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"This book is a sequel to Richard Griffiths's two highly successful previous books on the British pro-Nazi Right: Fellow-Travellers of the Right : British Enthusiasts for Nazi Germany, 1933-9; and Patriotism Perverted : Captain Ramsay, the Right Club and British Anti-Semitism, 1939-40. It follows the fortunes of his protagonists after the arrests of May-June 1940, and charts their very varied reactions to the failure of their cause, while also looking at the possible reasons for the government's failure to detain prominent pro-Nazis from the higher strata of society. Some of the pro-Nazis continued with their original views, and even undertook politically subversive activity, here and in Germany. Others, finding that their pre-war balance between patriotism and pro-Nazism had now tipped firmly on the side of patriotism, fully supported the war effort, while still maintaining their old views privately. Other people found that events had sincerely made them change their views. And then there were those who, frightened by the prospect of detention or disgrace, tried to hide or even to deny their former views by a variety of subterfuges, including attacking former colleagues. This wide variety of reactions sheds new light on the equally wide range of reasons for their original admiration for Nazism, and also gives us some more general insight into what could be termed 'the psychology of failure'"--Provided by publisher.

A. J. Ayer, who died in 1989, was acknowledged as one of Britain's most distinguished philosophers. In this memorial collection of essays leading Western philosophers reflect on Ayer's place in the history of philosophy and explore aspects of his thought and teaching. The volume also includes a posthumous essay by Ayer himself: 'A defence of empiricism'. These essays are undoubtedly a fitting tribute to a major figure, but the collection is not simply retrospective; rather it looks forward to present and future developments in philosophical thought that Ayer's work has stimulated.

This volume investigates the reasons for and consequences of the wide-scale changes to the nature of local government in early modern England: a shift from 'open' to 'closed' management of a host of problems - from the representation of authority itself to treatment of every kind of local disorder, from petty crime and poverty to dirty streets.

Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- Acknowledgements Page -- General Introduction: The British Empire in Domestic Popular Culture -- Volume II Empire in the public sphere: exhibition, spectacle and entertainment -- Introduction: presenting the Empire -- 1 Panorama of the Late War, The Berkshire Chronicle 30th December 1882, p. 5 -- 2 'Diorama of the Ganges', Portland Gallery, 316 Regent Street, Langham Place, etc. Morning Advertiser 9th December 1850 p. 3 -- 3 'Penny Peep Show', The Hereford Journal, 18th May 1867, p. 7 -- 4 'The Sale of Zulu Photographs', North British Daily Mail, 30th October 1876, p. 5 -- 5 'Towner Gallery Exhibition', in Eastbourne Chronicle, 11th April 1936, p. 13 -- 6 Post Cards of Empire: 1st King's Dragoon Guards, Union Castle Line to South and East Africa, The South African Cricket Team 1935 Tour of England -- 7 'In Carnegie's Country', in The North Star and Farmers' Chronicle 16th April 1903, p. 6 -- 8 'The Primrose League', Morning Post, 26th December 1895, p. 2 -- 9 T. J. Alldridge, 'Exhibition of Lantern Slides', in Journal the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 29. No. 1-2 (1899), pp. 64-65 -- 10 'India by Magic Lantern', Pall Mall Gazette, 17th June 1886, p. 5 -- 11 The Lyttleton Times, 9th June 1900, p. 5 -- 12 The Era, 22nd September 1900, p. 19 -- 13 East London Observer, 2nd June 1900, p. 5 -- 14 'The Productions of the Aborigines in the Exhibition', Illustrated London News, 24th May 1851, pp. 457-458 -- 15 The Graphic, 15th May 1886, pp. 533-537 -- 16 Imre Kiralfy's Empire of India Exhibition, 1895 Official Programme -- 17 'Savage South Africa at the Greater British Exhibition', in Dundee Advertiser, 15th May 1899, p. 4 -- 18 'Savage South Africa in Sheffield', The Yorkshire Telegraph and Star, 16th April 1900, p. 3.

From 1830, the British Empire began to permeate the domestic culture of Empire nations in many ways. This, the fourth volume of Empire and Popular Culture, explores the representation of the Empire in popular media such as newspapers, contemporary magazines and journals and in literature such as novels, works of non-fiction, in poems and ballads.

From 1830, if not before, the Empire began to permeate the domestic culture of Empire nations in many ways. From consumables, to the excitement of colonial wars, celebrations relating to events in the history of Empire, and the construction of Empire Day in the early Edwardian period, most citizens were encouraged to think of themselves not only as citizens of a nation but of an Empire. Much of the popular culture of the period presented Empire as a force for civilisation' but it was often far from the truth and rather, Empire was a repressive mechanism designed ultimately tobenefit white settlers and the metropolitan economy. This four volume collection on Empire and Popular Culture contains a wide array of primary sources, complimented by editorial narratives which help the reader to understand the significance of the documents contained therein. It is informed by the recent advocacy of a four-nation' approach to Empire containing documents which view Empire from the perspective of England, Scotland Ireland and Wales and will also contain material produced for Empire audiences, as well as indigenous perspectives. The sources reveal both the celebratory and the notorious sides of Empire. In this, the third volume of Empire and Popular Culture, documents are presented that shed light on three principal themes: The shaping of personal. collective and national identities of British citizens by the Empire; the commemoration of individuals and collective groups who were noted for their roles in Empire building; and finally, the way in which the Empire entered popular culture by means of trade with the Empire and the goods that were imported.

A study of the thirty-five libraries built by Andrew Carnegie in Wales as an illustration of his world-wide commitment to the public library movement at the beginning of the twentieth century. These libraries and their social, cultural and architectural significance have never been studied before.