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In the nineteenth century, the ancient 'filial tie' between Britain and Norway was rediscovered by a booming tourist industry which took thousands across the North Sea to see the wonders of the fjords, the fjelds, and the beauties of the North Cape. This illustrated volume, for the first time, collects together vivid - and predominantly first-hand - impressions of the country recorded by nearly two hundred British travellers and other commentators, including Thomas Malthus, Charlotte Brontë, Lord Tennyson, and William Gladstone. In a rich selection of travel writing, fiction, poetry, journalism, political speeches, and art, Norway emerges as a refreshingly natural utopia, happily free from her imperial neighbour's increasing problems with the side-effects of industrialisation. This is a fascinating examination of the people, institutions, customs, language and environment of Norway seen through the eyes of the British. Using the tools of literary and historical scholarship, Fjågesund and Symes set these perceptions in their nineteenth-century context, throwing light on such issues as progress, art and aesthetics, democracy, religion, nationhood, race, class, and gender, all of which occupied Europe at the time. The Northern Utopia will be of particular interest to students of British and Scandinavian cultural history, literature and travel writing. It will also enthral all those who love Norway.

British --- Public opinion, British --- Travel --- History

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Regarded as a founder of modern conservatism, Edmund Burke (1729-97) proved an influential yet controversial writer and politician. Although sympathetic towards American colonists in their grievances against British rule, he was later appalled as the French Revolution unfolded. Published in 1790, when the Revolution was still young, this is Burke's most well-known work and remains a classic of Western political thought and rhetoric. He predicts the excesses that will follow the destruction of the institutions of civil society, and the inevitable rise of a corrupt and violent government rather than a protector of citizens. When she read the famous passage describing her flight from Versailles, Marie Antoinette was apparently moved to tears. Sparking a flurry of responses in defence of the Revolution and its ideals, including Thomas Paine's Rights of Man (also reissued in this series), Burke's polemic remains a crucial text in the history of modern political philosophy.

Public opinion --- History --- France --- Foreign public opinion, British. --- Burke, Edmund,

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Auf einer umfassenden Quellenbasis setzt sich Martin Schramm erstmals ausführlich mit der Vorgeschichte des Ersten Weltkrieges und seinem Ablauf aus der Sicht der britischen Presse auseinander. Dabei tritt zunächst ein zunehmend positives Bild Deutschlands in den beiden Jahren vor Kriegsausbruch zutage. Es bedurfte dann nicht unwesentlicher Eingriffe von Seiten der Politik, um den Widerstand vieler Zeitungen in der Julikrise 1914 zu brechen und auf den Regierungskurs einzuschwören. Die massiven Propagandaanstrengungen der Briten im Ersten Weltkrieg werden erst verständlich, wenn deren Zustandekommen und die Zielsetzung klar sind: So setzte bereits kurz nach Kriegsbeginn eine an die Kreuzzüge erinnernde Kampagne in der Öffentlichkeit ein, an deren Ende die völlige Unterwerfung des unmenschlichen Kaiserreiches stehen sollte. Damit wurde nicht nur der Rückhalt für den Diktatfrieden von Versailles geschaffen, sondern auch die Basis für das langanhaltende und immer aufs neue aufbrechende Misstrauen zwischen den beiden Völkern.

Press and politics --- Germany --- Foreign public opinion, British.

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Based on extensive archival research and in-depth interviews with former refugee students, the author has painted a detailed picture of how and why the students came to Britain after the failure of the 1956 revolution. She chronicles their studies and achievements and their attempts to adapt to British society and recalls the extraordinary welcome extended to them by British higher educational institutions as well as the magnanimous response by the people of Britain to the appeal to raise fun...

Hungarian students --- Political refugees --- History --- Hungary --- Foreign public opinion, British.

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Spain - History - Civil War, 1936-1939 - Foreign public opinion, British.