History of the Union Jack and Flags of the Empire
Author: Barlow Cumberland
Publisher:
Published: 1909
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13:
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History of the Union Jack and Flags of the Empire
Author: Barlow Cumberland
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2018-09-21
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 3734040884
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReproduction of the original: History of the Union Jack and Flags of the Empire by Barlow Cumberland
The People's Flag and the Union Jack
Author: Gerry Hassan
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Published: 2019-05-07
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 178590387X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe British Labour Party has at times been a force for radical change in the UK, but one critical aspect of its makeup has been consistently misunderstood and underplayed: its Britishness. Throughout the party's history, its Britishness has been an integral part of how it has done politics, acted in government and opposition, and understood the UK and its nations and regions. The People's Flag and the Union Jack is the first comprehensive account of how Labour has tried to understand Britain and Britishness and to compete in a political landscape defined by conservative notions of nation, patriotism and tradition. At a time when many of the party faithful regard national identity as a toxic subject, academics Gerry Hassan and Eric Shaw argue that Labour's Britishness and its ambiguous relationship with issues of nationalism matter more today than ever before, and will continue to matter for the foreseeable future, when the UK is in fundamental crisis. As debate rages about Brexit, and the prospect of Scottish independence remains live, this timely intervention, featuring contributions from a wealth of pioneering thinkers, offers an illuminating and perceptive insight into Labour's past, present and future.
The Union Jack
Author: Nick Groom
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 2012-05-22
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0857899317
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKnown the world over as a symbol of the United Kingdom, the Union Jack is an intricate construction based on the crosses of St, George, St, Andrew and St, Patrick. Nick Groom traces its long and fascinating past, from the development of the Royal Standard and 17th-century clashes over the precise balance of the English and Scottish elements of the first Union Jack to the modern controversies over the flag as a symbol of empire and its exploitation by ultra-rightwing political groups.
The True Flag
Author: Stephen Kinzer
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2017-01-24
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 1627792171
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe public debate over American interventionism at the dawn of the 20th century is vividly brought to life in this “engaging, well-focused history” (Kirkus, starred review).
British Flags & Emblems
Author: Graham Bartram
Publisher: John Donald
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis thorough guide to British national flags explains both the history and protocol involved for each. Also covered are the Royal Arms and Royal Standards, military flags and colors, flags at sea, and Britain''s rank insignia.
Empire of Illusion
Author: Chris Hedges
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Published: 2009-07-28
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0307398587
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPulitzer prize–winner Chris Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate society that craves fantasy, ecstasy and illusion. Chris Hedges argues that we now live in two societies: One, the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world, that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other, a growing majority, is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. In this “other society,” serious film and theatre, as well as newspapers and books, are being pushed to the margins. In the tradition of Christopher Lasch’s The Culture of Narcissism and Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death, Hedges navigates this culture — attending WWF contests as well as Ivy League graduation ceremonies — exposing an age of terrifying decline and heightened self-delusion.
Dangerous Economies
Author: Serena Zabin
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2011-08-31
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 0812220579
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis history of New York culture and commerce in the first two thirds of the eighteenth century tells how the volatile forces of imperial politics and commerce created a fluid society in which establishing one's own status or verifying another's was a challenge.
The Story of the Union Jack
Author: Barlow Cumberland
Publisher:
Published: 1897
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEmpire of Cotton
Author: Sven Beckert
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2015-11-10
Total Pages: 642
ISBN-13: 0375713964
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE • A Pulitzer Prize finalist that's as unsettling as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the story of cotton with how the present global world came to exist. “Masterly … An astonishing achievement.” —The New York Times The empire of cotton was, from the beginning, a fulcrum of constant global struggle between slaves and planters, merchants and statesmen, workers and factory owners. Sven Beckert makes clear how these forces ushered in the world of modern capitalism, including the vast wealth and disturbing inequalities that are with us today. In a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful politicians recast the world’s most significant manufacturing industry, combining imperial expansion and slave labor with new machines and wage workers to make and remake global capitalism.
