Bloomsbury

From Haute Couture to Homemade, 1939-1945A comprehensive analysis of Second World War dress practice and appearance, this study places dress at the forefront of a complex series of cultural chain reactions. As lives were changed by the conditions of war, dress continued to reflect important visual narratives regarding class, gender and taste that...

In 1711, the newly formed Great Britain launched its first attempt to conquer French North America. The largest military force ever assembled to fight on the continent was dispatched and combined with colonial American units in Boston before proceeding up the St Lawrence River for Quebec. An additional colonial force set out from Albany to march on...

The Roman emperor Hadrian, who lived from 76 to 138 AD was a hugely influential figure whose architectural legacy is obvious even today. However, he was also contradictory and mysterious: he was a Spaniard who became emperor at Rome; he was a popular, successful soldier who aimed to be a man of peace. He dabbled in black magic, and he courted...

Fashion, Music and Global Digital CulturesArmed with cheap digital technologies and a fiercely independent spirit, millions of young people from around the world have taken cultural production into their own hands, crafting their own clothing lines, launching their own record labels, and forging a vast, collaborative network of impassioned amateurs...

The True Colours of FacebookFacebook, in just a few years, has become one of the central toolspeople use to communicate with each other in everyday life. However, the perceived freedom of action on the site andthe actual processes that are permitted in Facebook&'sset up don&'t always match up: in this book this gap is examined.This book identifies...

Don Schmidt knows his name has changed from Stanley, and he believes he had a sister and she died of scarlet fever when she was fifteen but these and other details of Don's life don't quite add up.Don's family lives on a chicken farm in Horse Island, where his mother would prefer not to be. At school Don is known as 'new...