This book explores the uses of the past in modern British politics. It looks at the way in which political parties construct and remember their pasts through ar

This edited collection explores absence, presence and remembrance in British political culture and memory studies. Comprehensive in its scope, it covers the ent

This book offers a critique of the dominant conceptualization of heritage found in policy, which tends to privilege the white, middle and upper classes. Using B

The two centuries after 1800 witnessed a series of sweeping changes in the way in which Britain was governed, the duties of the state, and its role in the wider

This book traces the word ‘progressive’ through modern British history, from the Enlightenment to Brexit. It explores the shifting meanings of this term and