Kenneth Clark: Looking for Civilisation
Chris Stephens and John-Paul Stonnard
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Art historian, collector, museum director and broadcaster, Kenneth Clark was one of the leading...
The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer, 1815-c.1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects
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Rather than the customary focus on the activities of individual collectors, The Emergence of the...
Understanding a Photograph
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John Berger's writings on photography are some of the most original of the twentieth century. This...
All Fired Up: Tales of a Country Fireman
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A unique and gloriously nostalgic account of one eventful year in the fire service for readers who...
An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo
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WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014. Published to coincide...
The Knights Errant of Anarchy: London and the Italian Anarchist Diaspora (1880-1917)
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The political diaspora played a major part in the history of the international anarchist movement:...
Beastly Journeys: Travel and Transformation at the Fin de Siecle
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Bats, beetles, wolves, butterflies, bulls, panthers, apes, leopards and spiders are among the...
Celestina and the Human Condition in Early Modern Spain and Italy
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Winner of the 2015 Publication Prize awarded by the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and...
The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry in English
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This impressive volume provides over 1,500 thoroughly revised and updated entries on modern poets...
The Sporting World of Lewis Carroll
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Charles Dodgson (or Lewis Carroll as he was usually known) lived through a period of rapid change....