Category: Empire
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Empire: The Company That Became a Country
The political economy of the British Empire. Finance capital, informal empire, administrative afterlife.
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Empire: Pressure, Not Providence
The political economy of European Empire. Pressure and invention rather than character and event. Portugal, Spain, Holland and England.
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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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A History of British Architecture: Victorian Britain c. 1830 to 1901
A meander through the history of British Architecture: Victorian Britain c, 1830 to 1901
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The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: The Case Study – Venice
Empire, trade, beauty, corruption, the sublime, the long death, and the circle closing
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A History of British Architecture: Wren, the City, and the Long Georgian Century c. 1660 to 1830
A meander through the history of British Architecture by era. Wren, the City, and the Long Georgian Century c. 1660 to 1800
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A History of British Architecture: Tudor and Early Stuart 1540 to 1660
A meander through the history of British Architecture: Tudor and Early Stuart 1540 to 1660
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A History of British Architecture: Dissolution, Civil War, Empire and the Making of British Exceptionalism
A meander through the history of British Architecture. Some thoughts on what informs the ideological framework which explains all the subsequent architectural development.
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The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: The White Marble Lie
In which we confront the ugly truth that lies beneath.
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A History of British Architecture: Norman Britain 1066 to 1150 AD
A meander through the history of British Architecture by era. Part 4 The Normans.
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