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First published in 1986. The first edition of this work was in 1971. In the intervening years a number of books and articles have appeared which deal directly, or indirectly, with the subject of poverty in the early modern period, and the bibliography,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338553Author W. Stewart WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 176mm * 235mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648870500Author Myron FaganFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Distant MirrorPublisher Distant MirrorWeight(grams) 263g

The attractive Lakeland town of Kendal has achieved fame well beyond its modest size. Who hasn't heard of Kendal Mint Cake, K Shoes or 'The Gateway to the Lakes'? Although these are indeed all facets of Kendal and its past, they are but a small part of...

In the French Revolution, Jocelyn Hunt examines the major issues and background to the revolution, including its causes, and disputes as to when it ended. The author also surveys the views of historians on this period and looks at wider questions such as...

Combining original research with the latest scholarship Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792 - 1914 examines war and its aftermath from Napoleonic times to the outbreak of the First World War. Throughout, this fine book treats warfare as a social and...

Decolonisation: The British Experience since 1945 is a concise and accessible introduction which introduces students to this often dramatic story of colonial wars and emergencies, and fraught international relations. The 2nd edition provides an overview...

Sexuality and Subordination uses the insights of a range of disciplines to examine the construction of gender in nineteenth-century Britain and France. With contributions from history, literature, sociology and philosophy, its interdisciplinary approach...

The specially-commissioned essays in this 1999 book discuss the ways in which performance is central to the practice and ideology of democracy in classical Athens. From theatre to law-court to gymnasium to symposium, performance is a basic part of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784619503Author Tudur OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784619503Author Tudur OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614274124Author Arthur Stanley EddingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Martino Fine BooksPublisher Martino Fine BooksWeight(grams)...

Nestled in a sub-tropical garden overlooking the River Dart, Greenway has an exceptional and enviable location. It certainly caught the eye of Agatha Christie, who knew the area as a child and, having made her name as a world-famous crime-writer, made it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244935283Author H C DilstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 86g

During the First and Second World Wars thousands of men and women refused the call to arms. Reviled, starved and beaten, theirs was a battle of conscience. In the First World War, seventy-three conscientious objectors died as a result of their treatment,...

For most of the nineteenth century, the United Kingdom was the great world power. The industrial revolution brought it unprecedented wealth, and it possessed the largest empire the world had ever seen. During the nineteenth-century the UK was also...

Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800 investigates the impact of warfare on the history of Africa in the period of the slave trade and the founding of empires. It includes the discussion of:: * the relationship between war and the slave trade * the role...

In the second half of the twelfth century, the Catholic Church became convinced that dualist heresy was taking root within Christian society and that it was particularly strong in southern France. The nature and extent of this heresy and the reaction of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995697720Author Roger HoldenFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Roger N. HoldenPublisher Roger N. Holden

This lavishly produced book brings together an impressive amount of new historical research which seeks to answer this question, providing fresh interpretations of Leicester's history since 1800. The chapters analyse the events, changes and...

Originally published in 1999, Cathedrals of Consumption examines the history of the department store. After many decades in which it was almost exclusively historians of retailing and company biographers who were interested in the phenomenon, the...

The Routledge History of Witchcraft is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary study of the belief in witches from antiquity to the present day, providing both an introduction to the subject of witchcraft and an overview of the on-going debates.This...

Dee Gordon's new book is the unique and fascinating result of many conversations with people about the lives of their families in Southend during the First and Second World War. Vivid memories are recounted, including interviews with former Land Army...

This title is the first study to relate the history and contemporary role of the South East Asian monarchy to the politics of the region today. Comprehensive & up-to-date, Monarchy in South East Asia features an historical and political overview of ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780968673614Author Bhupinder Singh MahalFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Mahal PublicationsPublisher Mahal PublicationsWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm)...

We are in the midst of a digital revolution - until recently, the majority of appliances used in everyday life have been developed with analogue technology. Now, either at home or out and about, we are surrounded by digital technology such as digital...

Revisits the life of the people, and the places in which they lived, that have shaped Crickhowell and the surrounding area over the past 100 years. This collection documents the vanished world of this once-bustling valley and will interest those who want...

Did you know... In one of the last executions in Norwich Castle Gaol in 1885 an event so horrible occurred that a shadow was cast on the nation's Public Executioner for the rest of his career? And Matthew Hopkins, 'The Witchfinder General', found witches...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857101242Author Mike CopeFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint PiXZ BooksPublisher PiXZ Books

The Covenanter was intended to be the main equipment of the Armoured Divisions during the early years of the Second World War, and was a generally reliable tank that was well suited to its primary task of home defence. Due to a rather convoluted series...

The search for gold and for the mythical El Dorado gripped the imagination of the conquistadors from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Crossing over the Andes, they explored the unknown eastern forests and jungles, launching expeditions that were...

The most devastating economic crash in modern times ushered in the Great Depression of the 1930s, which turned the lives of ordinary Americans upside down and left an indelible mark on the nation's psyche. In this lively and incisive history, acclaimed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338843Author W. Stewart WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 176mm * 235mm * 4mm

Roads to Berlin maps the changing landscape of Germany, from the period before the fall of the Wall to the present. Written and updated over the course of several decades, an eyewitness account of the pivotal events of 1989 gives way to a perceptive...

Traidcraft was a true pioneer of the Fair Trade movement and has played a major role in changing the landscape of ethical shopping. This book charts the history of Traidcraft from its birth in 1979 up until its 40th anniversary in 2019. The story is told...

Traidcraft was a true pioneer of the Fair Trade movement and has played a major role in changing the landscape of ethical shopping. This book charts the history of Traidcraft from its birth in 1979 up until its 40th anniversary in 2019. The story is told...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908326270Author Eugene ByrneFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Redcliffe Press LtdPublisher Redcliffe Press LtdDimensions(mm) 210mm * 210mm * 10mm

Underlying the current dynamics of technological developments, their divergence or convergence and the abundance of options, promises and risks they contain, is the quest for innovation, the contributors to this volume argue. The seemingly insatiable...

This book tells a true detective story set mainly in Elizabethan London during the years of cold war just before the Armada of 1588. The mystery is the identity of a spy working in a foreign embassy to frustrate Catholic conspiracy and propaganda aimed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910860014Author Brian LaveryFormat HardbackPage Count 440Imprint The Pool of London PressPublisher The Pool of London Press