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The editors of Visual Resources are pleased to announce the publication of a new special issue, Visual Collections as Historical Evidence, edited by Craig Horner, Katy Layton-Jones and David Stewart, and a limited-time promotional offer to purchase the issue for £15 or US$29. Below is a summary listing of the contents of the issue. For free access to the abstracts of the articles, please visit http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g794775631~db=all. In order to take advantage of the special promotional offer for the issue, please use the online form accessible at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/spissue/gvir-si1.asp and be sure to mention Promotional Code XD81701W VISUAL RESOURCES: An International Journal of Documentation Vol. XXIV, No. 2, June 2008 (ISSN 0197-3762) TABLE OF CONTENTS 101 Editorial: History (including a tribute to Helene E. Roberts) 103 Murtha Baca, News BOARD-APPROVED SPECIAL ISSUE Visual Collections as Historical Evidence, edited by Craig Horner, Katy Layton-Jones and David Stewart 105 Katy Layton-Jones, Introduction: Visual Collections as Historical Evidence 109 Stephen Connolly, Unseeing the Past: Vision and Modern British History 119 Robin Usher, Reading Architecture: St. Andrew's Church, Dublin, 1670-1990 133 Nick Mansfield, The Contribution of the National Banner Survey to Debates on Nineteenth-Century Popular Politics 145 David Clampin, "The war has turned our lives upside-down": The Merit of Commercial Advertising in Documenting the Cultural History of the British Home Front in the Second World War 159 John Walton, Commemorating the Co-op: Nostalgia, Identity and the Visual Traces of the Co-operative Movement in Twentieth-Century Britain 173 David Stewart, The British Labour Party, "Parliamentary Socialism," and Thatcherism, 1979-1990: A Visual Perspective 189 Katy Layton-Jones, Referencing Visual Sources as Historical Evidence REVIEWS 201 Laura Baudot, reviewing City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth-Century London, by Vic Gatrell 207 Victoria E. Thompson, reviewing Household Gods: The British and Their Possessions, by Deborah Cohen 210 Sarah Winter, reviewing Charles Darwin and Victorian Visual Culture, by Jonathan Smith For more information about VR and our previous publication history, please visit http://www.mindspring.com/~sundt-vr/ for the complete tables of contents and list of special issues, in addition to information about the journal, including subscriptions. Through special arrangements with the journal's publisher, Taylor & Francis/Routledge, we have been able to secure special reduced rates for individual subscribers who are members of the College Art Association, the Visual Resources Association, and the Association of Art Historians. See http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/offer/gvir-so.asp for details. Christine L. Sundt, Editor Helen Ronan, Reviews Editor Murtha Baca, News Editor -- Christine L. Sundt, Editor Visual Resources: An International Journal of Documentation P.O. Box 5316 Eugene, OR 97405-0316 USA phone: 541.485.1420 VR Website: http://www.mindspring.com/~sundt-vr/ csundt(at)mindspring.com or csundt(at)gmail.com __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]