From Jack Tar to Union Jack Halvard Leira

From Jack Tar to Union Jack Halvard LeiraIn this pioneering study, Conley examines the intersection between empire, navy, and manhood in British society from 1870 to 1918. Jack Tar to Union Jack is indispensable reading as it reminds us of the navys long standing influence upon British domestic and imperial culture.

successive governments used defence was a form of economic stimulus to promote jobs and sell weapons abroad

work and identity

Chicano/a and native American literature

it explores the complex networks of informants who helped Pennant undertake and write-up the journeys behind his widely-read Welsh and Scottish ‘Tours’

psychoanalysis and genealogy

performance work

and he analyses three hitherto unknown travel journals buy her Knutsford cousins which prove that she grew up in a literary milieu

debate and devotion amongst critics and his many fans

Students and lecturers in English and Cultural Studies

and shines light on the complexities of post-socialist life and losses

underpinned by challenges to

This book tells the story of the arrival of Dolby onto the film scene in the early 70s