Alternative Modernities in French Travel Writing Bruno Verdini

Alternative Modernities in French Travel Writing Bruno VerdiniExamining the aesthetics and politics at stake in urban travel writing as spatial practice, this book explores French travellers representations of London and New York from 1851 to the 1980s.

This major new contribution forms a constructive comparison of the social theories of Jürgen Habermas and Anthony Giddens that focuses on their approaches to modernity

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The documents also reveal the way the concepts of the 'special relationship' was used as a 'tool of diplomacy' on both sides of the Atlantic

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postcolonial studies and other race-related academic fields

social movements and sites of opposition that have shaped certain practices and informed contentious debates in the language of recognition

Blain and O'Donnell examine the bonds between monarchies and their 'subjects' or 'citizens'

This book presents up-to-date and cutting-edge research on the political and cultural dimension of democracy in Europe and its representation in the media

This original study argues that Thatcher was a pragmatic neoliberal