L F Rushbrook Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 747525 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L F Rushbrook Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | L F Rushbrook |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS L F R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Film Independent |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8978-3985 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1913 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sewn in America: Making, Meaning, Memory
In our era of fast fashion, when the creation of garments and household textiles occurs predominantly in China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, and Mexico, it is useful to be reminded of the rich herit
Reading Law Forward: The Making of a Democratic Jurisprudence from John Marshall to Stephen G. Breyer
Grieving Critically: Barack Obama and the Counter-Eulogy
How can grieving communities respond to public loss while also seizing the reflective and transformative potential inherent in moments of collective mourning? In this article, I explore this question by analyzing and critiquing fifty-seven of the official funeral speeches Barack Obama delivered during his presidency. I compare Obama’s national eulogies to two ancient mourning traditions: the Homeric mode and the Athenian mode. I further argue tha…
Blasting Reproach and All-Pervading Light: Frederick Douglass’s Aspirational American Exceptionalism
Some scholars critique American exceptionalism as a proud, uncritical orientation. In this article, however, I argue that Frederick Douglass, an outspoken social critic, qualifies as an American exceptionalist thinker. I first identify and theorize two modes of exceptionalist rhetoric: accomplished exceptionalism, which is self-celebratory and largely uncritical, and aspirational exceptionalism, which is self-critical and reflective. I then provi…
Gathering Voices: Thomas Jefferson and Native America. Exhibit at the American Philosophical Society Museum. philadelphia, pa: April 10–December 30, 2016
Native Fashion Now: North American Indian Style (Kramer et al)
This work is a book review considering the title Native Fashion Now: North American Indian Style by Karen Kramer, Jay Calderin, Madeleine M. Kropa, and Jessica R. Metcalfe
Intergenerational offending in Liverpool and the north-west of England, 1850–1914
Using contemporary sources from the north-west of England in the Victorian period, the authors examine the putative connections made by contemporaries which linked together ‘bad’ parenting and the transmission of criminal traits. Poor parenting practices were a prevalent explanation for juvenile (leading onto sustained) delinquency, especially in the mid to late nineteenth century. Popular narratives by Charles Dickens and media opinion-formers w…
Crime and Poverty in 19th-Century England: The Economy of Makeshifts
Crime and Poverty in 19th-Century England is the latest in a series of books published by Bloomsbury on the ‘History of Crime, Deviance and Punishment’. Ager's contribution examines how those in po
Refugees and asylum seekers as a group at risk of adult abuse
This paper aims to raise awareness of the vulnerability of some refugees to various forms of abuse. It will relate the forms of abuse described in No Secrets to the situation of refugees and asylum seekers in general and will then focus on three groups of refugees who may be especially vulnerable. Recommendations to reduce the vulnerability of refugees are included
Pakistan under Challenge
A Handbook for Travellers in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
The State of Pakistan
Pakistan: The Formative Phase
The Soul of India and Gandhi on World Affairs
Journal Article The Soul of India and Gandhi on World Affairs Get access The Soul of India. By Amaury de Riencourt. London, Jonathan Cape, 1961. 431 pp. Bibliog. Index. 25s.Gandhi on World Affairs. By Paul F. Power. London, Allen & Unwin, 1961. 166 pp. Bibliog. Index. 15s. L. F. Rushbrook Williams L. F. Rushbrook Williams Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 38, Issue 1, January 19…
Public Administration in Israel and Abroad 1960. An Annual Collection of Translations from Hebrew Articles that have appeared in Israel during the Year, together with other Material
Journal Article Public Administration in Israel and Abroad 1960. An Annual Collection of Translations from Hebrew Articles that have appeared in Israel during the Year, together with other Material Get access Public Administration in Israel and Abroad 1960. An Annual Collection of Translations from Hebrew Articles that have appeared in Israel during the Year, together with other Material. By the Israel Institute of Public Administration. Ed. by E…
Regionalism versus Provincialism: A Study in Problems of Indian National Unity
Journal Article Regionalism versus Provincialism: A Study in Problems of Indian National Unity Get access Regionalism versus Provincialism: A Study in Problems of Indian National Unity. By Joan V. Bondurant. Berkeley, University of California, 1958. xix+150 pp. Bibliog. (Indian Press Digests—Monograph Series, No. 4.) $2.50. L. F. Rushbrook Williams L. F. Rushbrook Williams Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar I…
A Cottage in Galilee
Journal Article A Cottage in Galilee Get access A Cottage in Galilee. By Edwin Samuel. London, Vallentine, Mitchell, 1957. ix+227 pp. Illus. 16s. L. F. Rushbrook Williams L. F. Rushbrook Williams Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 34, Issue 2, April 1958, Pages 244–245, https://doi.org/10.2307/2606782 Published: 01 April 1958
Voice of Israel
The Middle East and Israel
India between the Conferences
India in 1924-25
An Empire Builder of the Sixteenth Century: A Summary Account of the Political Career of Zahir-ud-din Muhammad, Surnamed Babur
The Status of the Welsh in the Laws of Ine
Journal Article The Status of the Welsh in the Laws of Ine Get access L. F. RUSHBROOK WILLIAMS L. F. RUSHBROOK WILLIAMS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XXX, Issue CXVIII, April 1915, Pages 271–277, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XXX.CXVIII.271 Published: 01 April 1915
William the Chamberlain and Luton Church
William the Chamberlain and Luton Church Get access L. F. RUSHBROOK WILLIAMS L. F. RUSHBROOK WILLIAMS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XXVIII, Issue CXII, October 1913, Pages 719–730, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XXVIII.CXII.719 Published: 01 October 1913
Intergenerational offending in Liverpool and the north-west of England, 1850–1914
Using contemporary sources from the north-west of England in the Victorian period, the authors examine the putative connections made by contemporaries which linked together ‘bad’ parenting and the transmission of criminal traits. Poor parenting practices were a prevalent explanation for juvenile (leading onto sustained) delinquency, especially in the mid to late nineteenth century. Popular narratives by Charles Dickens and media opinion-formers w…
Native Fashion Now: North American Indian Style (Kramer et al)
This work is a book review considering the title Native Fashion Now: North American Indian Style by Karen Kramer, Jay Calderin, Madeleine M. Kropa, and Jessica R. Metcalfe
Refugees and asylum seekers as a group at risk of adult abuse
This paper aims to raise awareness of the vulnerability of some refugees to various forms of abuse. It will relate the forms of abuse described in No Secrets to the situation of refugees and asylum seekers in general and will then focus on three groups of refugees who may be especially vulnerable. Recommendations to reduce the vulnerability of refugees are included
Pakistan under Challenge
Pakistan: The Formative Phase
William the Chamberlain and Luton Church
William the Chamberlain and Luton Church Get access L. F. RUSHBROOK WILLIAMS L. F. RUSHBROOK WILLIAMS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XXVIII, Issue CXII, October 1913, Pages 719–730, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XXVIII.CXII.719 Published: 01 October 1913
The Status of the Welsh in the Laws of Ine
Journal Article The Status of the Welsh in the Laws of Ine Get access L. F. RUSHBROOK WILLIAMS L. F. RUSHBROOK WILLIAMS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XXX, Issue CXVIII, April 1915, Pages 271–277, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XXX.CXVIII.271 Published: 01 April 1915
An Empire Builder of the Sixteenth Century: A Summary Account of the Political Career of Zahir-ud-din Muhammad, Surnamed Babur
India in 1924-25
India between the Conferences
A Cottage in Galilee
Journal Article A Cottage in Galilee Get access A Cottage in Galilee. By Edwin Samuel. London, Vallentine, Mitchell, 1957. ix+227 pp. Illus. 16s. L. F. Rushbrook Williams L. F. Rushbrook Williams Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 34, Issue 2, April 1958, Pages 244–245, https://doi.org/10.2307/2606782 Published: 01 April 1958
Voice of Israel
The Middle East and Israel
Regionalism versus Provincialism: A Study in Problems of Indian National Unity
Journal Article Regionalism versus Provincialism: A Study in Problems of Indian National Unity Get access Regionalism versus Provincialism: A Study in Problems of Indian National Unity. By Joan V. Bondurant. Berkeley, University of California, 1958. xix+150 pp. Bibliog. (Indian Press Digests—Monograph Series, No. 4.) $2.50. L. F. Rushbrook Williams L. F. Rushbrook Williams Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar I…
Public Administration in Israel and Abroad 1960. An Annual Collection of Translations from Hebrew Articles that have appeared in Israel during the Year, together with other Material
Journal Article Public Administration in Israel and Abroad 1960. An Annual Collection of Translations from Hebrew Articles that have appeared in Israel during the Year, together with other Material Get access Public Administration in Israel and Abroad 1960. An Annual Collection of Translations from Hebrew Articles that have appeared in Israel during the Year, together with other Material. By the Israel Institute of Public Administration. Ed. by E…
Pakistan: The Formative Phase
The Soul of India and Gandhi on World Affairs
Journal Article The Soul of India and Gandhi on World Affairs Get access The Soul of India. By Amaury de Riencourt. London, Jonathan Cape, 1961. 431 pp. Bibliog. Index. 25s.Gandhi on World Affairs. By Paul F. Power. London, Allen & Unwin, 1961. 166 pp. Bibliog. Index. 15s. L. F. Rushbrook Williams L. F. Rushbrook Williams Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 38, Issue 1, January 19…
The State of Pakistan
Pakistan under Challenge
A Handbook for Travellers in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Refugees and asylum seekers as a group at risk of adult abuse
This paper aims to raise awareness of the vulnerability of some refugees to various forms of abuse. It will relate the forms of abuse described in No Secrets to the situation of refugees and asylum seekers in general and will then focus on three groups of refugees who may be especially vulnerable. Recommendations to reduce the vulnerability of refugees are included
Intergenerational offending in Liverpool and the north-west of England, 1850–1914
Using contemporary sources from the north-west of England in the Victorian period, the authors examine the putative connections made by contemporaries which linked together ‘bad’ parenting and the transmission of criminal traits. Poor parenting practices were a prevalent explanation for juvenile (leading onto sustained) delinquency, especially in the mid to late nineteenth century. Popular narratives by Charles Dickens and media opinion-formers w…
Crime and Poverty in 19th-Century England: The Economy of Makeshifts
Crime and Poverty in 19th-Century England is the latest in a series of books published by Bloomsbury on the ‘History of Crime, Deviance and Punishment’. Ager's contribution examines how those in po
Gathering Voices: Thomas Jefferson and Native America. Exhibit at the American Philosophical Society Museum. philadelphia, pa: April 10–December 30, 2016
Native Fashion Now: North American Indian Style (Kramer et al)
This work is a book review considering the title Native Fashion Now: North American Indian Style by Karen Kramer, Jay Calderin, Madeleine M. Kropa, and Jessica R. Metcalfe
Blasting Reproach and All-Pervading Light: Frederick Douglass’s Aspirational American Exceptionalism
Some scholars critique American exceptionalism as a proud, uncritical orientation. In this article, however, I argue that Frederick Douglass, an outspoken social critic, qualifies as an American exceptionalist thinker. I first identify and theorize two modes of exceptionalist rhetoric: accomplished exceptionalism, which is self-celebratory and largely uncritical, and aspirational exceptionalism, which is self-critical and reflective. I then provi…
Grieving Critically: Barack Obama and the Counter-Eulogy
How can grieving communities respond to public loss while also seizing the reflective and transformative potential inherent in moments of collective mourning? In this article, I explore this question by analyzing and critiquing fifty-seven of the official funeral speeches Barack Obama delivered during his presidency. I compare Obama’s national eulogies to two ancient mourning traditions: the Homeric mode and the Athenian mode. I further argue tha…
Sewn in America: Making, Meaning, Memory
In our era of fast fashion, when the creation of garments and household textiles occurs predominantly in China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, and Mexico, it is useful to be reminded of the rich herit
Reading Law Forward: The Making of a Democratic Jurisprudence from John Marshall to Stephen G. Breyer
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