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...social justice. She was to support progressive politics throughout her career. For people stuck in political struggles for equality and respect, Franklin’s voice came to articulate the collective emotion, frustration, strength and depth of their experiences. Her voice rang out at historical political milestones – at the 1968 Democratic party convention in Chicago that...

...social relations. The way that empires were established and maintained required the exercise of different forms of power: from military conquest and violent suppression to cultural hybridity and ‘philanthropic’ investment. [Described image] Figure 1 ‘The History of Mexico: From Conquest to the Future’ by Diego Rivera, murals at Palacio Nacional, Mexico City....

...works, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), and explore the evolution of British detective fiction in relation to Christie’s background, literary modernism and the development of middlebrow fiction...When we think of twentieth century literature as a popular cultural form, Agatha Christie (1890–1976), Britain’s pre-eminent crime fiction author after the First World...