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  • British Culture

    An Introduction

    by David P. Christopher ...
    This third edition of British Culture is the complete introduction to culture and the arts in Britain today. Extensively illustrated and offering a wider range of topics than ever before, David P. Christopher identifies and analyses key areas in language, literature, film, TV, social media, popular music, sport and other fields, setting each one in a clear, historical context.British Culture ... Read more

    $78.99 USD

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  • Elizabethans

    A History of How Modern Britain Was Forged

    by Andrew Marr ...
    The Sunday Times bestseller THE STORY OF BRITAIN during the long reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Find out how Britain changed in this entrancing, lively portrait of Britain’s Elizabethan Age by bestselling writer and broadcaster Andrew MarrBritain changed fundamentally during the Queen’s long, distinguished reign. So who made modern Britain the country it is today? How do we sum up the kind of people ... Read more

    Was $24.99 USD Now $13.99 USD

  • The Game of Our Lives

    The English Premier League and the Making of Modern Britain

    by David Goldblatt ...
    The Game of Our Lives is a masterly portrait of soccer and contemporary Britain. Soccer in the United Kingdom has evolved from a jaded, working-class tradition to a sport at the heart of popular culture, from an economic mess to a booming entertainment industry that has conquered the world. The changes in the game, David Goldblatt shows, uncannily mirror the evolution of British society.In the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Documentary Handbook

    by Peter Lee-Wright ...
    Series series Media Practice
    'The Documentary Handbook is mandatory reading for those who want a critical understanding of the place of factual formats in today’s exploding television and media industry, as well as expert guidance in complex craft skills in order to fully participate. The practical advice and wisdom here is second to none.' – Tony Steyger, Principal Lecturer, Southampton Solent University, UKThe Documentary ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Playing on the Periphery

    Sport, Identity and Memory

    by Tara Brabazon ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society
    Part of the Sport in the Global Society series, this innovative and creative text explores collective history, memory, and sport culture, tracking the passage of sports away from England. The author investigates why ‘elite’ English sports – such as rugby and cricket – became national sports in New Zealand and Australia, and asks why ‘working class’ English sports – such as football – have ... Read more

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  • Everything, All the Time, Everywhere

    How We Became Postmodern

    by Stuart Jeffries ...
    A radical new history of a dangerous ideaPost-Modernity is the creative destruction that has shattered our present times into fragments. It dynamited modernism which had dominated the western world for most of the 20th century. Post-modernism stood for everything modernism rejected: fun, exuberance, irresponsibility. But beneath its glitzy surface, post-modernism had a dirty secret: it was the fig ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Reading the Everyday

    by Joe Moran ...
    In an ever-growing field of study, this is a major contribution to one of the key areas in cultural studies and cultural theory – the spaces, practices and mythologies of our everyday culture.Drawing on the work of such continental theorists as Henri Lefebvre, Michel de Certeau, Marc Augé and Siegfried Kracauer, Joe Moran explores the concrete sites and routines of everyday life and how they are ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Welsh (Plural)

    Essays on the Future of Wales

    Edited by Darren Chetty, Grug Muse, Hanan Issa, Lestyn Tyne ...
    Some of the most exciting writers in and from Wales consider the future of Wales and the UK and their place in it.What does it mean to imagine Wales and ‘The Welsh’ as something both distinct and inclusive? In Welsh (Plural), some of the foremost Welsh writers consider the future of Wales and their place in it.For many people, Wales brings to mind the same old collection of images – if it’s not ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Manchester United

    A Thematic Study

    Edited by David L. Andrews ...
    Despite myriad popular and journalistic expositions, up to this point there have been virtually no academic discussions of the Manchester United phenomenon. This anthology represents the first concerted academic examination of Manchester United F.C. in its current guise as a widely followed and highly emblematic sporting institution. Bringing together respected academics from an array of ... Read more

    $101.99 USD

  • Pulling Newspapers Apart

    Analysing Print Journalism

    Edited by Bob Franklin ...
    Pulling Newspapers Apart: Analysing Print Journalism explores contemporary UK national and local newspapers at a significant and pivotal moment in their development when some pundits are busily, if mistakenly, announcing their demise.The book offers a detailed examination of features which previous studies have tended to neglect, such as editorial formats (News, Op Ed pages, readers’ letters, ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Life On Air

    A History of Radio Four

    by David Hendy ...
    Radio Four has been described as 'the greatest broadcasting channel in the world', the 'heartbeat of the BBC', a cultural icon of Britishness, and the voice of Middle England. Defined by its rich mix, encompassing everything from journalism and drama to comedy, quizzes, and short-stories, its programmes - such as Today,The Archers, Woman's Hour, The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy, Gardeners' ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • 1997

    The Future that Never Happened

    by Richard Power Sayeed ...
    'Beautifully written, brilliantly insightful'Owen JonesTony Blair and Noel Gallagher shaking hands at No. 10. Saatchi's YBAs setting the international art world aflame. Geri Halliwell in a Union Jack dress. A time of vibrancy and optimism: when the country was united by the hope of a better and brighter future. So why, twenty years on, did that future never happen?Richard Power Sayeed takes a ... Read more

    $13.99 USD