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The Story of Hull
Hull was first built as a port by the Cistercian monks of Meaux Abbey, to export wool from their rapidly expanding sheep flocks. Before the end of the 13th century Hull had been acquired by Edward I, who developed it as a royal port, and from then on Hull has been one of the countryâe(tm)s most important ports. The port makes Hull a highly defensible strategic position. In the 16th century Hullâe(tm)s defiance of King Charles I helped drag the country into civil war, while on Town Taking Day, celebrated in Hull for more than a century after the event, Hullâe(tm)s foiling of a Catholic plot lost James the whole of north England. Hull established a reputation as a centre of Puritanism, cond...
L.A.'s Memories
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James S. Hull Autobiography
Typewritten histories, autobiographies, and newspaper articles. Hull writes about the history of Taber, Alberta, and about his life there. He also includes information on the founding of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.
Government of Paper
“Drawing inspiration from actor-network theory, science studies, and semiotics, this brilliant book makes us completely rethink the workings of bureaucracy as analyzed by Max Weber and James Scott. Matthew Hull demonstrates convincingly how the materiality of signs truly matters for understanding the projects of ‘the state.’” - Katherine Verdery, author of What was Socialism, and What Comes Next? “We are used to studies of roads and rails as central material infrastructure for the making of modern states. But what of records, the reams and reams of paper that inscribe the state-in-making? This brilliant book inquires into the materiality of information in colonial and postcolonial ...
Poems
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Official Register
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