Dearest Jean: Rose Macaulay's Letters to a Cousin
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These candid letters from Rose Macaulay to her first cousin Jean Smith are previously unknown....
Lonnie Donegan and the Birth of British Rock & Roll
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This timely book, the work of deep research and dedication, is the story of the man who arguably...
Louise Thompson Patterson: A Life of Struggle for Justice
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Born in 1901, Louise Thompson Patterson was a leading and transformative figure in radical African...
Martha Raye: Film and Television Clown
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As a child on stage, Martha Raye (1916-1994) proudly embraced the role of the clown, her gift for...
Flying to the Sun: A History of Britain's Holiday Airlines
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The end of the Second World War not only brought peace to a war-weary population but also delivered...
Broadcasting Modernity: Cuban Commercial Television, 1950-1960
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The birth and development of commercial television in Cuba in the 1950s occurred alongside political...
Have Boots Will Travel: Football's Happy Wanderer Frank Large
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Frank Large was deemed a legend by many different sets of fans in the 1960s and 1970s. Famed for his...
In the Company of Evil thirty Years of California Crime, 1950-1980
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California's picturesque shores have always been a magnet for outcasts and criminals. Read about 64...
Jack Benny and the Golden Age of American Radio Comedy
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The king of radio comedy from the Great Depression through the early 1950s, Jack Benny was one of...
The Ministry of Nostalgia: Consuming Austerity
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In this brilliant polemical rampage, Owen Hatherley shows how our past is being resold in order to...