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The Hendon Air Pageant, 1920-1937 (1992)
Book Chapter
Omissi, D. (1992). The Hendon Air Pageant, 1920-1937. In J. M. MacKenzie (Ed.), Popular Imperialism and the Military (198-220). Manchester: Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526123602

This chapter analyses the Royal Air Force (RAF) display at Hendon as a manifestation of popular imperialism. The Hendon Air Pageant, which took place every year from 1920 until 1937, was the most celebrated and successful of the new RAF spectacles. T... Read More about The Hendon Air Pageant, 1920-1937.

Quality of life as quality of being: an alternative to the subject-object dichotomy (1992)
Journal Article
Draper, P. (1992). Quality of life as quality of being: an alternative to the subject-object dichotomy. Journal of advanced nursing, 17(8), 965-970. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1992.tb02025.x

The opening section of this paper is concerned with certain questions concerning the concept ‘quality of life’ Is it possible for one person to make judgements about the quality of life of another? If it is possible, then is it morally acceptable? Gi... Read More about Quality of life as quality of being: an alternative to the subject-object dichotomy.

The London Committee and mobilization of public opinion against the slave trade (1992)
Journal Article
Oldfield, J. R. (1992). The London Committee and mobilization of public opinion against the slave trade. The Historical journal, 35(2), 331-343. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X00025826

During the late eighteenth century organized anti-slavery, in the shape of the campaign to end the African slave trade (1787–1807), became an unavoidable feature of political life in Britain. Drawing on previously unpublished material in the Josiah W... Read More about The London Committee and mobilization of public opinion against the slave trade.