

Book Richard Wagner and the English

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anne Dzamba Sessa
  • Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
  • Release : 1979
  • ISBN : 9780838620557
  • Pages : 206 pages

Download or read book Richard Wagner and the English written by Anne Dzamba Sessa and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wagner was more than a composer--he was a cultural phenomenon. The author seeks to explain this phenomenon. One claim is that Wagner's music dramas served to provide encouragement and inspiration to Victorians struggling with the problems of a changing and challenging era. Intellectual developments (including the theories of Charles Darwin and the impact of historical scholarship on Biblical studies) had struck a severe blow against religious orthodoxy. Thus, the English strove to retain their inherited or instinctive beliefs and at the same time to accept the conclusions of natural and social science. Frustrated by the academic arguments, many persons turned to less intellectual substitutes, including Wagnerism. Almost all of Wagner's plots involve some form of redemption and hunger for the infinite. The author also claims that Wagnerism drew on the Victorian need for social justice, and points out that just as many Wagnerians sought emancipation from confining materialist philosophies or simply delighted in sexual liberation.

Book Quarterly Bulletin

Download or read book Quarterly Bulletin written by Berkshire Athenaeum and Museum and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation

Download or read book The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation written by Peter France and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, written by a team of experts from many countries, provides a comprehensive account of the ways in which translation has brought the major literature of the world into English-speaking culture. Part I discusses theoretical issues and gives an overview of the history of translation into English. Part II, the bulk of the work, arranged by language of origin, offers critical discussions, with bibliographies, of the translation history of specific texts (e.g. the Koran, the Kalevala), authors (e.g. Lucretius, Dostoevsky), genres (e.g. Chinese poetry, twentieth-century Italian prose) and national literatures (e.g. Hungarian, Afrikaans).

Book The Statesman s Year Book

Download or read book The Statesman s Year Book written by M. Epstein and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 1517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Book Notice sur Ossian Bonnet

Download or read book Notice sur Ossian Bonnet written by Paul Appell and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Soviet Union and Terrorism

Download or read book The Soviet Union and Terrorism written by Roberta Goren and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-04-12 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Soviet Union and Terrorism (1984) examines the extent of Soviet involvement in international terrorism, and the aims and objectives of Soviet foreign policy. It looks at the evidence of changing Soviet attitudes to terrorism from 1917 to the 1980s evidenced in official and semi-official pronouncements, and it brings together evidence from the field of terrorist operations which points to a high degree of Soviet involvement. The Soviet Union is shown to be playing a dangerous game, sponsoring activities which it cannot hope to control, and leading to effects which it cannot predict. Nevertheless, it continues to play because it gains from the political and military disruption to the countries affected by terrorist activities.

Book Sir Max Beerbohm  Man and Writer

Download or read book Sir Max Beerbohm Man and Writer written by Jacobus Gerhardus Riewald and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ontario Library Review

Download or read book Ontario Library Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Official Record of the United States Department of Agriculture

Download or read book The Official Record of the United States Department of Agriculture written by United States. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Colonial Copyright

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael D. Birnhack
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2012-10-04
  • ISBN : 0199661138
  • Pages : 330 pages

Download or read book Colonial Copyright written by Michael D. Birnhack and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of colonial copyright is most often told from the perspective of the colonizers. Reversing the trend, this study of the early roots of copyright in the British Empire provides a sophisticated theoretical framework, contextualizing early copyright law as a form of globalization and examining its impact on colonial affairs and modern law.

Book Imperial Cities

    Book Details:
  • Author : Felix Driver
  • Publisher : Manchester University Press
  • Release : 2003-10-17
  • ISBN : 9780719064975
  • Pages : 306 pages

Download or read book Imperial Cities written by Felix Driver and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-17 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifteen essays in this book explore the influence of imperialism in a range of urban centres, including London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Marseilles, Glasgow and Seville. The first part on "imperial landscapes" is devoted to large-scale architectural schemes and monuments, including the Queen Victoria Memorial in London and the Vittoriano in Rome. In the second part, the focus is on imperial display throughout the city, from spectacular exhibitions and ceremonies, to more private displays of empire in suburban gardens. The final part considers the changing cultural and political identities in the imperial city, looking particularly at nationalism, masculinity and anti-imperialism.

Book London for Ever   the Sovereign City

Download or read book London for Ever the Sovereign City written by Robert James Blackham and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: