The First World War marks a crucial period in the history of the socialist wing of the British labour movement. This book is an account of the development of the political ideas and activities of some of the most influential British socialist thinkers of that time: Beatrice and Sidney Webb, R. H. Tawney and G. D. H. Cole. The first part of the book examines the state of the Labour movement and of socialist ideas on the eve of the conflict, then turns to the central question of the impact o...

Interdisciplinary collection of essays on fine art painting as it relates to the First World War and commemoration of the conflictAlthough photography and moving pictures achieved ubiquity during the First World War as technological means of recording history, the far more traditional medium of painting played a vital role in the visual culture of combatant nations. The public’s appetite for the kind of up-close frontline action that snapshots and film footage coul...

Examining the First World War through the lens of the American SouthHow did World War I affect the American South? Did southerners experience the war in a particular way? How did regional considerations and, more generally, southern values and culture impact the wider war effort? Was there a distinctive southern experience of WWI?Scholars considered these questions during “Dixie’s Great War,” a symposium held at the University of Alabama in October 2017 to ...

***Rogues! Even the word conjures a special sort of hero—***a playful bad boy with a heart of gold—at least when it comes to his lady love. This volume is filled with the Jack Sparrows of old—pirates sailing the high seas, Regency-era highway men, modern day jewel thieves, like Cary Grant in To Catch a Thief—men doing bad things, bending or breaking the law, but in a very sexy way. With thirteen stories sure to satisfy the reader who craves that ultimate bad boy, prepare to have your heart...

Some winters never end. But this one might lead them back to love…Thirteen winters ago, Remi Hendricks and Isaac Williams burned too hot, too fast—and their whirlwind romance in Sweden ended in heartbreak. With an entire ocean between them, it seemed the perfect way to keep the past in the past.But now, Isaac has just walked into Remi's Brussels office…as his new boss.Still reeling from the death of his husband—and the betrayal he uncovered soon after—Remi has no sp...

Das Sombras à Luz: O Despertar na Edição Completa: Os Cinco Livros + Testamento de Salomão Há mais de dois mil anos, um texto proibido revelava os segredos dos céus: a queda dos anjos, o nascimento dos gigantes, o julgamento final e a vinda do Eleito que se assentaria no trono da glória. Preservado pela Igreja Etíope enquanto era banido, queimado e esquecido no Ocidente, o Livro de Enoque ressurge agora em tradução integral, reunindo em uma única edição os cinco livros clássicos — Os Vigil...

Voici l’ouvrage de référence sur la Première Guerre mondiale. Sous la direction de Jay Winter, professeur à l’université de Yale, avec le Centre internationale de recherche de l’Historial de la Grande Guerre et coordonné par Annette Becker, il réunit les plus grands spécialistes internationaux du conflit. Il paraît simultanément chez Fayard et dans la très prestigieuse collection « Cambridge History », au Royaume-Uni.Véritable œuvre transnationale, et manifeste d’une génération d’hi...

La Première Guerre mondiale a cent ans : entre 1914 et 1918, pour la première fois de l’histoire, le monde entier participait à une guerre vorace en hommes, en ressources matérielles, en énergies, en loyautés, en ferveurs, en horreurs. A guerre mondiale, histoire mondiale : à partir de l’idée, et sous la direction de Jay Winter, épaulé par le Centre international de recherche de l’Historial de la Grande Guerre, des historiens issus du monde entier ont rédigé trois volumes qui rendent compt...

This Element is a user's guide to the cultural history of warfare since 1914. It provides summaries of the basic questions historians have posed in what is now a truly global field of research. It is divided into three parts. The first provides an introduction to the cultural history of the state, focusing on the institutions of violence, both political and military, as well as introducing the key concept of the civilianization of war. The second part addresses civil society at war. It ask...

MaisieKylan’s rescue of me from Rylan’s tower is daring and powerful. Showy. The act of a true hero and high king. But my heart still belongs to his brother, Rylan. And always will.As we enter the Olive Courtyard, I feel the echoes of darkness and foreboding, the fearful tremors of the night before and remnants of the Fear Dorca’s essence and scent. I can’t get the smell of black iris and wild elderberries out of my nostrils. Though they should be pleasant fragranc...

Population politics has taken many forms throughout history. Political leaders from both democracies and non-democracies commonly place population issues at the center of their political programs, manufacturing alarm over changing demographic distributions. From fears of existential decline to debates over migration and fertility, demographic issues are often distorted by political ideologies that obscure understanding and fuel divisive narratives. In Toxic Demography, Jennifer D....

Voici l’ouvrage de référence sur la Première Guerre mondiale. Sous la direction de Jay Winter, professeur à l’université de Yale, avec le Centre international de recherche de l’Historial de la Grande Guerre et coordonné par Annette Becker, il réunit les plus grands spécialistes internationaux du confl it. Il paraît simultanément chez Fayard et dans la très prestigieuse collection « Cambridge History », au Royaume-Uni. Véritable oeuvre transnationale, et manifeste d’une génération d’histori...