Category: Culture
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Holland: The Overreaching Empire
In which we examine the Golden Age founding myth of success: a toll booth built on moral ambiguity.
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Africa Architecture Brazil Cathedrals Colonialism Commodity Credit Culture Democracy Early Modern Economics Empire Exploration History Immigration India Institution Literature Migration Monasteries Nation State Painting Political Economy Portugal Post-Colonialism Resistance Revolution Spain State Trade
Portugal: The Empire Without a Bank
In which we examine why Portugal has always been under-capitalised.
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Authority Bureaucracy Capitalism Church Class Colonialism Commodity Culture Debt Drama Early Modern Economics Empire Exploration Fascism History Immigration Literature Mexico Monarchy Money Naples Nation State Nationhood Novel Painting Peru Plays Political Economy Post-Colonialism Power Renaissance Republic Resistance Spain State
Spain: The Self Examined Empire
In which we explore the relationship between centres and peripheries in Spain through Empire and beyond.
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Argentina: Informal Empire
In which we examine the legacy of Spanish and British empire in Argentina.
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August Strindberg and The Reverence That Doesn’t Look
In which we explore the contradictions in August Strindberg’s life and plays.
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Stop Getting Bond Wrong 3
In which we examine how Bond’s actors responded to changing notions of masculinity and the world around them.
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Stop Getting Bond Wrong 1
In which we examine the Bond film franchise through our lens of political and cultural economy.
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James Graham: Right Up Our Street
The playwright James Graham. Serious political economy content delivered as popular entertainment.
At Home He Feels Like A Tourist 