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Republicanizing the city: Radical republicans in Toulouse, 1880-90 (2004)
Journal Article
Simpson, M. (2004). Republicanizing the city: Radical republicans in Toulouse, 1880-90. European History Quarterly, 34(2), 157-190. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265691404042506

Using research on Toulouse, this article explores the limits of 'statuomania' in a major French city that was dominated by a strongly republican municipality, keen to testify to its principles. It looks at the alternative strategies that were adopted... Read More about Republicanizing the city: Radical republicans in Toulouse, 1880-90.

The "Other War": Images of the second world war in service comedies (2004)
Book Chapter
Spicer, A. H. (2004). The "Other War": Images of the second world war in service comedies. In S. Bennett, S. Caunce, E. Mazierska, S. Sydeny-Smith, & J. Walton (Eds.), Relocating Britishness (167-182). Manchester: Manchester University Press

This chapter argues, following Angus Calder, that there was an official line of commemoration of the Second World War: a mythic construction that celebrated heroism, courage, resourcefulness, loyalty and patriotism. It valorised the virtues of the re... Read More about The "Other War": Images of the second world war in service comedies.

Brimful of Asia: Negotiating ethnicity on the UK music scene (2004)
Book
Hyder, R. (2004). Brimful of Asia: Negotiating ethnicity on the UK music scene. Aldershot: Ashgate

During the 1990s, Asian pop artists began entering the mainstream of the British music industry for the first time. Bands such as Black Star Liner, Cornershop, Fun Da Mental and Voodoo Queens, led those within and without the industry to start asking... Read More about Brimful of Asia: Negotiating ethnicity on the UK music scene.

Fifty years of British housing policy: Leaving or leading the welfare state? (2004)
Journal Article
Malpas, P. (2004). Fifty years of British housing policy: Leaving or leading the welfare state?. European Journal of Housing Policy, 4(2), 209-227. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461671042000269038

This article seeks to develop a new perspective on the housing - welfare state relationship in Britain. Housing is conventionally seen as part of the post-war welfare state, but as different from other core services because of the persistence of a la... Read More about Fifty years of British housing policy: Leaving or leading the welfare state?.

The production line: Reflections on the role of the producer in British cinema (2004)
Journal Article
Spicer, A. H. (2004). The production line: Reflections on the role of the producer in British cinema. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 1(1), 33-50. https://doi.org/10.3366/JBCTV.2004.1.1.33

A film producer has two responsibilities: to the public and to his backers. If he is an imaginative and courageous producer, the two may coincide. The ideal producer, it seems to me, must always look ahead and try not merely to acquiesce in box-offic... Read More about The production line: Reflections on the role of the producer in British cinema.

The game thing: Ludology and other theory games (2004)
Journal Article
Crogan, P. (2004). The game thing: Ludology and other theory games. Media International Australia, 110(1), 10-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X0411000104

The current state of computer games studies as it was in the early 2000s is critically examined in this paper by means of an analysis of the recently released computer game, The Thing. Game studies is an emerging area of humanities scholarship, an em... Read More about The game thing: Ludology and other theory games.

Samuel Budgett, 1794-1851 (2004)
Book Chapter
Wardley, P. (2004). Samuel Budgett, 1794-1851. In H. C. G. Matthew, & B. Harrison (Eds.), New Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press

A grammar of Mosetén (2004)
Book
Sakel, J. (2004). A grammar of Mosetén. Mouton de Gruyter

This book provides the first published and accessible grammatical description of a Mosetenan language. The authors carried out extensive fieldwork on the language, and the grammar is based on text data such as stories and discussions, as well as elic... Read More about A grammar of Mosetén.

Travel writing: Britain (2004)
Book Chapter
Ord, M. (2004). Travel writing: Britain. In C. J. Murray (Ed.), The Encyclopaedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850. London: Routledge