The first major account of this transformative period in the history of Great BritainBetween 1990 and 2020, the United Kingdom experienced tension between unparalleled social change and a pragmatic political culture which sought continuity, compromise and gradualism. Thatcher’s legacy was slowly digested, Blair’s ‘New Labour’ thoroughly scrutinized and the decision was made after forty-seven years to leave the European Union. The UK’s long-established major institu...

In this, the first of two self-standing volumes bringing The New Oxford History of England up to the present, Brian Harrison begins in 1951 with much of the empire intact and with Britain enjoying high prestige in Europe. The United Kingdom could still then claim to be a great power, whose welfare state exemplified compromise between Soviet planning and the USA’s free market. When the volume ends in 1970, no such claims carried conviction. The empire had gone, central planning was...

The British feminist movement has often been studied, but so far nobody has written about its opponents. Dr Harrison argues that British feminism cannot be understood without appreciating the strength and even the contemporary plausibility of ‘the Antis’, as the opponents of women’s suffrage were called.In a fully documented approach which combines political with social history, he unravels the complex politics, medical, diplomatic and social components of the anti-suffrage mind, a...

In desperate need of money for his newly opened mental asylum, Dr. Cylus Pine begins work with a producer of a reality show to use his facility for the basis of a brand new show that airs for 24 hours. When things go horribly wrong, Dr. Pine begins to wonder if its scripted or not.

When billionaire philanthropist Sam Montgomery announces that he will not seek a bone marrow transplant from his estranged sister, journalist Leni Diamante sits down and soon discovers there is more than priceless artifacts within his personal impenetrable vault. What lies inside may be what saves or ends Sam's life; it all depends on if Sam can accept his past or not in time.

Architect Paul Dial creates his most famous building in Ava, Missouri. Its the first building his brother didn't help him with and its the building Paul murders a woman in. He is sent to Dr. Cylus Pine's facility moments after the end of PROGENY for a very specific reason. While there, he begins to unravel all the work Maguire, Elissa, Lester, Charlie have made. And in doing so, reveals a secret connection with one of them. What is Dr. Pine hiding about his facility that Paul Dial knows? W...

Sam's struggles with customers nearly daily who scam, threaten, are mentally unstable, drunk, illiterate and simply stinky, as well as employee's harassment and unprofessionalism. Primetime also gives an insider's view of aspects of the grocery business that shoppers do not know, realize or may appreciate. Even his love life are victims of the shooting and Sam must come to terms with previous relationships.Just like working in retail, the novel is at times funny, heart-warming, rom...

Dr. Cylus Pine, an experimental psychologist takes in serial criminals to rehabilitate through group therapy.Remus enters Dr. Pines facility after exacting revenge of his abusive father. He begins his therapy with a serial killer, a mother, a bomber, and rape victim. Through the course of their therapy they discover the true effects of their crimes.The cause though is up to their interpretation of their own truth.

Brian Harrison never wanted to be a famous writer, and so far, he’s succeeded. Brian retired in 2018 and was living free and easy when a life altering event occurred. His wife handed him the dreaded honey-do-list. It was a comprehensive list of things he didn’t want to do. This book is his excuse for not doing them. Harrison’s stories fit into the tradition of quirky, humorous, and reflective stories, blending everyday anecdotes with satirical, sometimes whimsical elements. His stories are...

The significance of Hubert Henry Harrison (1883–1927)—as a journalist, activist, and educator—lies in his innovation of radical solutions to radical injustices. He witnessed staggering luxury for the few alongside crushing poverty for the many. White mob violence continually haunted Black communities, while imperial conquest and world wars wrought wanton destruction upon entire nations of people. These conditions sparked a global political awakening to which Harrison gave voice as a leadin...

The essays in this volume, taken together, span the era of British history from 1780 to the present that has engrossed the attention of Brian Harrison in a career of more than fifty years. In keeping with his diverse interests, they vary widely in subject matter. Yet each contributes, in some fashion, to an appreciation of the complexities of reform in modern Britain. Throughout his career Harrison has demonstrated an unwavering interest in social movements and pressure groups. He has anal...

From Antiquity to Ethnography: Keith Thomas, Brian Harrison and Peter Burke is the first time a collection of these interviews is being published as a book. They have been conducted by one of England’s leading social anthropologists and historians, Professor Alan Macfarlane.Filmed over a period of several years, the three conversations in this volume are part of the series Creative Lives and Works. These transcriptions form a part a larger set of interviews that cut across...