Humanitarian handicraft Dominic Johnson

Humanitarian handicraft Dominic JohnsonThis book explores the neglected history of textile crafts in projects of social and moral reform and considers how historical processes have become materialised in contemporary humanitarian craft work.

the adult unmarried sister carries the discursive weight of sustained public debates about ideals of domesticity in nineteenth-century England

yet it has been overdetermined by the question of “who we are”

scholars from different fields critically examine histories of esotericism

Cleveland has long served as an emblem of late twentieth-century urban decay

must always be grounded in the underlying conventions of legibility to ensure loyal readership and economic success

introduces readers to the fascinating stories behind some of the world’s weirdest fashions

A lively analysis of how mistakes in economic policy-making are increasingly made for political reasons and typically in the run up to a crisis when the constraints on the economy are ignored

uncovering significant fluidity

Experience the interdisciplinary performance scene of the 1980s and beyond through the eyes of one of its most compelling witnesses

their potential as well as their likely socio-economic impacts

In recent decades

“Speakin’ O’ Christmas