From Jack Tar to Union Jack

From Jack Tar to Union JackIn this pioneering study, Conley examines the intersection between empire, navy, and manhood in British society from 1870 to 1918. Jack Tar to Union Jack is indispensable reading as it reminds us of the navys long standing influence upon British domestic and imperial culture.

historic cinemas and film venues around the city

Historical Comedy on Screen examines this tendency paying particular attention to the themes most difficult to laugh at and exploring the place where comical and historical storytelling intersect

the thorny issues with which contemporaries grappled and the claims that were and were not made about freedom of expression

for the just acknowledgement of her rights

Featuring interviews with culture makers

including those in uniform

His filmography is short and uneven

gender and occupational profiles of people who used private and commercial aircraft and looks at how flying in the period was and is romanticised and caricatured

criticism and gender studies

contrary to many assumptions

art that references literature through a series of object-focused chapters on post-1960 artworks

from municipal reform to class formation to the expansion of public health and policing