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Manchester University Press Peasants and Historians Debating the Medieval
Book SynopsisThis book examines one hundred years of historical debate on the English peasantry in the later Middle Ages, exploring the influences and changes to peasantry society, economy and culture.Trade Review‘Practitioners of peasant history will benefit from the guides to bibliography and analysis of past ideas and present preoccupations, while newcomers are given a useful guide to the state of the subject. Those familiar with the peasant world will find well-known subjects presented from a new perspective.’Christopher Dyer, University of Leicester, Agricultural History -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Early contributionsPart I: Themes 2. Population, resources and the medieval English peasantry3. Lords and peasants4. Peasants and marketsPart II: Debates5. Demography and the medieval peasantry6. Family, household and gender7. The village community and the nature of peasant society in medieval England8. Peasant cultureConclusionIndex
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Manchester University Press Englands Darling The Victorian Cult of Alfred the
Book SynopsisIn the nineteenth century, Alfred the Great was a figure who rivalled King Arthur in the popular imagination. This book asks why Alfred was so important in Victorian Britain, examines the ways in which he was rewritten by authors and artists of the time, and investigates how Alfred is no longer a national icon.Table of Contents1. The day of a thousand years: Alfred and the Victorian mania for commemoration2. Medievalism, Anglo-Saxonism, and the nineteenth century 3. Turning a king into a hero: nine hundred years of pre-Victorian reinvention4. The hero as king: Alfred and nineteenth-century politics 5. ‘The root and spring of everything we love in church and state’: Alfred and Victorian progress6. ‘The most perfect character in history’: Alfred and Victorian morality7. ‘Never to be confused with King Arthur’: Alfred after VictoriaIndex
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Manchester University Press The experience of urban poverty 172382
Book SynopsisThis comparative study of urban poverty is the first to chart the irregular pulse of poverty''s encounters with officialdom. It exploits an unusual methodology to secure new perspectives from familiar sources. The highly localised characteristics of the welfare economy generated a peculiarly urban environment for the poor. Separate chapters examine the parameters of workhouse life when the preconceptions of contemporaries have been stripped away; the reach of institutional charities such as almshouses, schools and infirmaries; and the surprisingly broad clientele of urban pawnbrokers. Detailed analysis of the poor is achieved via meticulous matching of individuals who fell within the purview of two or more authorities. The result is a unique insight into the survival economics of urban poverty, arising not from a tidy network of welfare but from a loose assembly of options, where the impoverished positioned themselves repeatedly to fit official, philanthropic, or casual Trade ReviewTomkins presents the conditions under which the poor lived, drawing on life in the workhouse, traditional poor relief such as lodging in poorhouses, health care, and schools for the poor. The section on credit and pawn broking among those in distress is especially significant because this is a field that has hardly been researched so far, and it demonstrates the flexibility of the poor in their struggle against want. -- .Table of ContentsList of tables, figures and appendicesAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. Introduction2. Life in Urban Workhouses3. Traditional Forms of Voluntary Charity4. ‘Medical’ Welfare and Provincial Infirmaries5. Charity Schools and the Treatment of Poor Children6. Pawnbroking and the use of credit7. ConclusionAppendicesBibliography
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Manchester University Press British imperialism in Cyprus 18781915
Book SynopsisThis book explores the tensions underlying British imperialism in Cyprus, explaining how the Union Jack came to fly over the island and why after thirty-five years the British wanted it lowered. Cyprus' importance was always more imagined than real and was enmeshed within widely held cultural signifiers and myths. -- .Trade Review'With his subtle, yet well-researched and well-argued study, Varnava has made a significant contribution to Cypriot history, as well as the histories of the Ottoman and British empires, particularly in our understandings of how images and reality may wildly differ in the context of imperial ventures.'The American Historical Review'It is highly commendable that the author adopts an open and fresh approach to Cyprus’ history, in particular in the way how he looked in retrospect at the Ottoman period and its ramifications until British rule.'Journal of Mediterranean Studies'this is a fascinating and compelling tale. Very well-written, conceptually and methodologically sophisticated, this is by far the best book on the early years of the history of the British in Cyprus. It rightfully deserves a central place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in Cypriot, Ottoman, Greek, British or imperial histories'A Review of the Past and other Stories'British Imperialism in Cyprus deserves significant consideration for two reasons. Varnava's adroit use of the ‘Eldorado’ argument adds important nuance to analyses of the acquisitive propensities of the British imperial state. The cultural is subtly woven into the political in a manner that historians of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European imperialism will find illuminating.'European Review of History'Varnava's book should open the way for more studies that will increase our understanding and knowledge of this most interesting and important period of British colonial rule in Cyprus.'The Round Table'British Imperialism in Cyprus is definitely an illuminating research piece on the ‘tensions underlying British imperialism in Cyprus’.'Anglophone Studies'Varnava’s book is a wonderful addition to our knowledge and understanding of a crucial period in Cyprus’ history, namely that of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. […] a well-written and well-documented account of the first four decades of British rule in Cyprus. It heightens our knowledge and exposes the problems surrounding some ofthe accepted ‘truths’ regarding this period. […] This book would be an excellent addition to student reading lists as well as providing new material for seasoned researchers in the history, colonial studies, sociology, and political science of Cyprus.'The Cyprus Review‘This thoroughly researched and very well written study will remain essential for any modern historian of Cyprus. Intellectually stimulating, in a well substantiated way provocative and full of new insights, one can only wish that its main theses enter the public discourse of Cyprus, which is so ignorant of many of the findings of this book.’Reviews in History‘Varnava's work is an overdue reassessment of common wisdom in the history of Cyprus which will also appeal to students of Cypriot history as well as the reader interested in international relations and politics in the Near East at the beginning of the twentieth century.’Journal of Modern Greek Studies -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Historicising the British Possession of Cyprus: The Contexts2. Cyprus from Richard Coeur de Lion to Disraeli: The Imperial Imagination3. Justifying the Occupation of Cyprus, 1876-78: ‘The Key of Western Asia’4. The Sublime Illusions: 1878-80: The Mediterranean ‘Eldorado’5. Financial Policy and the Development of Cyprus, 1880-1912: The ‘Mill-Stone’6. From Multiculturalism to Multi-Nationalism: The ‘European’ Possession7. Cyprus’ Strategic Place in the British Imperial Structure: The Backwater8. ‘Cyprus is of No Use to Anybody’: The PawnConclusionBibliographyAppendices
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Manchester University Press Catholic communities in Protestant states
Book SynopsisThis study compares the position of Catholic minorities in England and the Dutch Republic, looking beyond the tales of persecution that have dominated traditional historiography, focusing on the realities of Catholic existence. -- .Table of Contents1. Shifting identities in hostile settings: towards a comparison of the Catholic communities in early modern Britain and the Northern Netherlands – Willem Frijhoff 2. Cooperative Confessionalisation: lay-clerical collaboration in Dutch Catholic Communities during the Golden Age – Charles H. Parker 3. ‘So they become contemptible’: clergy and laity in a mission territory – Michael Mullett 4. Integration vs. segregation: religiously mixed marriage and the `Verzuiling’ model of Dutch society – Benjamin J. Kaplan 5. ‘Getting on’ and ‘getting along’ in parish and town: Catholics and their neighbours in England – William Sheils6. Burying the dead; reliving the past: ritual, resentment and sacred space in the Dutch Republic – Judith Pollmann 7. Beads, books and bare ruined choirs: transmutations of Catholic ritual life in Protestant England – Alexandra Walsham 8. The southern Netherlands connection: networks of support and patronage – Paul Arblaster 9. Priests, nuns, presses and prayers: the southern Netherlands and the contours of English Catholicism – Claire Walker 10. Second-class yet self-confident: Catholics in the Dutch Generality Lands – Charles de Mooij11.Between conflict and coexistence: the Catholic community in Ireland as a 'visible underground church' in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries – Ute Lotz-Heumann12. Orphans and students: recruiting boys and girls for the Holland Mission – Joke Spaans 13.Harbourers and housekeepers: Catholic women in England 1570–1720 – Marie B. Rowlands 14.Paintings for clandestine Catholic churches in the Republic: typically Dutch? – Xander van Eck15.Cultures of dissent: English Catholics and the visual arts – Richard L. Williams16.Conclusion: Catholic communities in Protestant states, Britain and the Netherlands c.1580–1720 – Ben Kaplan and Judith PollmannIndex
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Manchester University Press Wales since 1939
Book SynopsisThe period since 1939 has seen more rapid and significant change than any other time in Welsh history. Wales has developed a more assertive identity of its own and some of the apparatus of a nation state. Yet its economy has floundered between boom and bust, its traditional communities have been transformed and the Welsh language has been undermined by a globalizing world.Trade Review'This is a truly magisterial study and analysis which deserves and will certainly achieve a wide and indeed varied readership.'Gwales.com (Welsh Books Council)'Martin Johnes has written a fresh, insightful, and interesting study of Welsh history since 1939, telling the story of a small yet complicated nation in a fascinating and engaging way that will be of interest not only to Welsh historians, but to scholars in all areas of modern history.'Twentieth Century British History'As a social history of a given corner of our world, this is a good book; scholarly, erudite, comprehensive and exciting. As an account of modern Wales, this is an important, perhaps even vital, document. Indeed, in writing it, Johnes has marked himself out as an historian fit to join the likes of Gwyn Alf Williams, Kenneth Morgan and John Davies as a great panoramic storyteller of the two western peninsulas resolutely known as Wales, but whose recent past is shaped by things that matter more'Goodreads.com'Martin Johnes has written a meticulously informed account of our recent history, founded on prodigious data, and refreshingly enriched by the ‘evidence’ of poets and novelists. It is a healthy corrective to idealised narratives of Welsh progress, although perhaps a milder one than he may have intended.'Agenda'Modern Welsh history is not conveniently ‘boxed’ into categories in Wales since 1939, but instead its multifarious shades of grey of are articulated. Johnes has succeed in portraying the diversity of Wales in the second half of the 20th–century and has remedied the long-standing neglect of several topics under the microscope here. In many ways, this book does for Wales what Peter Clarke’s Hope and Glory or Dominic Sandbrook’s post-war histories do for Britain: providing an approachable history that does not forget its academic roots.'Reviews in History'[It] should be the standard narrative for some time of the forces that have combined to make the Wales of the new century’s second decade.'Wales Arts Review‘This is a truly magisterial study and analysis which deserves and will certainly achieve a wide and indeed varied readership.’J. Graham Jones, Morgannwg: The Journal of Glamorgan History, volume LVI 2012 -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1. ‘The waging of war’, 1939–452. ‘The spirit of reconstruction’1945–513. ‘The hard times are finished’: The coming of affluence, 1951–644. ‘Promiscuous living’: Youth culture and the permissive society, 1951–705. ‘A new society’: Class and urban communities, 1951–706. ‘Life among the hills’: The Welsh Way of Life, 1951–707. ‘A cottonwool fuzz at the back of the mind’: Language and nationhoods, 1951–708. ‘Nationalists of many varieties’, 1951–709. ‘Black times’: The Passing of Labour, 1966–8510. ‘Under an acid rain’: Debating the nations, 1970–8511. ‘Adapt to the future’: The Tory remaking of Wales, 1979–9712. ‘Who’s happy?’: Social change since 197013. ‘They don’t belong here’: The countryside since 197014. ‘A nation once again’, 1997–2009ConclusionIndex
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Manchester University Press The subject of Britain 160325 Manchester
Book SynopsisThis book reinterprets early seventeenth-century texts by situating them within the context of Jacobean writing on Britain and Britishness. Central to its argument are ideas about nationhood, identity and community that were occasioned by the accession of a Scottish king to England's throne, contested during the Anglo-Scottish Union debates.Trade Review'... An absorbing and timely book.'Early Modern Literary Studies‘… With its scrupulous close readings of an array of literary and political texts, including some that are little-known and others that have rarely been considered in this context, The Subject of Britain sheds powerful new light on what Britishness meant or could mean in the early years of the seventeenth century.’The seventeenth century'A lively, intelligent work that demonstrates how much more work needs to be done on ideas of Britain and Britishness.'Andrew Hadfield, Journal of British Studies 'Christopher Ivic’s monograph is a very readable study and a timely corrective to received critical thinking inherited down the generations (and endlessly recycled) concerning Jacobean succession literature.'Modern Language Review -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: accession, union, nationhood1 ‘Englands King is comming to be Croun’d’: English responses to the accession of King James VI and I2 ‘This mighty worke of vnion’: imagining union in early Jacobean panegyric3 ‘But when this island shall be made Britain’: Hume, Bacon, Britain and Britishness4 ‘Our downfall Birthdome’: reimagining nationhood in Macbeth5 Conclusion: the Jacobean writing of BritainBibliographyIndex
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Manchester University Press Pauper Policies
Book Synopsis Pauper policies examines how policies under both Old and New Poor Laws were conceived, adopted, implemented, developed or abandoned. The book engages with recent literature on the experience and agency of poor relief recipients, and offers a fresh perspective on poor law administration. Through a ‘policy process’ approach, the author exposes several significant areas of poor law history that are currently unknown or poorly understood, each of which is explored in a series of thematic chapters. This volume contains important new research on: the adoption and implementation of enabling acts at the end of the Old Poor Laws, Gilbert’s Act of 1782 and Sturges Bourne’s Acts of 1818 and 1819; the exchange of knowledge about how best to provide poor relief in the final decades of the Old Poor Law and formative decades of the New; and the impact of national scandals on policy-making in the new Victorian system. It points towTrade Review'Pauper policies presents exciting new research on the English Poor Laws before and after the Amendment Act of 1834. This original study of an institution that lay at the heart of life for many centuries is empirically rich and analytically engaging. Shave’s book provides a superb example of how painstaking archival work opens the possibility of deeper understanding of a wide range of cognate areas of social and political life. Beautifully written and clearly argued, this is an excellent addition to the scholarship.'Professor Emma Griffin, University of East Anglia‘The book is an excellent addition to the historiography. It is well written and researched and contains important new findings on several key topics that have largely been ignored by historians.’Dr Joseph Harley , Reviews in History‘Samantha Shave has written one of the most original books on the English Poor Law in years: she has taken topics we thought we knew well, such as Gilbert’s Act, and given them new and insightful treatment.’Professor Alannah Tomkins, Keele University, Rural History, (2018)‘What emerges from this exceptionally rich and detailed research is a thorough and grounded understanding of how poor law administration developed across large swathes of southern England stretching from Sussex in the east through to Somerset in the west. It is a very significant and highly original contribution to an already considerable body of work on the English poor law.’Professor David Green, King’s College London‘Shave’s book is a welcome addition to the study of poor law administration, as her research gives an unexplored region of Britain worthy representation. In doing so, we gain an understanding of the people that held the decision-making power over the lives of the poor, and how their position could frame pauper policies. This book will be valuable reading for scholars of poverty and welfare throughout the period, and also to those researching the South West, to gain an understanding of the figures that prevailed over those belonging to the lowest classes.’Cara Dobbing, University of Leicester, Local Population Studies 100 (2018)‘This well-written book will appeal to any with an interest in the poor laws, whether they have a top-down or bottom-up approach. By rehabilitating poor law policy development, dissemination and implementation as worthwhile objects of study, Shave shows the continued importance of the local in shaping the relief environments which paupers experienced.’Douglas Brown, Kingston University, Family & Community History, Vol. 21/2, July 2018 -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: pauper policies1. A policy process approach to the poor laws2. Gilbert's Act: workhouses for the vulnerable3. Restricting relief: the impact of Sturges Bourne's reforms4. Policies from knowledge networks5. Policies from scandal6. Conclusion: reform and innovation AppendixSelect bibliographyIndex
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The Crowood Press Ltd The Angevin Dynasties of Europe 9001500
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Schofield & Sims Ltd Roman Britain Laminated posters
Book SynopsisAimed at the Key Stage 1 and 2 levels, this chart provides facts and information about the everyday life in Britain during the Roman Times. It features topics about work and trade, religion and infrastructure. Featuring colorful pictures, it is intended for a project or lesson.
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Andrews UK Limited The Danube
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Pluto Press Rebel Footprints
Book SynopsisThe classic walking guide for the intrepid radical in London.Trade Review'David has brought the streets and buildings of London alive to the real history of the city and the struggles of ordinary people. Anyone reading this will walk the streets of our city with a different view of the world, and what people can do when they act together' -- Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party'Informative and well-judged ... There is so much that is inspirational in this book' -- Nicholas Lezard, Guardian Paperback of the Week'A book of detail and passion' -- Danny Dorling, Times Higher Education'You haven't walked the streets of London unless you've understood the secret history of revolt, rebellion and poverty hidden all around you in its bricks and alleyways. Rosenberg takes you there as no other writer has done' -- Paul Mason'By offering us a guide to our radical past, Rosenberg reminds us of the strong tradition of dissent that has shaped our history and made us who we are' -- Billy Bragg'Stirs my heart's old sympathies with the idealism of the radical Left. I still urge you to let Rosenberg take you on his London journey' -- Dave Hill, GuardianThis brilliant book brings London's long tradition of radicalism and rebellion to life. Using walks to show how dissent led to democracy, it is a fitting testimonial to the collective struggles of Londoners of every colour and creed. I for one will be dusting down my walking shoes and taking to the streets to find out more -- Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the TUCTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword by Ash Sarkar Introduction: Rebellious City 1. Writers and Rioters in the Fleet Street Precinct 2. Trailblazers for Democracy in Clerkenwell Green 3. The Spark of Rebellion in Bow 4. Coming in from the Cold: Immigrant Agitators and Radicals in Spitalfields 5. No Gods, No Masters: Radical Bloomsbury 6. Life on the Boundary: Fighting for Housing in Bethnal Green and Shoreditch 7. Stirrings from the South: The Battersea Four 8. Speaking Truth to Power: Suffragettes and Westminster 9. Not Afraid of the Prison Walls: Rebel Women and Men of Poplar 10. People's Power in Bermondsey 11. No Pasaran! Cable Street and Long Lane Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press The Fight for Scottish Democracy
Book SynopsisA brand-new history of Scotland's radical war for democracy in 1820Trade Review'This quite excellent book, with its extremely comprehensive research, revelatory conception and lucid prose, has the welcome potency to finally dispel the long concocted myth that, compared to 18th century England, Scotland was inherently averse to radical creative or physical unrest' -- Andrew Noble, Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow'Intensely dramatic, impeccably detailed and narrated with literary flair, Armstrong brings to life the history of a powerful yet forgotten revolution' -- Maxine Peake, Actress and Writer'In his book on Thomas Muir, Armstrong vividly told the story of one of Scotland's greatest sons and the radical cause. Now he does the same for those involved in the 1820 rising. It's sadly a tale that's largely been untold. But this eloquently rights that wrong' -- Kenny MacAskill, MP for East Lothian and former Cabinet Secretary for Justice'Armstrong pulls off a masterful feat, colouring a world long gone with such vivid detail that you feel the hope, injustice and ruthless suppression of a great but unsung democratic uprising. Yet, even though the period is so powerfully re-imagined, there's no loss of historical accuracy or political drive in this excellent book' -- Lesley Riddoch, author of 'Blossom: What Scotland Needs to Flourish''At a time when anachronistic discussions of Scottish nationalism are prevalent, Armstrong's book should prove to be an outstanding and timely contribution to literature on Scottish history on the 200th anniversary of the Radical War' -- Neil Davidson, author of 'The Origins of Scottish Nationhood''The Fight for Scottish Democracy earns a vital place in remembering those who struggled at such tremendous personal risk for democratic rights now taken so unquestionably for granted' -- Scottish Left ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Map 1. 1820: Death on the Green 2. 1812: Overture 3. 1815: A Disputed Peace 4. 1816–17: Alarm 5. 1817: Repression 6. 1818–19: Fever 7. 1819: Peterloo 8. 1819: Radicals vs Loyalists 9. 1820: Underground 10. 1820: Address to the Inhabitants 11. 1820: Hostilities 12. 1820: Purge 13. 1820: Retribution 14. Retreat Postscript References Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Provos
Book SynopsisThe first part of the landmark trilogy documenting modern-day Northern Ireland, by the author of Loyalists and BritsThis work examines the Provos, from 1969, when the IRA was effectively dead and buried, to within a few short years, when it had resurrected to become the most feared and sophisticated terrorist organization in the world. The book is based on in-depth interviews with key personalities in the Army, Police, British and Irish governments, giving first-hand accounts of the key events. It contains material not included in the television series being broadcast on BBC 1 in autumn 1997. Never before has an outsider had such access to record the remarkable history of the provisional IRA and Sinn Fein, from their dramatic beginnings to the critical juncture they have reached today - on the brink of becoming part of the cabinet in the new government of Northern Ireland. An astonishing story, told as only Peter Taylor could.There are no images in this edition*PRAISE FOR PETER TAYLOR*Only a journalist of Peter Taylor's standing could have persuaded people from all sides in the conflict to cooperate in such a manner. The result was a first-rate piece of journalism. It was also first-rate history' GuardianTrade ReviewPRAISE FOR PETER TAYLOR: Peter Taylor should be ranked alongside David Attenborough in any panoply of TV grandees … To report on the region since 1972 and have all sides still talking to you with trust and respect is quite an achievement. As perhaps is the fact that he is still breathing * The Times *Taylor has built a justified reputation as by far the most knowledgeable British – or Irish – television reporter on Northern Irish affairs * Irish Times *A reporter who can face human horror and help us comprehend it * Radio Times *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Beach Huts and Bathing Machines Shire Library
Book SynopsisBehind the enduring popularity of beach huts lies a story of classic British eccentricity. This work offers a view of the classic British seaside holiday through the history of beach huts and bathing machines, revealing how the changing fashions in society shaped their design and development.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC ARP and Civil Defence in the Second World War
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Smugglers and Smuggling Shire Library
Book SynopsisSmuggling was rife in Britain between the seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, and since then smugglers have come often to be romanticised as cheeky rogues as highwaymen of the coasts and Robin Hood figures. The reality could be very different. Cut-throat businessmen determined to make a profit, many smugglers were prepared to use excessive force as often as they used cunning, and the officers whose job it was to apprehend them were regularly brutally intimidated into inaction. Trevor May explains who the smugglers were, what motivated them, where they operated, and how items ranging from barrels of brandy to boxes of tea would surreptitiously be moved inland under the noses of, and sometimes even in collusion with, the authorities.Table of ContentsHeroes and Villains / The Nature of Smuggling / Enforcing the Law / A Practical Guide to Smuggling / The Smuggler at Sea / Smugglers of Note and Notoriety / From the Old Smuggler to the New / Further Reading / Places to Visit / Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Victorian Detective 761 Shire Library
Book SynopsisAt the dawn of the Victorian age there was effectively no police detective force in Britain and detecting methods were rudimentary; by the end of Victoria's reign the Criminal Investigation Department had been established and basic forensic tests were in use. This book explores the development of the professional detective during the nineteenth century, giving examples of the methods he used to track down criminals and to convict them of offences ranging from petty theft to brutal murder. It also explains the development of forensics, from fingerprinting to tests that could identify whether or not blood was human. Mysteries such as the Jack the Ripper murders are examined, as well as the work of famous sleuths like the Prince of Detectives' Jonathan Whicher the real-life counterpart of the legendary Sherlock Holmes.Table of ContentsIntroduction / Bow Street / The Detective Branch / Prince of Detectives / Tracking Down Terrorists / Crime Scene Investigation – in and Beyond Whitechapel / Further reading / Places to Visit / Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The British Sailor of the First World War Shire
Book SynopsisIn 1914 Great Britain had the largest and most powerful navy the world had ever seen a well-known fact, but what of the everyday experience of those who served in her? This fully illustrated book looks at the British sailor''s life during the First World War, from the Falkland Islands to the East African coast to the North Sea. Meals in the stokers'' mess and the admiral''s cabin; the claustrophobic terrors of the engine room or submarine; the long separations from loved ones that were the shared experience of all ranks; the perils faced by Royal Naval Air Service pilots in the air; the possessions treasured by sailors while at sea drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished materials from the National Maritime Museum archives, this is an authoritative and vivid account of lives lived in quite extraordinary circumstances.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1914: The Royal Navy and its Sailors Fighting a Global War The Navy in Northern Waters: 1914–15 The Navy’s War on Land and in the Air The Navy’s War Beneath the Waves The Battle of Jutland and Beyond: 1916–18 Conclusion Suggested Reading Places to Visit Index
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Edinburgh University Press British Propaganda in the Twentieth Century
Book SynopsisThis book examines the evolution of British propaganda practice during the course of the twentieth century.Trade ReviewRemarkably lucid ! morally engaging overview. Another excellent book for students of propaganda, politics, society and the state ! a publication which incorporates a unique combination of sources, careful handling of material and a multi-disciplinary approach to the subject. Remarkably lucid ! morally engaging overview. Another excellent book for students of propaganda, politics, society and the state ! a publication which incorporates a unique combination of sources, careful handling of material and a multi-disciplinary approach to the subject.
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Edinburgh University Press Industry Empire and Unrest
Book SynopsisIain Hutchison's book traces the major developments in a particularly turbulent phase ofScottish history.
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Edinburgh University Press Richard the Lionheart
Book SynopsisRichard I, the Lionheart, remains forever (and perhaps wrongly) the mythical king of England who preferred to wage war than to rule over his empire. The familiar epithet conveys all the principal features of his indomitable character: courage, valour, prowess, the pursuit of glory, the thirst for fame, generosity in war and peace, a sense of honour combined with a sort of haughty dignity made up of both arrogance and pride. In this book Jean Flori examines both Richard?s role as prince and king in history and also analyses the different and sometimes controversial elements which, for the chroniclers of his day, helped to make Richard a true model of chivalry. Among the questions addressed are: What influences formed his character and determined his behaviour, real or assumed? Why did the image of Richard as a king who was also a knight so quickly and so soon supplant all others, creating a quasi-definitive point of reference? Why did Richard deliberately, it would appear, choose to present himself in this chivalric guise and disseminate this image of himself by what we would today call a ?media campaign?, using all the methods then at his disposal, limited perhaps but by no means ineffective? Last but not least, what is the historical and ideological significance of the choice and, even more, success of this image, which has been adopted by history and disseminated by legend, an image based on historical accounts and documents in which history and legend are sometimes inextricably interwoven?Jean Flori?s Richard Coeur de Lion was written to mark the eighth centenary of the death of the knightly king. The book is a tour de force that provides the reader with a reappraisal of Richard?s life as well as a study of the myth and reality of Richard?s image as the personification of medieval chivalry. The first part of the book takes a straightforward chronological approach to Richard?s life, from his birth in 1157, through conflict with his father, Henry II,Trade ReviewOffers a synthesis of scholarship as well as fresh assessment of Richard I's life with particular attention to the ethos of high-medieval chivalry. Jean Flori is one of Europe's most highly regarded historians, one of the world's leading medievalists, a recognized scholar of the crusades and probably 'the' expert on the concept of chivalry. -- Jochen Burgtorf, California State University, Fullerton In recent decades there have been a number of more or less popular books on Richard I by French authors, but this is the first by a major scholar, and as such is warmly to be welcomed... His great familiarity with the sources means that in Part Two we have a valuable introduction and guide to recent French literature on the elusive subjects of knighthood and chivalry. -- John Gillingham English Historical Review Offers a synthesis of scholarship as well as fresh assessment of Richard I's life with particular attention to the ethos of high-medieval chivalry. Jean Flori is one of Europe's most highly regarded historians, one of the world's leading medievalists, a recognized scholar of the crusades and probably 'the' expert on the concept of chivalry. In recent decades there have been a number of more or less popular books on Richard I by French authors, but this is the first by a major scholar, and as such is warmly to be welcomed... His great familiarity with the sources means that in Part Two we have a valuable introduction and guide to recent French literature on the elusive subjects of knighthood and chivalry.Table of ContentsPart 1. Prince, King and Crusader; Chapter 1. The Early Years; Chapter 2. Richard the Younger Son, Count of Poitou (1174-83); Chapter 3. Richard the Eldest Son, Duke of Aquitaine (1184-89); Chapter 4. King Richard; Chapter 5. Richard in Sicily (1190-1); Chapter 6. Cyprus and Acre; Chapter 7. Richard against Saladin (1191-2); Chapter 8. The Lion in a Cage (1192-4); Chapter 9. Richard against Philip Augustus (1194-8); Chapter 10. The Lion's Death; Part 2. A Mirror of Chivalry; Chapter 11. Images of Richard and Chivalry; Chapter 12. Chivalry Imagined before Richard; Chapter 13. Richard and the Three Orders; Chapter 14. Chivalric Prowess; Chapter 15. The Prowess of the King of England; Chapter 16. Prowess in Outremer; Chapter 17. Royal Largesse; Chapter 18. Chivalric Conduct; Chapter 19. Richard and Women; Chapter 20. Richard and his Legend; Bibliography.
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Edinburgh University Press The Neolithic of Mainland Scotland
Book SynopsisArchaeologists show us how the Neolithic human lived in mainland Scotland, with new research, first publication of key datasets and radical reinterpretation of both burial practices and ceramics across 3rd millennium BC mainland Scotland.
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Vintage Publishing The Great Shame
Book SynopsisIn the 19th century the Irish population was halved. This masterly book traces the three causes of this depletion; first the manine, second the Irish diaspora and the emigrations to places such as America and Canada and thridly the transportations of political activists to Australia. It is a quest for Keneally''s Irish ancestors. Based on unique research among little-used sources, the characters and their stories come brilliantly to life; this is an important book in which the main political themes are fascinatingly explored. It also contains a remarkable collection of photographs and documents.Trade ReviewKeneally's history of Irish emigration is a lucid, elegant and ambitious book with an epic narrative sweep * Observer *
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Little, Brown Book Group The Terror
Book SynopsisA powerful and frightening account - based on fresh research and eye-witness accounts - of the great Terror that swept France after the Revolution of 1789. From early 1793 to the summer of 1794, the young French Republic was subject to a reign of institutionalised terror which grew ever more bloodthirsty and paranoid in its actions. Personified by Robespierre and the ''Angel of Death'', Saint-Just, the Terror convulsed and very nearly ruined France - until they too met their fate under the guillotine. That extraordinary period - in many ways the precursor of Stalin''s Great Terror of the 1930s - is vividly re-created by Graeme Fife. He has used contemporary documents, eye-witness accounts, and reports from the dreaded Committee of Public Safety, to show the atmosphere of fear, suspicion and betrayal that gripped France. But amidst the horror there was also great heroism and pathos - the author includes heartbreaking letters written by those awaiting execution.Trade ReviewDavid Andres s' important new book is a major contribution in our efforts to rethink the French Revolution . . . It is also exceptionally well-written * Timothy Tacket, author of BECOMING A REVOLUTIONARY AND WHEN THE KING TOOK FLIGHT *Commendably fair and even-handed . . . A lucid study * Munro Price, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *The most authoritative treatment we are likely to have for many years * William Doyle, INDEPENDENT *A meticulous account . . . stands beside Simon Schama's Citizens * LITERARY REVIEW *
£22.57
The History Press Ltd East Kent at War
Book SynopsisDuring the Second World War, East Kent was at the forefront of the defence of the United Kingdom. In 1940 the ports of Dover, Ramsgate, Folkestone and Margate took part in the Dunkirk evacuation, while airfields such as Manston, Hawkinge and Lympne were active in refuelling aircraft involved in the Battle of Britain.It was also from Dover that the first steps for D-Day were initiated, with commando raids on French beaches from Royal Navy motor launches. German signals were monitored and subsequently jammed by a series of experimental units. Balloons launched from Kingsdown carried leaflets to enemy territory, while others defended harbours and factories from dive bombers.Throughout the remainder of the war, including the defence against the V1 flying bomb attacks of the summer of 1944 and the supply of both men and material to the allies as they advanced through Europe, East Kent played a vital role.
£999.99
The History Press Ltd A Survey of London
Book SynopsisJohn Stow first published his Survey of London in 1598 during the reign of Elizabeth I. His detailed description of the city and its suburbs was an immediate success when it first appeared and has remained a popular classic of English history ever since. Born in London in 1525, John Stow lived through the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Elizabeth I and into that of James I. He was a tailor by occupation who took an active interest in the life and times of his native city, which had grown very quickly during his own lifetime. Spurred on by this rapid change, towards the end of the 16th century Stow began to set down all he knew of London''s past history and its present state of change. The result was his Survey of London, the first edition of which was published in 1598 with a second, revised, edition appearing in 1603. Stow''s Survey of London is significant because it was the first of its kind ever to be published, and provides a valuable record of the city before the devastating effects of the Plague and the Great Fire. It is also a crucial source of information on the architecture and buildings to be found in Elizabethan London. The popularity of Stow''s ''Survey of London'' has ensured its survival in print more or less continuously since 1598. Today, however, copies of even the most recent editions are becoming rare, so this new and timely edition from Sutton will ensure the continued availability of Stow''s classic history.John Stow was a tailor who was born in London in 1525.
£18.99
The History Press Ltd FrontLine Kent
Book SynopsisKent has been on England''s first line of defence. In all major conflicts many people in the county have lived closer to the enemy in Europe than they did to London. Much of the county''s coastline has been the site of training and weapon development, which adds to the interest of military sites in this area. Michael Foley''s new book delves into the long history of military Kent, from Roman forts to Martello towers, built to keep Napoleon out, from the ambitious Royal Military Canal, which cost an equivalent of GBP10 million in today''s money but was abandoned after seventy years, to wartime airfields and underground Cold War installations. Illustrated with a wide range of photographs, maps, drawings, engravings and paintings, Front-Line Kent also includes location and access details for the sites that are illustrated and described. This lively and informative book will appeal to anyone interested in Kent''s history, whether or not a military specialist.
£13.49
The History Press Ltd UFOs of the First World War
Book SynopsisMaxwell took off in his BE2C fighter but saw nothing unusual until 8.25 p.m. when, according to his report: ‘My engine was missing irregularly and it was only by keeping the speed of the machine down to 50 mph that I was able to stay at 10,000 feet.
£9.49
The History Press Ltd British Leyland Motor Corporation 19682005
Book SynopsisBritish Leyland Motor Corporation, formed in the wake of the post-war manufacturing boom, brought together almost all the British-owned car and commercial vehicle companies that then existed.
£14.39
The History Press Ltd The Secret Queen
Book SynopsisA fully revised paperback edition which puts forward groundbreaking new evidence that questions the identity of the ‘bones in the urn’.
£11.69
The History Press Ltd The Unwritten Order
Book SynopsisThe Holocaust differs from other genocides in recent history for one main reason: there is no other example in which a minority was annihilated systematically and as completely as possible on the orders of a head of state and through the apparatus of government. To reconstruct Hitler's central role in the Final Solution represents a particular challenge. Hitler treated the murder of the Jews as a matter of the utmost secrecy and was careful wherever possible not to leave behind any written orders. Wherever his instructions on this matter are recorded he has used codified language. He kept away from the implementation of the orders and feigned ignorance, even to his closest friends and colleagues. Under these conditions, the surviving source material can only be described as fragmentary. The Unwritten Order aims to offer documentary proof of Hitler's central role in the murder of the European Jews. In order to achieve this aim, various documents and fragments of documents have been pieced together and the codified language of the dictator deciphered.
£14.39
The History Press Ltd Ballad Tales
Book SynopsisAn innovative collection of folk ballads re-told by professional storytellers. In association with the Society of Storytelling
£9.49
The History Press Ltd The Templemore Miracles
Book SynopsisThe 16-year-old boy who caused a ceasefire in the Civil War
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The History Press Ltd Napoleons Greatest Triumph
Book SynopsisA concise guide to one of the most important clashes of the Napoleonic Wars, showcasing Napoleon's military genius
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The History Press Ltd Scapa Flow
Book SynopsisThe story of Britain’s greatest naval anchorage in two World WarsTrade ReviewA book to dip into ... But once you start dipping it takes a grip.A fascinating book of deep interestA story which for a long time has been crying out to be told and which could not have been put across with more verve and understanding
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The History Press Ltd Scunthorpe Images of England
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The History Press Ltd Pickering
Book SynopsisThis book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.
£12.34
The History Press Ltd Cleveland Voices
Book SynopsisVivid insights into the lives of people from Cleveland.
£11.04
The History Press Ltd Towers in the North
Book SynopsisThe brochs are among the best-known ancient monuments in Scotland. However, despite a long and colourful history of research, it is only in the last 20 years that the results of field survey, excavation and radiocarbon dating have begun to flesh out a picture of their evolution and development from around 600 BC to AD 100. This well-illustrated book describes the current state of our knowledge, probes the long-running controversies over their origins and function, and provides an annotated list of the most accessible and best-preserved broch sites. Individual chapters cover: Beginnings; Anatomy of a broch tower; Broch landscapes, broch people; Lords of the north; Lords of the south; Beyond the brochs.
£20.00
The History Press Ltd The Roman Shore Forts
Book SynopsisThe eleven forts constructed by the Romans along the British coast between Branchester in Norfolk and Portchester in Hampshire have traditionally been referred to as the ''Forts of the Saxon Shore''. However, recent research suggests that these sites may have served as military ports rather then as a coherent defensive system to deter barbarian invaders. In this rounded study of the subject, Andrew Pearson draws on all the latest evidence available. After looking at the surviving monuments themselves, he describes how, in the third century AD, they came to be built and how they fitted into the overall Roman coastal system. He then goes on to examine the construction process itself, calculating the demand for raw materials, transport and manpower, and demonstrates how these requirements could have been met. Key to Dr. Pearson''s interpretation of the primary purpose of the forts is an assessment of the third-century coastline. The physical setting of each monument in relation to the sea
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The History Press Ltd Roads in Roman Britain
Book SynopsisThere has been a strong interest in Roman roads in Britain for centuries and a vast amount of information has been accumulated from observation and excavation. For the first time this new study analyses the data systematically and evaluates it from a highway engineering viewpoint. Hugh Davies not only provides an up-to-date account of the road system built by the Romans in Britain, he examines whether this information matches up with what we would expect of a transport system.Looking at the construction of the roads - their width, surface and drainage - as well as at their number, the author concludes that the Romans did indeed provide a high-quality service suited to the needs of civilians and soldiers alike. At the same time his study shows how the development of the road system fitted in with the layout of town plans and with the overall expansion of the province; on the whole the early military roads were constructed of lighter materials and by the end of the Roman period as many as ten layers of road surface can on occasions be detected. This accessible work, which includes a Gazetteer of some 400 Roman roads, will be welcomed by anyone interested in the Romans in Britain.
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The History Press Ltd Viking Age England
Book SynopsisFrom shortly before AD 800 until the Norman Conquest, England was subject to raids from seafaring peoples from Scandinavia - the Vikings. However, they were not only raiders but also traders and settlers. During this period, the English state was unified under a single ruler for the first time and Anglo-Saxon society underwent great changes. Using the latest archaeological evidence from places such as London, Lincoln and York, the author reassesses the Viking contribution to Late Anglo-Saxon England and examines the creation of a new Anglo-Scandinavian identity.
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The History Press Ltd Housesteads A Fort Garrison on Hardrians Wall
Book SynopsisHousesteads is the best-known fort on Hadrians Wall and the most popular monument along the whole line. This book outlines the major structures of the fort which have made it one of the most celebrated military monuments anywhere in the Roman world.This new edition incorporates the results of the most recent research and excavations to provide a vivid account of the history of the fort and settlement from its foundation to the present day. High quality colour reproductions bring the text to life.
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The History Press Ltd Plague Black Death and Pestilence in Europe Black
Book SynopsisThis title is a history of the Black Death, the greatest catastrophe in human history which wiped out 50 per cent of Europe's population.
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The History Press Ltd Voices from the Trenches
Book SynopsisA treasure-trove of previously unpublished letters and first hand accounts from British tommies' of life and death in the trenches during the First World War. This is the story of the men who held the front line in France and Flanders. It is a graphic account of a strange and seemingly unending style of life and death in all their facets. It is a unique approach, an anthology interwoven with a continuous commentary so that the reader is always kept aware of the context of the writing. The balanced and un-emotive approach cannot, however, fail to leave the reader deeply moved. Domestic life in the line: accommodation, food and drink, wiring and carrying, the whole day and night routine are investigated, as are the operational aspects of trench life raiding and patrolling in no-man's-land and the German lines. Actual battle experience is also featured, but one of the most interesting parts of the book is devoted to the attitudes of front line soldiers, officers and their men, to each ot
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The History Press Ltd Roman Military Dress
Book SynopsisThe Roman military was one of the most powerful forces of the ancient world. But what did its soldiers wear? This book presents an accurate and illuminating study of a popular yet understudied subject. Spanning 1000 years from the Late Republic to the Byzantine Empire, including every item from helmet linings to leg wrappings, Graham Sumner presents an original and detailed interpretation of wide-ranging evidence, drawing on recent textile finds, ancient artwork and original literary sources from across the Roman Empire. With the help of informative illustrations, we understand how the garments were worn and by which soldiers, both on and off the battlefield. Materials used, methods of manufacture and dying, and the second-hand trade are also discussed. Including stunning colour images and reconstructions, this book will be of great value to students and re-enactors of the Romans, as well as costume and fashion students.
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The History Press Ltd Arrowstorm
Book SynopsisThis book chronicles the overwhelming importance of the military archer in the late medieval period. The longbow played a central role in the English victory at the battles of Crecy and Agincourt. Completely undermining the supremacy of heavy cavalry, the longbow forced a wholesale reassessment of battlefield tactics. Richard Wadge explains what made England''s longbow archers so devastating, detailing the process by which their formidable armament was manufactured and the conditions that produced men capable of continually drawing a bow under a tension of 100 pounds. Uniquely, Wadge looks at the economics behind the supply of longbows to the English army and the social history of the military archer. Crucially, what were the advantages of joining the first professional standing army in England since the days of the Roman conquest? Was it the pay, the booty, or the glory? With its painstaking analysis of contemporary records, Arrowstorm paints a vivid portrait of the life of a professional soldier in the war which forged the English national consciousness.
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