Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).
Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).

Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons

Publisher:

Published: 1955

Total Pages: 1346

ISBN-13:

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Contains the 4th session of the 28th Parliament through the session of the Parliament.

Reporting the Second World War
Reporting the Second World War

Author: Tim Luckhurst

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2023-01-12

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1350149519

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The decisive role of Britain's wartime newspaper journalism in shaping public opinion and government policy has been majorly overlooked. Much of the existing historiography has framed Britain's newspapers as mouthpieces of state propaganda, readily conforming to the wishes of the wartime coalition. Tim Luckhurst challenges this through an analysis of illuminating and largely forgotten controversies which underscore the function the press held as guardians of democracy and propagators of dissenting opinion in British politics and society - from the overseas evacuation of children to the Allies' carpet bombing of German cities. Reporting the Second World War is a timely and important intervention that duly recognises the place of national, regional and specialist titles in speaking truth to power in a democracy at war.

Slavery, Diplomacy and Empire
Slavery, Diplomacy and Empire

Author: Keith Hamilton

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2013-03-04

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1836242123

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Throughout the nineteenth century, British governments engaged in a global campaign against the slave trade. They sought through coercion and diplomacy to suppress the trade on the high seas and in Africa and Asia. This collection of essays examines the role played by individuals and institutions in the diplomacy of suppression.

Oscar Wilde on Trial
Oscar Wilde on Trial

Author: Joseph Bristow

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2022-10-11

Total Pages: 670

ISBN-13: 0300268432

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The most authoritative account of a pivotal event in legal and cultural history: the trials of Oscar Wilde on charges of “gross indecency” Among the most infamous prosecutions of a literary figure in history, the two trials of Oscar Wilde for committing acts of “gross indecency” occurred at the height of his fame. After being found guilty, Wilde spent two years in prison, emerged bankrupt, and died in a cheap hotel room in Paris a few years after his release. The trials prompted a new intolerance toward homosexuality: habits of male bonding that were previously seen as innocent were now viewed as a threat, and an association grew in the public mind between gay men and the arts. Oscar Wilde on Trial assembles accounts from a variety of sources, including official and private letters, newspaper accounts, and previously published (but very incomplete) transcripts, to provide the most accurate and authoritative account to date of events that were pivotal in both legal and cultural history.

The Parsis of India
The Parsis of India

Author: Jesse S. Palsetia

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9789004121140

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"The Parsis of India" examines a much-neglected area of Asian Studies. In tracing keypoints in the development of the Parsi community, it depicts the Parsis' history, and accounts for their ability to preserve, maintain and construct a distinct identity. For a great part the story is told in the colonial setting of Bombay city. Ample attention is given to the Parsis' evolution from an insular minority group to a modern community of pluralistic outlook. Filling the obvious lacunae in the literature on British "colonialism," Indian society and history, and, last but not least, "Zoroastrianism," this book broadens our knowledge of the interaction of colonialism and colonial groups, and elucidates the significant role of the Parsis in the commercial, educational, and civic milieu of Bombay colonial society.

The Parsis of India
The Parsis of India

Author: Jesse Palsetia

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-11-22

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9004491279

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The Parsis of India examines a much-neglected area of Asian Studies. In tracing keypoints in the development of the Parsi community, it depicts the Parsis’ history, and accounts for their ability to preserve, maintain and construct a distinct identity. For a great part the story is told in the colonial setting of Bombay city. Ample attention is given to the Parsis’ evolution from an insular minority group to a modern community of pluralistic outlook. Filling the obvious lacunae in the literature on British colonialism, Indian society and history, and, last but not least, Zoroastrianism, this book broadens our knowledge of the interaction of colonialism and colonial groups, and elucidates the significant role of the Parsis in the commercial, educational, and civic milieu of Bombay colonial society.