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  • Sliding Scales

    The Uncertain History of Modern Democracy

    by John Elsom ...
    What does democracy really mean, and how secure is it in the modern world?In Sliding Scales: The Uncertain History of Modern Democracy, John Elsom offers a wide-ranging and deeply considered exploration of democracy's evolving story. Beginning with its ancient Greek origins and moving through British constitutional history, empire, the post-war world, the rise of global institutions, Brexit, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • State of Paralysis

    A Cultural History of Brexit

    by John Elsom ...
    We have not been driven into Brexit at the point of a gun or out of economic necessity, but purely for cultural reasons. State of Paralysis explores the climate of opinion in Britain that has led to more than seventy years of indecision about our relationship with our continental neighbours and our role on the world's stage. The post-war years saw many dramatic changes: the arrival of weapons of ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Cold War Theatre (Routledge Revivals)

    by John Elsom ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Cold War Theatre, first published in 1992, provides an account of the theatrical history within the context of East/West politics. Its geographical span ranges from beyond the Urals to the Pacific Coast of the US, and asks whether the Cold War confrontation was not in part due to the cultural climate of Europe.Taking the McCarthy era as its starting point, this readable history considers the ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Post-War British Theatre (Routledge Revivals)

    by John Elsom ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Since the Second World War, we have witnessed exciting, often confusing developments in the British theatre. This book, first published in 1976, presents an enlightening, objective history of the many facets of post-war British theatre and a fresh interpretation of theatre itself.The remarkable and profound changes which have taken place during this period range from the style and content of plays ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Post-War British Theatre Criticism (Routledge Revivals)

    by John Elsom ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This book, first published in 1981, sets out the critical reaction to some fifty key post-war productions of the British theatre, as gauged primarily through the contemporary reviews of theatre critics. The plays chosen are each, in their different ways, important in their contribution to the development of the British theatre, covering the period from immediately after the Second World War, when ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Is Shakespeare Still Our Contemporary?

    by John Elsom ...
    This book is an account of a public seminar held in honour of Jan Kott's influential study, Shakespeare Our Contemporary. Attracting international contributors, the seminar focused on the relevance of her study for Shakespearian theatre today. ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

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    The Path from Suez to Brexit

    by Philip Stephens ...
    NEW AND UPDATED EDITIONA magisterial and profoundly perceptive survey of Britain's post-war role on the global stage, from Suez to Brexit.'The fullest long-run political and diplomatic narrative yet of Britain's fateful, tragi-comic road to Brexit.'DAVID KYNASTON'An instant classic . . . Stephens is a master of historical codebreaking.'PETER HENNESSEYAward-winning Financial Times journ... ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

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  • Letters To My Grandchildren

    by Tony Benn ...
    As a diarist I have chronicled the time through which I have lived in meticulous detail: but all that is history. What matters now is the future for those who will live through it.The past is the past but there may be lessons to be learned which could help the next generation to avoid mistakes their parents and grandparents made.Certainly at my age I have learned an enormous amount from the study ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

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  • The Extreme Centre

    A Second Warning

    by Tariq Ali ...
    Against the centre groundSince 1989, politics has been a contest to see who can best serve the needs of the market. In this urgent and wideranging case for the prosecution, Tariq Ali looks at the people and events that have informed this development across the world. It is an investigation that reaches its logical conclusion with the presidency of Donald Trump, the success of En Marche! in France, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Populism

    Before and After the Pandemic

    by Michael Burleigh ...
    Drawing on his Engelsberg Lectures, Michael Burleigh explores the new global era of national populism. He first probes the nature of mass anger in the West: how might popular discontent be artificially incited and sustained by elite figures claiming to speak for the common people? He then compares empire's difficult aftermaths in Britain and Russia: how does History foster a sense of ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Counterpower

    Making Change Happen

    by Tim Gee ...
    This timely book argues that no major movement has ever been successful without counterpower, or the power that the "have-nots" can use to remove the power of the "haves."Investigating the history and tactics of major movements of the past and today's global justice and human rights movements, Tim Gee demonstrates what works and what doesn't work. In showing how counterpower can be strategically ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Au Revoir Britannia

    by Sylvie Bermann ...
    Translated by Colin McIntosh ...
    From her unique perspective as former French ambassador to the UK, Sylvie Bermann examines the mistruths told by politicians surrounding the fateful 2016 Brexit referendum. Au Revoir Britannia asks the question 'How did this happen?' and exposes what she sees as the 'unrepenting' and 'inveterate' lies of the now pm, Boris Johnson. This first English edition includes a new preface exploring the ... Read more

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