Jeffrey Richards(born c.1945)[1]is a British historian.
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Educated atJesus College, Cambridge,he is Professor ofCultural HistoryatLancaster University.A leading cultural historian and film critic, he is the author of over 15 books on British cultural history. His books includeThe Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages 476–752(1979), andSir Henry Irving: A Victorian Actor and His World(2005). He is also a Companion of theGuild of St George.
Selected publications
edit- Richards, Jeffrey (2017),China and the Chinese in Popular Film: From Fu Manchu to Charlie Chan,Cinema and Society,London:I. B. Tauris,ISBN978-1350212138
- Richards, Jeffrey (2017),Dancing in the English Style: Consumption, Americanisation, and National Identity in Britain, 1918–50,Studies in Popular Culture,Manchester:Manchester University Press,ISBN978-1784994334
- Richards, Jeffrey; Newey, Katherine; Yeandle, Peter, eds. (2016),Politics, Performance, and Popular Culture: Theatre and Society in Nineteenth-Century Britain,Studies in Popular Culture,Manchester:Manchester University Press,ISBN978-0719091698
- Richards, Jeffrey (2008),Hollywood's Ancient Worlds,London:Bloomsbury,ISBN978-1847250070
- Richards, Jeffrey (2005),Sir Henry Irving: A Victorian Actor and His World(1st ed.),London:Hambledon Continuum,ISBN978-1-85285591-8
- Richards, Jeffrey (2003),A Night to Remember: The Definitive Titanic Film,London:I. B. Tauris,ISBN978-1860648496
- Richards, Jeffrey (2001),Imperialism and Music: Britain, 1876–1953,Studies in Imperialism,Manchester:Manchester University Press,ISBN978-0719045066
- Richards, Jeffrey; Wilson, Scott; Woodhead, Linda, eds. (1999),Diana: The Making of a Media Saint,London:I. B. Tauris,ISBN978-1860643880
- Richards, Jeffrey (1998),The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema 1929–1939,London:I. B. Tauris,ISBN978-1860646287
- Richards, Jeffrey (1997),Films and British National Identity: From Dickens to Dad's Army,Studies in Popular Culture,Manchester:Manchester University Press,ISBN978-0719047435
- Richards, Jeffrey, ed. (1997),Filming T. E. Lawrence: Korda's Lost Epic,London:I. B. Tauris,ISBN978-1860640483
- Richards, Jeffrey, ed. (1994),Sir Henry Irving: Theatre, Culture and Society; Essays, Addresses and Lectures(1st ed.), Keele: Ryburn,ISBN978-1-85331062-1
- Richards, Jeffrey (1994),Sex, Dissidence, and Damnation: Minority Groups in the Middle Ages,London:Routledge,ISBN978-0415071475
- Richards, Jeffrey (1989),Imperialism and Juvenile Literature,Studies in Imperialism,Manchester:Manchester University Press,ISBN978-0719024207
- Richards, Jeffrey (1988),Happiest Days: The Public Schools in English Fiction,Manchester:Manchester University Press,ISBN978-0719027758
- Richards, Jeffrey, ed. (1987),Mass Observation at the Movies,London:Routledge,ISBN978-1138980556
- Richards, Jeffrey (1986),Britain can take it: The British Cinema during the Second World War,Oxford:Blackwell,ISBN978-1845114459
- MacKenzie, J.M.;Richards, Jeffrey (1986),The Railway Station: a Social History,Oxford:Oxford University Press,ISBN978-0571269037
- Richards, Jeffrey (1984),Age of the Dream Palace: Cinema and Society in Britain 1930-1939(1st ed.),London:Routledge,ISBN978-0-41504666-4(2nd ed.) I. B. Tauris, 2010,ISBN978-1-84885122-1
- Richards, Jeffrey; Aldgate, Anthony (1983),Best of British: Cinema and Society from 1930 to the present(1st ed.),Oxford:Basil Blackwell,ISBN978-0-63113018-5(2nd ed.) I. B. Tauris, 1999,ISBN978-1-86064288-3
- Richards, Jeffrey (1980),Consul of God: The Life and Times of Gregory the Great,London:Routledge,ISBN978-1138777569
- Evans, E.J.;Richards, Jeffrey (1980),A Social History of Britain in Postcards, 1870–1930,London:Longman,ISBN978-0582502925
- Richards, Jeffrey (1979),The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages 476–752,London:Routledge,ISBN978-1138777880
- Richards, Jeffrey (1977),Swordsmen of the Screen: from Douglas Fairbanks to Michael York,Cinema and Society,London:Routledge,ISBN978-0710084781
- Richards, Jeffrey (1973),Visions of Yesterday,London:Routledge,ISBN978-1138994089
References
edit- ^Chris Arnot"Fast Forward: Jeffrey Richards",The Guardian,11 January 2005
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