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From a distinguished author in the field, The New Global History is a critical inquiry into the historical process of globalization, which is seen as a distinctly twentieth century phenomenon with its roots in the age of expansion of the early modern...

A wide ranging new history of a key period in the history of the church in England, from the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688-89 to the Great Reform Act of 1832. This was a tumultuous time for both church and state, when the relationship between religion...

More than thirty years later, the Vietnam War still stands as one of the most controversial events in the history of the United States, and historians have so far failed to come up with a definitive narrative of the wartime experience. With competing...

The Jews: A History is a comprehensive and accessible text that explores the religious, cultural, social, and economic diversity of the Jewish people and their faith.Placing Jewish history within its wider cultural context, the book covers a broad time...

In the 1930s Spain underwent a period of intense and bloody upheaval that culminated in three years of civil war and the triumph of the Nationalist rebels under General Franco. Hundreds of thousands of Spanish - and non-Spanish - people died in their...

Today over 400,000 Chinese live in Britain, many more attend British universities, and an increasing number visit Britain on business and as tourists. But until now, there has been no comprehensive history of the Chinese who came to the country. This...

Features a collection of images of Belleek, a town in Northern Ireland steeped in history and stories. This history book shows the variety of Belleek heritage, from pictures of the beautiful Lough Erne, to pictures of the long-standing British Army...

r s1mily Ties provides a vivid and accessible introduction to the dynamics of life in English families of all ranks from the mid-sixteenth century to the end of World War I. Sections on methods, approaches and sources allow readers new to the study of...

r s1mily Ties provides a vivid and accessible introduction to the dynamics of life in English families of all ranks from the mid-sixteenth century to the end of World War I. Sections on methods, approaches and sources allow readers new to the study of...

How should we react as readers and as critics when two passages in a literary work contradict one another? Classicists once assumed that all inconsistencies in ancient texts needed to be amended, explained away, or lamented. Building on recent work on...

Bent's Fort was a landmark of the American frontier, a huge private fort on the upper Arkansas River in present southeastern Colorado. Established by the adventurers Charles and William Bent, it stood until 1849 as the center of the Indian trade of the...

Collected Studies CS1065We assume that we have a clear understanding of how people in the Middle Ages thought and which attitudes they struck but in reality this is a subject of enormous complexity of which conclusions can only be drawn via painstaking...

In Michael Polanyi and His Generation, Mary Jo Nye investigates the role that Michael Polanyi and several of his contemporaries played in the emergence of the social turn in the philosophy of science. This turn involved seeing science as a socially based...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861521739Author William MacGillivrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint AcairPublisher AcairDimensions(mm) 210mm * 150mm * 10mm

Britain and France were the leading industrial nations in 18th-century Europe. This book examines the rivalry which existed between the two nations and the methods used by France to obtain the skilled manpower and technology which had given Britain the...

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...

Lisburn town and environs contain a treasure trove of local history. This book explores a wide range of topics as we visit the Maze, Kilwarlin, Lissue, Hillsborough, Glenavy, Lambeg, Hilden and Ballyskeagh. Subjects that attract attention include...

Concentrating on the turbulent months from February 1917 to November 1918, Geoffrey Swain explores the origins of the Civil War against the wider background of revolutionary Russia. He examines the aims of the anti-Bolshevik insurgents themselves; but he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647018771Author Steve DailyFormat HardbackPage Count 364Imprint Page Publishing, IncPublisher Page Publishing, IncWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692494646Author Mark DiederichsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Diederichsen MediahausPublisher Diederichsen MediahausWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780915531Author Derek YarwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 309Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

In The International Economy Since 1945, Sidney Pollard describes the most important global developments in economics during the last half century. In this comprehensive history the author covers all geographical regions and considers the effects of the...

This new study considers the impact of the empire upon modern British political culture. The economic and cultural legacy of empire have received a great deal of attention, but historians have neglected the effects of empire upon the domestic British...

In AD 43, the Romans landed an invasion force on the shores of Britain that heralded the beginnings of recorded British history and laid the cultural foundations of today's national identity. Yet despite the crucial importance of this event, the actual...

Rowley's premier historian, Anthony Page, has once again uncovered over 200 photographs to illustrate bygone days in this distinctive Black Country town.Book InformationISBN 9780750930901Author Anthony H. PageFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The...

Before his most fabulous adventure (celebrated by John G. Neihardt in The Song of Hugh Glass and by Frederick Manfred in Lord Grizzly), Hugh Glass was captured by the buccaneer Jean Lafitte and turned pirate himself until his first chance to escape. Soon...

The highly practical guide introduces the reader to the main areas of British women's history: education, work, family life, sexuality and politics. After an introduction to each topic detailed commentary is provided on a range of primary source material...

The highly practical guide introduces the reader to the main areas of British women's history: education, work, family life, sexuality and politics. After an introduction to each topic detailed commentary is provided on a range of primary source material...

The Renaissance presents the panorama of Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, exploring such themes as:the origins and causes of humanismRenaissance monarchiesthe Reformationgeographical explorationscienceartistic movements.The book includes...

Combining the latest insights from KIng biographies and movement histories, this book provides an up-to-date critical analysis of the relationship between King and the wider civil rights movement. Delivering a fresh perspective on the relationship...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999668921Author Manuel OlivaresFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Viverealtrimenti LtdPublisher Viverealtrimenti Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957116245Author Diz WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Larrabee Libraries: A Division of Larrabee IndustriesPublisher Larrabee Libraries: A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988830301Author Meredith TaxFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Centre for Secular SpacePublisher Centre for Secular SpaceWeight(grams) 158g

By drawing equally on the work of historians and archaeologists, Colin Platt puts forward a view of English medieval society in which there is much that is new and unexpected. Medieval England brings together a wide range of themes, from castle and...

Based on the Ford Lectures, delivered at Oxford in 1960, the author describes some of the forces which created what we call `Victorian England'.Book InformationISBN 9780415065917Author G. Kitson ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint...

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The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) changed Britain and the West Midlands for ever. For some people this was a time of great prosperity while others were driven into poverty. Fortunes of War explores the stories of people from the region during this...

Pilgrimage was an integral part not only of medieval religion but medieval life, and from its origins in the 4th-century Meditteranean world rapidly spread to northern Europe as a pan-European devotional phenomenon. Drawing upon original source...

Pilgrimage was an integral part not only of medieval religion but medieval life, and from its origins in the 4th-century Meditteranean world rapidly spread to northern Europe as a pan-European devotional phenomenon. Drawing upon original source...

One of the most fierce and wide-ranging debates in historical circles during the last twenty years has concerned the theory that throughout Europe, the seventeenth century was a period of crisis so pervasive, significant and intense that it could be...