On the night of 25 March 1675, the Mary, the first royal yacht, foundered off Anglesey. When the wreck was discovered in 1971 it was hoped some of the questions would be answered but the subsequent excavation led to questions in parliament and the demand for greater legal protection for wrecks. The author explores this intriguing saga.

It is often assumed that social movements, such as that of labour, will simply be overwhelmed by the changes brought about by globalization. This volume points to this conclusion as at best premature and possibly also misguided.

Tells the story of one of the most extraordinary communities in the UK, the Eldonians from Liverpool. This book covers the early history of the Eldonians' ancestors who were mainly poor Irish people fleeing the Potato Famine in the middle of the 19th century, and the development of social housing in Liverpool.

Over the years the long-term future of humanity has become of particular concern to various governance bodies and scholarly institutions. This book addressed issues such as: the convergence of the NBIC (nano-, bio-, info-, cogno-) sciences; the ethics and aesthetics of human enhancement; and the future of biological migration and transgressions.

Human zoos were a key factor in the progressive shift in the West from scientific to popular racism. Covering the early 19th-century European exhibition of the Hottentot Venus, this volume underlines the ways in which they affected the lives of tens of millions of visitors, from London to New York, from Warsaw to Milan, and from Moscow to Tokyo.

Brings together a collection of work from one of the pioneers of modern graphic design: from the world's first triple gatefold sleeve (The Strawbs Grave New World ) to work for Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac and Liverpool favourites Deaf School, The Icicle Works, Half Man Half Biscuit, Dead or Alive, China Crisis and others.

Birmingham not only attracted sculptors from London, but as a great manufacturing city, it possessed busy workshops of local sculptors, often closely associated with its progressive and important art school. This book includes more than one hundred colour photographs and showcases the array of monuments and sculptures in the city of Birmingham.

Explores the troubled relationship between postcolonial theory and 'politics', both in the sense of a radical, revolutionary politics associated with anti-colonial struggle, and the almost inevitable implication of literary writers in institutional discourses of power.

Writer, poet, historian, anti-slavery campaigner, botanist, book-collector, MP and art patron, William Roscoe was a major cultural figure in late 18th and early 19th century Britain. This book explores the man behind the myth, examining the contradictions of the anti-slavery campaigner born and bred in the world's pre-eminent slaving port.

Part of the Public Sculpture of Britain series, this book provides an illustrated guide to the public sculpture of south London. It includes work by some of the most influential British and continental sculptors, including Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.

The Isle of Man is undergoing a Manx Gaelic revival. The number of Manx speakers has gone up tenfold in the last twenty years. This guide to the Manx language covers the grammar, spelling and pronunciation of Manx Gaelic, rendered accessible to readers of various levels of competence.

Acknowledged by many as one of the modern wonders of the world, the twenty-five acres of sculptures that make up The Rock Garden in the Indian city of Chandigarh has received worldwide attention through a number of exhibitions in Europe and the USA. This catalogue brings to light Nek Chand's artistic and cultural achievement.

Highlights the complex interplay of cultural and structural factors experienced by the significant ethnic group in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century pre-multicultural Britain: the Irish in Liverpool. This study emphasises the role of ethnic agency as Catholic migrants and their descendants made Irishness their own.

Includes maps, species accounts and distribution information for various bird species found in Cotswolds. This illustrated book is suitable for those interested in the natural environment of the Cotswolds and for ornithologists nationwide.

Stuart Sutcliffe is best known to many as the original bass player in the Beatles, touring with the band in Hamburg in 1960 and 1961. Less well-known is his interest in art. This book charts his life as a student at the Liverpool College of Art and subsequently in Hamburg through accounts by people who knew Stuart personally.

James Irving, was employed as a slave ship surgeon and captain in Liverpool in the late eighteenth century. In the course of one of his voyages he was shipwrecked off the coast of Morocco and enslaved in North Africa. This book examines his career in relation to advances in scholarship on the transatlantic slave trade.

In the late 1990's, Postcolonial Studies risked imploding as a credible area of academic enquiry. Repeated anthologization and an overemphasis on the English-language literatures led to sustained critiques of the field. This title intends to recognise the extent to which a Francophone approach has reinvigorated the field of Postcolonial Studies.

Al & Al's spectacular computer-generated videos radically re-appropriate contemporary pop culture through an inventive use of celebrity icons, live action performance and animation special effects. This book examines the work of one the exciting duos working in video art.

Analyses the theme of community in seven French Caribbean novels in relation to the work of the French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy. This title examines Gouverneurs de la rosee , Le Quatrieme Siecle , Pluie et vent sur Telumee Miracle , L'eau-de-mort guildive , Texaco , and L'Ile et une nuit and Maryse Conde's Desirada .

Surveys the whole of Hughes' achievement, including Birthday Letters . This book contains varied information, including extracts from Hughes' letters to the author, a detailed chronology of his life and work by Ann Skea, and the publication of the background story of Crow.