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British Library, Historical Print Editions History of the Commonwealth of England from its
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British Library, Historical Print Editions Half a century of the British Empire a history of
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British Library, Historical Print Editions Two Years in the Pontifical Zouaves a narrative
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British Library, Historical Print Editions A Visit to Cape Colony and Natal in 1879
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British Library, Historical Print Editions Upper Teviotdale and the Scotts of Buccleuch a
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British Library, Historical Print Editions Histoire de La Participation de La France A Le
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British Library, Historical Print Editions Paris rvolutionnaire Ouvrage illustr de 60
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British Library, Historical Print Editions Magyarok strtnete Grg forrsok a Scythk trtnethez
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British Library, Historical Print Editions Hunyadiak kora Magyarorszgon Gr Teleki J mvnek
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St Martin's Press Jena 1800
Book SynopsisAn exhilarating account of a remarkable historical moment, in which characters known to many of us as immutable icons are rendered as vital, passionate, fallible beings . . . Lively, precise, and accessible. Claire Messud, Harper's MagazineAt the turn of the nineteenth century, a steady stream of young German poets and thinkers coursed to the town of Jena to make history. In the wake of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, confidence in traditional social, political, and religious norms had been replaced by a profound uncertainty that was as terrifying for some as it was exhilarating for others. Nowhere was the excitement more palpable than among the extraordinary group of poets, philosophers, translators, and socialites who gathered in Jena.This village of just four thousand residents soon became the place to be for the young and intellectually curious in search of philosophical disruption. Influenced by Johann Wolfgang von Goet
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Cambridge University Press AAS Level History for AQA The Tudors England
Book SynopsisA new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the AQA 2015 A/AS Level History.Table of ContentsPart 1. Consolidation of the Tudor Dynasty: England, 1485-1547; 1. Henry, VII, 1485-1509; 2. Henry VIII, 1509-1547; Part 2. England: Turmoil and Triumph, 1547-1603; 3. Instability and Consolidation: 'The Mid-Tudor Crisis', 1547-1563; 4. The Triumph of Elizabeth,1563-1603.
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Cambridge University Press Law and Mimesis in Boccaccios Decameron
Book SynopsisJustin Steinberg's field-defining work on Boccaccio's Decameron shows how historical changes in the prosecution of crime profoundly influenced literary realism. Arguing that the Decameron's trials respond to a crisis in verisimilitude, the book engages scholars and students of medieval and early modern studies, literary theory and legal history.Trade Review'Written with vigor and wit, Justin Steinberg's book incisively examines how Boccaccio's realism responds to medieval legal procedure. His sophisticated historicist approach both appreciates Boccaccio's work in its medieval world and highlights points of contact with modern forms of literature and with contemporary concerns. A major contribution to the study of literature, Steinberg's book will open the Decameron to a new generation of readers.' David G. Lummus, author of The City of Poetry: Imagining the Civic Role of the Poet in Fourteenth-Century Italy'In this ambitious, magnificently realized study of Boccaccian 'realism' and 'naturalism' through the lens of the evolving legal culture of his time, Justin Steinberg has achieved something truly rare among the ongoing attempts to synthesize close textual analysis with historical-cultural contextualization: a genuine, many-faceted dialogue between the two, in which neither cedes pride of place to the other, but rather are mutually interpreting. For Steinberg, mimetic representation (as defined by Auerbach and others) is 1on trial' in the Decameron, in the sense that Boccaccio continually probes the possibilities and limitations of representing 'the real', even as his mimetic practice itself is a trial, the residue of the author's inquisition into the vagaries of human 'judgment' at both the individual and the institutional level. Among its many specific accomplishments, Mimesis on Trial, unveils the anachronistic emphases of much of contemporary criticism, which has consistently wrenched key Boccaccian problems (notably but by no means exclusively the status of 'the natural'; the defense of female desire as a triumph of subjectivity; the encounters between individual subjects and legal institutions; and so on) out of their original contexts, thus, paradoxically, losing sight of what makes this text so extraordinarily 'novel,' such an important marker of, and participant in, the long, uneven process that moves us toward what we are so fond of calling modernity.' Albert Ascoli, Professor Emeritus at University of California, Berkeley'In this highly original book, Justin Steinberg opens our eyes to the pervasive nature of legal culture and its notions of truth as they influenced Boccaccio in his composition of the Decameron. Not only does Boccaccio parody courtroom dramas and legal disputes, but he creates highly unlikely events across the hundred tales that stage the 'human stakes of plausibility.' His characters enact and respond to unrealistic contingencies, dwelling between the world of chance and the fictional construction of the real. Law and Mimesis challenges traditional theories of realism in the Decameron and leaves us with a new understanding of Boccaccio as an author who was trained in law but constantly reckoned with its implications for art. The consequences of Steinberg's analysis are formidable and far-reaching for studies of Boccaccio, law and literature, and genre.' Kristina M. Olson, George Mason University'This brilliant, revisionary account of the history of Western mimesis lays aside what we have 'long known' about verisimilitude, realism, and law in Boccaccio (and Dante) in favor of original research, and original thought. It impacts understanding not only of 'the rise of the novel,' but also our current consumption of procedural drama, suspended between 'the poetics of likelihood' (in TV courtroom argumentations) and the hard fact of the smoking gun. Written open-handedly, and a joy to read, this book grounded in historical inquiry speaks to issues of prime importance in our own troubled, story-driven times. Recommended.' David Wallace, University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The Novella on trial; 2. The artist and the Police; 3. The widow and the sovereign; 4. Torture and the sense of an ending; 5. Another way of possessing; 6. The author on trial.
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Cambridge University Press The Power of Necessity
Book SynopsisExploring reason of state in a global monarchy, The Power of Necessity examines how thinkers and agents in the Spanish monarchy navigated the tension between political pragmatism and moral-religious principle, bridging the persistent gap between theory and practice in political thought.Table of Contents1. Introduction: politics between principle and pragmatism; 2. Necessity and counter-reformation reason of state; 3. 'The inexhaustible ocean of politics': Tacitus and the political counsel of history; 4. Virgilio Malvezzi and the mosaics of morality and necessity; 5. Experience, conscience and necessity: Spanish debates about peace or truce in the Netherlands; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Corruption Protection and Justice in Medieval
Book SynopsisWhat was an advocate (Latin: advocatus; German: Vogt) in the Middle Ages? What responsibilities came with the position and how did they change over time? With this groundbreaking study, Jonathan R. Lyon challenges the standard narrative of a medieval Europe of feudalism and lordship being replaced by a modern Europe of government, bureaucracy and the state. By focusing on the position of advocate, he argues for continuity in corrupt practices of justice and protection between 750 and 1800. This book traces the development of the role of church advocate from the Carolingian period onward and explains why this position became associated with the violent abuse of power on churches'' estates. When other types of advocates became common in and around Germany after 1250, including territorial and urban advocates, they were not officeholders in developing bureaucracies. Instead, they used similar practices to church advocates to profit illicitly from their positions, which calls into questionTrade Review'In this big, important book, Jonathan Lyon dissolves the distinction between the bad old days of the feudal order and the modern forms of governance that supposedly replaced them. The heterogenous realms of the German-speaking lands take center stage in a new political narrative fit for the 21st century.' Daniel Lord Smail, Harvard University'As impressive in its chronological range as it is penetrating in its observations and thought-provoking in its conclusions, Jonathan Lyon's book will be required reading for anyone interested in how the exercise of power worked on the ground: in the localities, towns and villages of medieval and early modern Europe. A remarkable achievement and a pleasure to read!' Björn Weiler, Aberystwyth UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The First 'Medieval' Advocates; 2. Putting Down Roots in Ninth-Century Francia; 3. The 'Aristocratization' of Post-Carolingian Advocacy; 4. Elite Competition at the Turn of the First Millennium; 5. The Limits of Church Reform; 6. Pigs and Sheep, Beer and Wine, Pennies and Pounds; 7. A History of Violence; 8. Weapons of the Not-so-Weak; 9. The Murder of Archbishop Engelbert; 10. Widening the Lens; 11. The Emperor as Vogt, ca. 1000–1500; 12. From Lordship to Government?; 13. Reframing the History of Violence; 14. Crossing the False Divide: Advocates after 1500; 15. A Cultural History of the Rapacious Advocate, or: William Tell's Revenge; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Religious Speech and the Quest for Freedoms in the AngloAmerican World
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Cambridge University Press Migrating Memories
Book SynopsisRomanian Germans, mainly from the Banat and Transylvania, have occupied a place at the very heart of major events in Europe in the twentieth century yet their history is largely unknown. This east-central European minority negotiated their standing in a difficult new European order after 1918, changing from uneasy supporters of Romania, to zealous Nazis, tepid Communists, and conciliatory Europeans. Migrating Memories is the first comprehensive study in English of Romanian Germans and follows their stories as they move across borders and between regimes, revealing a very European experience of migration, minorities, and memories in modern Europe. After 1945, Romanian Germans struggled to make sense of their lives during the Cold War at a time when the community began to fracture and fragment. The Revolutions of 1989 seemed to mark the end of the German community in Romania, but instead Romanian Germans repositioned themselves as transnational European bridge-builders, staking out new cTrade Review'Emphasizing the multipolar and transnational character of the voices that participated in defining what it meant to be German Romanian, this is an excellent rethinking of the modes of belonging and re-imagining that made up that history from the age of the Habsburg Monarchy through the present.' H. Glenn Penny, University of Iowa'In this fascinating transnational history James Koranyi explores the complex twists and turns of Romanian German identity and memory, always asking who memory-making empowers and what significance claims about the past have for the present and future. An eye-opening insight into how minority groups are shaped by the past.' Roland Clarke, University of Liverpool'James Koranyi's book is an empathetic, sophisticated and critical history of the Romanian German experience through the turbulent twentieth century. The many layers of the past are fused with contemporary historical and lived experience to reveal a tapestry of identities and understandings. It is a fascinating and stimulating read.' Jonathan Kwan, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsIntroduction: Stories, identities, memories; 1. Making Romanian Germans; 2. Transnational Germans; 3. Fascist divisions in the Romanian German past; 4. The iron memory curtain: Romanian Germans and Communism; 5. European bridge-builders: Romanian Germans after 1989; Epilogue: The perpetual exodus.
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Cambridge University Press The Enclosure of Knowledge
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Cambridge University Press Paths to Kingship in Medieval Latin Europe c.
Book SynopsisMedieval Europe was a world of kings, but what did this mean to those who did not themselves wear a crown? How could they prevent corrupt and evil men from seizing the throne? How could they ensure that rulers would not turn into tyrants? Drawing on a rich array of remarkable sources, this engaging study explores how the fears and hopes of a ruler''s subjects shaped both the idea and the practice of power. It traces the inherent uncertainty of royal rule from the creation of kingship and the recurring crises of royal successions, through the education of heirs and the intrigue of medieval elections, to the splendour of a king''s coronation, and the pivotal early years of his reign. Monks, crusaders, knights, kings (and those who wanted to be kings) are among a rich cast of characters who sought to make sense of and benefit from an institution that was an object of both desire and fear.Trade Review'From the different strategies for designating royal heirs, to the behind-the-scenes preparations for coronations, to the contested idea of sacral kingship, Weiler leaves no stone unturned in examining the process of becoming king during the central middle ages. This is an extraordinary transeuropean history on an impressive scale.' Jonathan Lyon, University of Chicago'Weiler gives us a strikingly innovative comparative history of medieval kingship. The work spans all of medieval (Latin) Europe, with meticulously uniform attention to the acquisition, contestation, and retention of royal office - in the context of political communities, and the nexus of norm and practice. An instantly indispensable, magnificent achievement.' Piotr Górecki, University of California, RiversideTable of ContentsIntroduction. Part I. Foundations: 1. Politics and Power in High Medieval Europe, c. 1000–1200; 2. Foundational Texts. Part II. Creating Kingship: 3. Becoming King; 4. Conferring Kingship. Part III. Succession: 5. Duties, Norms and Process; 6. Designating an Heir. Part IV. Election: 7. Unanimity and Probity; 8. Choosing a King. Part V. Inauguration: 9. Enthroning the King; 10. Beyond Enthronement; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Ruin of Roman Britain
This book examines the process of change that transformed Roman Britain into a patchwork of early medieval kingdoms. It also discusses new archaeological and historical evidence to argue against warfare and economic collapse as explanations. Instead, emphasis is placed on how elites attempted to maintain their control and power in a time of change.
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Cambridge University Press The Convent of Wesel
Book SynopsisThe Convent of Wesel was long believed to be a clandestine assembly of Protestant leaders in 1568 that helped establish foundations for Reformed churches in the Dutch Republic and northwest Germany. However, Jesse Spohnholz shows that that event did not happen, but was an idea created and perpetuated by historians and record keepers since the 1600s. Appropriately, this book offers not just a fascinating snapshot of Reformation history but a reflection on the nature of historical inquiry itself. The Convent of Wesel begins with a detailed microhistory that unravels the mystery and then traces knowledge about the document at the centre of the mystery over four and a half centuries, through historical writing, archiving and centenary commemorations. Spohnholz reveals how historians can inadvertently align themselves with protagonists in the debates they study and thus replicate errors that conceal the dynamic complexity of the past.Trade Review'Engaging, thoughtful, and witty, Spohnholz's unraveling of a historical myth from the Reformation is both a great tale and a timely and insightful consideration of how and why we read and write history. The questions raised by this important book will challenge scholars, teachers, and students seeking to understand the worlds of early modern religion, and unsettle many of our assumptions about our relationship with the past.' Bruce Gordon, Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Yale University, Connecticut'Jesse Spohnholz tells the story of a document understood to record a heroic moment, as well as a story about how that moment became enshrined in history, that is as gripping as any murder mystery. The Convent of Wesel never happened, but Spohnholz clearly lays out why it was so important for all sorts of people over many centuries to remember a past that did not happen. In our era of fake news and fabricated traditions, The Convent of Wesel provides both a cautionary tale and a defense of the practice of history.' Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, Distinguished Professor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee'Jesse Spohnholz's lively and detailed explication of the twists and turns of the story of the Convent of Wesel alone would have made this a signal contribution to Reformation and early modern history. But the book is so much more. In sparkling prose studded with penetrating sights, Spohnholz reveals how archives themselves shape evidence and reflects at length on the doing of history. The Convent of Wesel is a must read for all historians and not just for those interested in the Reformation or religious history.' Mary Lindemann, University of Miami'… Spohnholz's book offers a clear methodological challenge to all historians to consider the origins and provenance of their sources with greater clarity, accounting both for the biases of those who created the sources and the biases of those who categorized and archived them. These methodological implications, which stem from the yeoman's work that Spohnholz has done in tracking the archival history and representations of the Wesel articles, make this book a must read not only for Reformation historians, but for all scholars of early modern Europe.' Christopher W. Close, German History'By examining a series of now-obscure divines, archivists, and historians from a critical perspective that helps us understand what they saw and how they influenced later interpreters, Spohnholz convincingly shows why we must consider not only the texts of evidence from the past but also their archival trajectories if we wish to understand their meaning and deploy them as evidence ourselves.' Randolph C. Head, American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: the mystery of the Convent of Wesel; Part I. Solving the Mystery: 1. November 3, 1568: a moment of hope; 2. The author; 3. The signers; 4. The impact; Part II. Creating the Mystery: 5. The historical emplotment of the national Synod of Wesel, 1618–1768; 6. The Synod of Wesel in the age of romantic nationalism, 1815–1868; 7. The mystery of the Convent of Wesel, 1868–2000; Conclusion: inheritances.
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Cambridge University Press Englands Second Reformation
Book SynopsisThis compelling new history situates the religious upheavals of the civil war years within the broader history of the Church of England and demonstrates how, rather than a destructive aberration, this period is integral to (and indeed the climax of) England's post-Reformation history.Trade Review'Anthony Milton's magnum opus sets out a powerful reinterpretation of the politics of religion in seventeenth-century England. Instead of seeing Anglican conservatives pitted against Puritan revolutionaries, Milton depicts an era of Second Reformation, a contest between rival Reformers of the Church of England. A magisterial book.' John Coffey, University of Leicester'Remarkable for the breadth of its scholarship and depth of its analysis, the very best thing about Anthony Milton's magnum opus is the clarity of its exegesis and of its reimagining of the mid seventeenth century as a struggle for the re-formation of the Church of England by its engagement with contested pasts and challenging presents. This is intellectual, cultural and religious history of the highest order.' John Morrill, University of Cambridge'Anthony Milton is to be congratulated on this substantial work which reassesses the religious upheavals of England in the mid-seventeenth century.' Martin Cowper, Congregational History Society Magazine'… in this deeply scholarly book, Milton provides a significant re-framing of our own 'origin myths' and places the violent events of the mid-17th century as much, if not more, at the centre of a historical understanding of the nature of the Church of England as those of the mid-16th century ... The case for the scholarly importance of England's Second Reformation is without doubt …' Judith Maltby, Church Times'… This is a nuanced and subtly textured book … it is a deeply rewarding read that will challenge both new students and longtime scholars of the period to reimagine their past approaches.' D. Alan Orr, H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews OnlineTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. An Unresolved Reformation; 2. Situating the Laudian Reformation; 3. Responses to the Laudian Reformation; 4. The Abortive Reformation 1640–42; 5. The End of Episcopalian Reformation; 6. Reformation by Negotiation; 7. The Westminster Reformation and the Parliamentarian Church of England 1642–49; 8. The Royalist Church of England 1642–49; 9. Alternative Reformations 1649–53; 10. The Cromwellian Church; 11. Episcopalian Royalism in the 1650s; 12. Failed Reformations 1659–61; 13. The End of Comprehensive Reformation and the Caroline Settlement.
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Palgrave Macmillan The Labour Party and Constitutional Reform
Book SynopsisExamines the Labour Party''s approach to constitutional reforms in historical context, and how these have been pursued more to ''modernize'' political institutions, rather that radically transform them. Explains the reasons for this constitutional conservatism, and the debates which specific reform proposals have prompted in the Party.Trade Review'...this book is an absolute must for all British constitution specialists. Dorey's writing is comprehensive and engaging. It is a fairly rare occurrence to find an academic book that can provide you with an informative and rather enjoyable afternoon's reading, but this one certainly does. Dorey considers the huge issue with a deft touch, providing both insight and explanation of the often rather complex views of the Labour party. His research is extensive and thorough, and he covers a wide variety of policy areas, highlighting both the consistency and, in some cases, the inconsistency of the views of certain sections of the party...I cannot recommend this book enough to both Labour party specialists and constitutional experts. It is a must for bookshelves and an extremely useful addition to both undergraduate and postgraduate reading lists.' - Victoria Honeyman, Political Studies Review 'This study presents a strong, well-researched, forceful and insightful argument, and will undoubtedly provide the platform for more research and debate on the party's attitude towards constitutional reform.' - Mark J Crowley, 20th Century British History 'The book is a very useful addition to the literature on constitutional reform...Dorey's charting of evolving party policy towards the various constitutional issues under examination is detailed and insightful...The book will serve as a valuable source to those who wish to know more about how the Labour Party developed the various policy platforms it adopted throughout its history, and how these fed into the reform package pursued in government after 1997...' Parliamentary HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Labour Party and Constitutional Reform Electoral Reform The House of Commons The House of Lords Reform The Civil Service Open Government and Freedom of Information Scottish Devolution Welsh Devolution English Regionalism Northern Ireland Conclusion: A Century of Constitutional Conservatism Bibliography
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Palgrave Macmillan A Business and Labour History of Britain
Book SynopsisBy bringing together and critically engaging with accounts of certain themes in business and labour history, and utilizing original research, this book aims to widen understanding of industrial society and provide a background to further study and research in the area management and labour relations history.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Themes and Historical Backdrop; M.Richardson & P.Nicholls Labour, Management and Control: the Early Railway Industry in Britain; P.Nicholls Women, Mechanization and Cost-Savings in Twentieth-Century British Banks and other Financial Institutions; P.Wardley Bliss Tweed Mill Strike 1913–14: Causes, Conduct and Consequences; M.Richardson Rapprochement and Retribution: the Divergent Experiences of Workers in Two Large Paper and Print Companies in the 1926 General Strike; M.Richardson Work Relations: Compositors' Experiences in a Family-Owned Printing Company, J.W. Arrowsmith 1918-1939; M.Richardson Organisation, Ideology and Control: Founding Principles: the Case of the BBC; P.Nicholls Taylorism in the Mines? Technology, Work Organization and Management in British Coal-mining before Nationalization; S.Tailby Shop-floor Bargaining and the Struggle for Job Control in the British Automobile and Aerospace Industries 1950—1982; M.Richardson, P.Stewart & A.Danford
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Palgrave Macmillan Censorship in Fascist Italy 192243
Book SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive account of the diversity and complexity of censorship practices in Italy under the Fascist dictatorship. Through archival material it shows how practices of censorship were used to effect regime change, to measure and to shape public opinion, behaviour and attitudes in the twenty years of Mussolini''s dictatorship.Table of ContentsIntroduction Historiography, Politics and the Idea of Commonsense Consolidating Power and Silencing Opposition Giovinezza: Education and the Ethical State Journalism as Mission The Duce's Image Culture Wars Censorship, Secrets and Lies Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Kingship Rebellion and Political Culture
Book SynopsisTaking as its starting point two uprisings in England and Germany (Richard Marshal in 1233-4 and Henry (VII) in 1234-5), this book offers a new take on the political culture of high medieval Europe. Themes include: the role of violence; the norms of political behaviour; the public nature of politics; and the social history of political exchange.Trade Review'Weiler has...written a highly original and very readable book, one which is as important for the questions it asks as for the precise answers given to them. For that reason alone it has a significance beyond the period in which it is set. In terms of engaging with Weiler's ideas and the detailed evidence on which they are based, some readers will doubtless find themselves handicapped by being unable to match his command of the German background and its sources; in itself a reason why the book is so valuable.' - D.A. Carpenter, English Historical Review 'Tremendously useful for anyone interested in thinking about how historians have conceptualized the political structures of the medieval period.' - Jonathan R. Lyon, German History 'Björn Weiler continues to lead the way in comparative studies of medieval European politics, especially in the area of the role of practical symbolism in monarchical government...a thoroughly absorbing and stimulating book full of important insights and scholarly discussion.' - Sean McGlynn, HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction PART I: KINGDOMS IN TURMOIL: THE STRUCTURES AND FRAMEWORK OF REVOLT To be king in name as well as deed: the revolt of Henry (VII) in Germany The Marshal rebellion in England (1233-4) Rebellion in Context PART II: THE IDEALS AND NORMS OF POLITICS Loyalty, justice, and honour: Henry (VII) and Frederick II Justice, loyalty and the absence of honour: Frederick II and Henry (VII) as seen by their contemporaries Loyalties true and false: political values in England PART III: THE WAYS AND MEANS OF POLITICS Creating a Public Addressing the public: rituals, gestures and charters Townsmen, clergy, and knights: the public in politics Conclusion
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Palgrave MacMillan UK The Cultural and Intellectual Rebuilding of France After the Second World War
Book SynopsisAfter foreign military interventions, the French political and intellectual elites embraced regime change and launched an urgent programme of nation building. They rebuilt French national identity with whatever material was available, and created a vibrant new cultural and intellectual life.Table of ContentsIntroduction Contexts for Rebuilding Inventing a Language Finding the Symbols Workers and Intellectuals Regendering the Nation The Humanist Movement The Battle of Ideas Conclusion Bibliography Endnotes
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Palgrave MacMillan Us Sexuality and Its Queer Discontents in Middle English Literature
Book SynopsisThis book exposes the ways in which ostensibly normative sexualities depend upon queerness to shore up their claims of privilege. Through readings of such classic texts as The Canterbury Tales and Eger and Grime , Tison Pugh explains how sexual normativity can often be claimed only after queerness has been rejected.Trade Review"Adventurous, accessible, and fun, Pugh's study certainly qualifies as a must read for any medievalist interested in issues of sexuality and gender." - Speculum "Sexuality and Its Queer Discontents in Middle English Literature is an excellent, groundbreaking book and a major contribution to the ongoing project of recuperating the queer in medieval literature. Pugh's primary concern is with constructions of heterosexual masculinity, and the ways in which such constructions are enabled by the intercession of the queer. This has always been one of the main projects of Queer Theory, and Pugh's book serves as a demonstration of the power of Queer Theory to address pre-modern representations, as well as being an important intervention in the study of medieval literature itself." - Robert Sturges, Professor of English, Arizona State University and author of Chaucer's Pardoner and Gender Theory and Dialogue and Deviance "Pugh s attention to questions of genre and narrative structure in the book is consistently engaging" - Studies in the Age of ChaucerTable of ContentsSexuality and Its Queer Discontents in Middle English Literature Abandoning Desires, Desiring Readers, and the Divinely Queer Triangle of Pearl Queering Harry Bailey: Gendered Carnival, Social Ideologies, and Masculinity under Duress in the Canterbury Tales 'He Nedes Moot unto the Pley Assente': Queer Fidelities and Contractual Hermaphroditism in Chaucer's Clerk's Tale From Boys to Men to Hermaphrodites to Eunuchs: Queer Formations of Romance Masculinity and the Hagiographic Death Drive in Amis and Amiloun Queer Castration, Patriarchal Privilege, and the Comic Phallus in Eger and Crime Compulsory Queerness and the Pleasures of Medievalism
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Palgrave Macmillan Suffrage Outside Suffragism
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays systematically explores how a sample of political groupings not founded on suffrage reacted and accommodated the issue of suffrage within their official discourses and structures. The volume leads to the heart and core of suffragism while examining the dynamics and versatilities of the Edwardian political fabric.Trade Review'This is a book that confirms the history of suffrage as a dynamic and challenging field of enquiry which merits attention from all historians of modern British politics. It broadens and deepens our knowledge and appreciation of suffrage activism, highlighting the spectrum of support for female suffrage across and through political and non-political organisations. Suffrage Outside Suffragism brings together a distinguished group of scholars to cast a searching light over the history of suffrage activism and provide a fillip to historians of women, feminism, and politics. It pushes the boundaries of suffrage history, demonstrating how suffrage activity pervaded the politics and culture of Edwardian Britain beyond the suffrage societies themselves' - Professor Lynn Abrams, University of GlasgowTable of ContentsIntroduction; M.Boussahba-Bravard PART 1: PROTECTING THE CENTRE: NATIONAL PARTIES AND THE CONTROL OF WOMEN Women in the Labour Party and Women's Suffrage; P.Thane The Conservative Party and Women's Suffrage; L.Maguire Gender, Suffrage and Party: Liberal Women's Organisations 1880-1914; L.Walker PART 2: IN THE HUB OF THINGS: LOCAL ACTIVISM AND SEXUAL POLITICS The National Union of Women Workers and Women's Suffrage; J.Bush The Women's Cooperative Guild and Women's Suffrage; G.Scott 'To make the world a better place': Women's Suffrage and Socialism in Bristol; J.Hannam The Primrose League and Women's Suffrage, 1883-1918; P.Vervaecke PART 3: BEYOND THE STRUCTURE Unionized Women Teachers and Women's Suffrage; S.Trouvé-Finding Avant-garde Women and Women's Suffrage; L.Delap
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Palgrave Macmillan Royal Wills in Britain from 1509 to 2008
Book Synopsis1.1. The Strange & Secret History of Royal Wills.- 2. Ancient Law and Custom.- 3. Tampering with the Succession: 1.- 4. Tampering with the Succession: 2.- 5. The Jewels of the Kingdom.- 6. Fortune and Fiasco: the wills of royal women.- 7. Bogus Beneficiaries.- 8. Coburg, Windsor and Spencer.- 9. The Perfect Storm: the will of Prince Frank of Teck.- 10. A Matter of Public Interest.- Notes & References.- Index.- Sources & BibliographyTable of Contents1. The Strange & Secret History of Royal Wills.- 2. Ancient Law and Custom.- 3. Tampering with the Succession: 1.- 4. Tampering with the Succession: 2.- 5. The Jewels of the Kingdom.- 6. Fortune and Fiasco: the wills of royal women.- 7. Bogus Beneficiaries.- 8. Coburg, Windsor and Spencer.- 9. The Perfect Storm: the will of Prince Frank of Teck.- 10. A Matter of Public Interest.- Notes & References.- Index.- Sources & Bibliography
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Northern Ireland the United States and the Second
Book SynopsisIn Northern Ireland, The United States and the Second World War, Simon Topping analyses the American military presence in Northern Ireland during the war, examining the role of the government at Stormont in managing this friendly invasion', the diplomatic and military rationales for the deployment, the attitude of Americans to their posting, and the effect of the US presence on local sectarian dynamics. He explores US military planning, the hospitality and entertainment provided for American troops, the renewal and reimagining of historic links between Ulster and the United States, the importation of Jim Crow' racism, Johnny Doughboys' marrying Irish Roses', and how all of this impacted upon internal, transatlantic and cross-border politics. This study also draws attention to influential and understudied individuals such as Northern Ireland's Prime Minister Sir Basil Brooke and offers a reassessment of David Gray, America's minister to Dublin. As a result, it provides a compreheTrade ReviewIt is a very good book about an interesting subject. It is well-researched and finely judged. There is no comparable text. There are many interesting and original angles. It contains a good combination of general analysis and narrative and particular stories and illustrative material. It will appeal to a wide range of readers. Among books on NI during the war this is easily one of the best. * Geoffrey Roberts, Emeritus Professor of History, Member of the Royal Irish Academy, University College Cork, Ireland *I think this is the most important book on US forces in Northern Ireland during the war. This is the most extensively researched, fully explained, and well analyzed study of the subject yet produced. This is a brilliant book that tells the almost unknown story of US forces in Northern Ireland in World War II. I learned something new on almost every page. * Francis M. Carroll, Professor Emeritus, St. John’s College, University of Manitoba, Canada *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations List of Figures List of Maps List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: ‘The Ties of Kinship’ 1. ‘Céad Míle Fáilte’: One Hundred Thousand Welcomes! 2. ‘Stepping Stone to Berlin’: The US military in Northern Ireland 3. ‘Absolute and Executive Jurisdiction’: Policing and Managing the Yanks 4. ‘If you can’t see the hills’: Occupying the Occupiers 5. ‘My own country overrun’: Irish Nationalism and the American presence 6. ‘To clear this territory of such forces’: The IRA and the Americans 7. ‘Developments in Northern Ireland’: The Belfast Consulate and the War 8. ‘Johnny Doughboy met a Rose in Ireland’: Women and the Americans 9. ‘Dusky Doughboys’: Jim Crow racism in Northern Ireland 10. ‘A Testy Old Gentleman’: David Gray, Hyphenated-Americans and Partition 11. ‘Ulster Had a Hand in the First Independence Day’: Ulster-American Revivalism and the Second World War 12. ‘Letters from Ulster’: Propaganda, Memory and the Americans Conclusion: ‘Without Northern Ireland’ Epilogue: David Gray’s ‘Great Illusion’ Primary Sources Bibliography Endnotes Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A History of Germany 1800 to the Present
Book SynopsisA History of Germany, 1800 to the Present is a commanding survey of modern German history that guides you from the turn of the 19th century right the way through to Germany's continuing world-power status today. Covering the revolutions of 1848-49, Bismarck, the World Wars, the Cold War and the progress of a reunified Germany, the 5th edition of this classic textbook provides an authoritative exploration of the country across the whole period like no other.This edition includes:* A new first chapter covering 1800-1815* A greatly expanded chapter on the re-unification in 1989-90* An absorbing final chapter on the political, economic, and social developments in the new' Federal Republic from 1990 to the present, including a comprehensive analysis of the financial crisis of 2008-2010* Additional content throughout on: the political activism and engagement of women from 1848-49 to the present; the significance of German colonialism from 1884 to 1919; the origins of WWI; the Third ReTrade ReviewIn addition to preserving all of the strengths of William Carr’s classic text on modern Germany, David Wetzel has done a brilliant job revising some interpretations on the basis of new scholarship and bringing the story up to the present. This is a clearly written, well informed account of Germany’s fascinating and often tragic national history. * James Sheehan, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, USA *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Maps Preface Note on Geography Biographical Sketches of Major Characters 1. In the Shadow of France, 1800-1815 2. Restoration, 1814-1847 3. The Revolution of 1848-1849 4. From Revolution to Unification 5. The Development of the Bismarckian Empire 6. Foreign Policy, 1871-1890 7. The Empire of Wilhelm II 8. Foreign Policy, 1890-1914 9. War 1914-1918 10. Revolution, 1918-1920 11. The Weimar Republic: the Critical Years 1919-1924 12. The Rise and Fall of the Weimar Republic 1924-1933 13. National Socialist Experiment, 1933-1945 14. Foreign Policy and War 1933-1945 15. A Nation Divided 16. Relations Between the Two Sides 17. 1989 18. 1990 to Present Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Colonial World
Book SynopsisThe Colonial World: A History of European Empires, 1780s to the Present provides the most authoritative, in-depth overview on European imperialism available. It synthesizes recent developments in the study of European empires and provides new perspectives on European colonialism and the challenges to it. With a post-1800 focus and extensive background coverage tracing the subject to the early 1700s, the book charts the rise and eclipse of European empires. Robert Aldrich and Andreas Stucki integrate innovative approaches and findings from the ''new imperial history'' and look at both the colonial era and the legacies it left behind for countries around the world after they gained independence. Dividing the text into three complementary sections, Aldrich and Stucki offer an original approach to the subject that allows you to explore: - Different eras of colonisation and decolonisation from early modern European colonialism to the present day - Overarching themes in colonial histoTrade ReviewA valuable book, one worthy of a place on the shelves of libraries in secondary schools and tertiary education colleges and universities. It is a book that knocks on doors and demands we open them. * ColdType *A masterly account full of fresh insights and engaging arguments. Their innovative structure enables Aldrich and Stucki to wield the historical lens with enviable flair. The vast topic of European empire is telescoped into comprehensible trends and themes, while still allowing for the precise focus on distinct times and places that brings the past alive. This is a history of the colonial world for the here and now. * Kirsten McKenzie, Professor of History, University of Sydney, UK *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Maps Preface Acknowledgements 1. The Writing (and Reading) of Colonial History Part I. Chronologies 2. Early Modern European Colonialism, 1490s-1815 3. The Making of Overseas Empires in the Long Nineteenth Century, 1815-1914 4. Colonial Rule and Misrule, 1914-1940 5. The Unmaking of Overseas Empires, 1940-1975 Part II. Themes 6. Land and Sea: Colonialism and the Environment 7. Crossed Destinies: The People of Empire 8. Slavery, Indentured Migration and Empire 9. Settler Colonialism: The British Dominions 10. Colonialism and the Body 11. Colonialism and the Mind 12. Colonialism and the Soul 13. Representations of Colonialism Part III. Cases 14. The Spanish Andes, 1780 15. Mauritius, 1810 16. Cuba, 1812 17. India, 1876 18. Burma and Vietnam, 1883-1885 19. Global Conflict, 1900 20. The South Pacific, 1903 21. Ceylon, 1907 22. German Southwest Africa, 1908 23. Ethiopia, 1936 24. The Dutch East Indies, 1938 25. Palestine and the Middle East, 1946 26. Algeria, 1962 27. The Portuguese Empire in Africa, 1971 28. Western Sahara, 1975 29. Belgium and the Congo, 1897 and 2018 30. Epilogue: The Legacies of Empires Further Reading Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Russian Populism
Book SynopsisRussian populism, the belief that the peasantry embodied authentic Russian identity and once liberated from their poverty would lead the country to a brighter future, has animated Russian thought across the political spectrum and inspired much of Russia''s world-historical literature, music and art in the 19th century. This book offers the fullest and most authoritative account of the rise, proliferation and influence of populist values and ideology in modern Russia to date.Christopher Ely explores the complete story of Russian populism. Starting from the cursed question of how to reconnect the popular masses with the Europeanized elite, he examines the populist obsession with the peasant commune as a model for a future socialist Russia. He shows how the desire for revolution led Russian radicals to flood into the countryside and later to pioneer terrorism as a form of political action. He delves into those artists influenced by populist ideals, and he tells the story of the collapse oTrade ReviewDr Ely has written a book, accessible to students, on the populist movement among educated Russians after the abolition of serfdom in 1861. He explains how populists understood the newly-freed peasantry, how they imagined the peasants could be incorporated into the rest of society, and their hopes for a progressive future for Russia. The book ranges from terrorism to populist-inspired literature, art and music. Tracing the movement’s origins before 1861, examining its theory and practice, its legacy in the 1905 and 1917 revolutions, and making astute comparisons with American populism, the author breathes new life into the topic. * David Moon, Emeritus Professor, University of York, UK *Taken as a whole, this book has two features unusual in a work introduced as “a survey for the use of students and those unfamiliar with the history of Imperial Russia”. First, it is original. … It is still the first attempt known to me to write a cultural history of Russian populism—the first attempt to consider the great Russian writers and artists as part of the history, which also includes the going-to-the-people movement and Narodnaya Volya. The second striking feature of this book is its sensitivity to the complexity of the subject. Simplification is the common coin of textbook writing, and the history of Russian populism is a topic that would seem to require simplification at numerous points. But somehow Ely has managed to produce a history of Russian populism that conveys a sense of the difficulties of the topic—the complexity of motives and arguments and the narrative twists and turns—and still remains clear and compelling. This is a most impressive book. * H-Net *Russian populism has long needed reexamination, and Christopher Ely brings new research and fresh insights to the task. Moving beyond the traditional definition of populism solely as a form of revolutionary ideology, Ely approaches it as a cultural phenomenon extending throughout the political spectrum and manifested in all forms of creative expression. His account is a rich but concise intellectual and cultural history addressing critical issues driving intellectual debates and political struggles in late Imperial Russia. With its clear and accessible style, the book provides a valuable synthesis for students while offering scholars a compelling perspective on a topic that has often proven elusive. * Nathaniel Knight, Professor of History, Seton Hall University, USA *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: Toward a Definition of Russian Populism 1. Origins 2. Foundations 3. Populism in Theory 4. Populism in Action 5. Reverberations and Regrets 6. Neo-Populism in a Revolutionary Epoch Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Seeking Love in Modern Britain
Book SynopsisSeeking Love in Modern Britain charts the emergence of the modern British single through an account of the dating industry that sprang up to serve men and women. It shows how amid a period of unprecedented sexual and social change the single' became a key unisex identity and lifestyle. From around 1970, a growing, cottage-style matchmaking industry in Britain was offering the romantically solo a choice between computer dating firms, such as Dateline or Compudate, introduction agencies and the lonely hearts pages of Private Eye, Time Out and others. Zoe Strimpel reveals how this rapidly expanding landscape of services was catering to a new breed of single people, and how by the late 1990s singleness had become the culturally mainstream, wholly expected part of the romantic life cycle that it is today. Refuting the widespread idea that the Internet invented modern dating, this book uses an eclectic and engaging range of first-person accounts and snapshots from Trade Review5 stars ... An intelligent history of the dating industry between 1970 and 2000 – post sexual revolution and pre-internet – that makes you rethink the way we get what we want (or don’t). Be warned: this is a serious piece of social history and not written in layman’s language. Casual readers might find sections of it difficult to navigate, but I think it adds to the book’s charm. It’s like watching Love Island in the company of Michel Foucault. * The Telegraph *This volume explores an important subculture of heterosexual relationships in late 20th-century Britain ... The author explores the frequently painful subjectivities of singleness during this period and excels at integrating an enormous amount of bibliographical material into her analysis ...[This book] illuminates a neglected area of gender studies in Britain. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. * CHOICE *The book [is] a wonderfully rich resource for academics, and it is also of great interest to the informed general reader. * Journal of British Studies *Seeking Love in Modern Britain is many books at once: a history of singlehood; a study of the transformation of matchmaking from the lonely hearts era to Internet dating; an analysis of the deep enmeshment of intimacy with consumer culture. It will quickly become compulsory reading for anyone – scholars and general readers -- interested in understanding the state of modern love and sexuality. * Eva Illouz, Professor of Sociology, Hebrew University, Israel *This is an empirically rich history of the modern ‘single’. Revealing the developing tensions between pragmatism and feeling – or, as Strimpel rather beautifully puts it, ‘the methodical and the magical’ – in a changing world and pointing to the confusions, contradictions and impossibilities of modern dating, this is interdisciplinary work at its best. * Claire Langhamer, Professor of Modern British History, University of Sussex, UK *An enthralling, serious and deeply-researched account of singleness in contemporary Britain. * Harry Cocks, Associate Professor of British History, University of Nottingham, UK *The book is a lively account of mediated courtship that manages to seamlessly marry complex theoretical frameworks ... Strimpel’s book is welcome reading to scholars of gender and sexuality, in addition to those interested in the social and cultural history of late-twentieth-century Britain more broadly. * European Review of History *Table of ContentsList of Figures Introduction 1. Live Alone and Like It? Singleness in Late 20th-Century Britain 2. The Matchmaking Industry, 1970-2000 3. Representations of the Dating Industry 4. Mediated Daters and the Experience of Matchmaking Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Racism in Modern Russia
Book SynopsisIn October 2013, one of the largest anti-migrant riots took place in Moscow. Clashes and arrests continued late into the night. Some in the crowd, which grew to several thousand people, could be heard chanting Russia for the Russians with their animus directed towards dark-skinned labor migrants from the southern border. The slogan Russia for the Russians is not a recent invention. It first gained notoriety in the very last years of the tsarist regime, appealing primarily to individuals drawn to the radical right. Analyzing a wide range of printed and visual sources, Racism in Modern Russia marks the first serious attempt to understand the history of racism over a span of 150 years. A brilliant examination of the complexities of racism, Eugene M. Avrutin's panoramic book asks powerful questions about inequality and privilege, denigration and belonging, power and policy, and the complex historical links between race, whiteness, and geography.The ebook editions of this book areTrade ReviewWell written, combining a synthesis of the most recent historiography with the author’s original research, this book is long overdue. Despite many conceptual and archival innovations in the field of Russian imperial and Soviet history, race and racism have always remained the last bastions for those who insisted on Russia’s special historical path. Avrutin helps the reader to think about race in Russian and Soviet imperial formations as a form of rationalizing, organizing, and controlling messy human diversity. This concise book covers the science of race, politics of race, ideologies of race, various racialized social experiences, and racial violence, but it does not offer a linear narrative. Instead Avrutin shows how different combinations and applications of the above depended on a specific context (“the Jewish question”; “Yellow peril”; Soviet nation-building; post-Soviet racism with its fixation on whiteness, and so on). Avoiding using the sophisticated analytical apparatus of critical race theory in the text, Avrutin nonetheless embraces its intersectional approach to race, explicating how social, gender, and class differences were construed and experienced as essentialized qualities of particular imperial and Soviet subjects. In addition, the reader is constantly reminded about the global nature of “race,” especially in the Soviet part of the narrative, which features protagonists such as W. E. B. Du Bois and other Western and “third world” travelers to the USSR and dwells on their politics of comparison. The combination of quality of analysis, style, and size makes this book a great source for educators like myself, who until now have had very little to offer our students on a topic as politically pertinent as race and racism in the Russian and Soviet past and the post-Soviet present. This book is also an inspiration for professional researchers interested in exploring Russian and Soviet experiences through the lens of “race.” * Marina Mogilner, Edward and Marianna Thaden Chair in Russian and East European Intellectual History; Associate Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA *Racism in Modern Russia is a welcome contribution to the field … Avrutin has succeeded in writing a book that poses interesting … questions about the place of racism in modern Russia. … Racism in Modern Russia will surely be of interest to professors, graduate students, and undergraduates interested in understanding Russia’s place in, and construction of, a “white man’s world.” * H-Net *Written by a leading expert on the issue of race in Russia, this innovative book treats ‘race’ as a lens through which to investigate fluctuating discriminatory and exclusionary discourses and practices, thus going beyond the understanding of race as a stable biological category. In so doing it offers an excellent overview of the discourses and practices of race in Russia from the imperial era to the post-Soviet period. * Vera Tolz, Professor of Russian Studies, University of Manchester, UK *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Empire’s Races 2. Boundaries of Exclusion 3. “The Most Hopeful Nation on Earth” 4. White Rage Selected Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Dark Side of Early Soviet Childhood 19171941
Book SynopsisThe Civil War and early Soviet food policies left millions of children homeless and starving in Russia in the first half of the 20th century. Child mortality rates reached 95% in certain areas, and all of these problems remained endemic throughout the 1920s and 1930s. In The Dark Side of Early Soviet Childhood, 1917-1941, Boris B. Gorshkov investigates the causes of this prolonged homelessness and starvation, the conditions faced by huge numbers of children, and the state's unsuccessful efforts to solve these horrendous issues. Gorshkov pays particular attention to the critical role of the secret police (the VChKa and the NKVD) in this story and draws on a range of previously unused archival sources to reveal the full extent of the suffering of children in Russia at this time, as well as the interconnected causes behind it.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Preface Introduction: Street Children, Problem, Historiography, Discourses and Evidence 1. Street Children before the Bolshevik Revolution: Prelude to the Crisis 2. Soviet Street Children: Definition, Identity, Demography, Geography and Origins 3. A Revolutionary Childhood: Ideals, Declarations, Challenges, and Realities 4. New Economic Policy: Cheka Comes to Play 5. A “Happy Soviet Childhood”: Stalinist Childhood Revisited Epilogue: Vanished Childhood in the early Soviet Union Conclusions Appendix Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Modern European Intellectual History
Book SynopsisThis non-technical introduction to modern European intellectual history traces the evolution of ideas in Europe from the turn of the 19th century to the modern day. Placing particular emphasis on the huge technological and scientific change that has taken place over the last two centuries, David Galaty shows how intellectual life has been driven by the conditions and problems posed by this world of technology. In everything from theories of beauty to studies in metaphysics, the technologically-based modern world has stimulated a host of competing theories and intellectual systems, often built around the opposing notions of the power of the individual' versus collectivist ideals like community, nation, tradition and transcendent experience. In an accessible, jargon-free style, Modern European Intellectual History unpicks these debates and historically analyses how thought has developed in Europe since the time of the French Revolution.Among other topics, the book explores:* The KTrade ReviewThis book is a map or a story, but more importantly an introduction to the possibility of remaking the ideas that shape us through a study of their history. Seated in Europe but examining the past two hundred years in order to understand how ideas have been materialised and then helped change thought anew in unexpected ways, it begins simply with well-told stories and vignettes. Yet always aware of oppositions, especially between individualisms and collectivisms, and shifting between political, economic and philosophical thought as well as science, technology, literature, poetry and art, the book gradually builds up the kind of rich and subtle understanding that provides wisdom. David Galaty achieves this by exploring different voices and tracking the tensions of imperialism, gender and racialised visions, as well as the revolutionary ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity. We need both the play of counterpoints and the unusually searching and comprehensive perspective that Galaty offers, and it is an unexpected pleasure to find this conveyed in such clear prose. As the book unfolds and diverse perspectives layer into one another, you will find yourself admiring the work of someone who thinks carefully on an unusually broad scale. * Richard Staley, Hans Rausing Lecturer and Reader in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, UK *This book is a salon rather than a lecture, in which ideas are explained, but also overheard, adapted and sometimes misunderstood. It traces its subjects chronologically, but moves like the flying shuttle invented in the industrial revolution, laterally across the fabric of history, as well down through conventional historical chronology. * Ben Westervelt, Associate Professor of History, Lewis & Clark College, USA *Table of ContentsList of Images List of Charts and Diagrams 1. The Intellectual World Around 1800 2. Individuals and Units: The Individual as a Source of Reason and Morality 3. From Community to God: Collective Wisdom and Revolutionary Transformation 4. Mechanizing the Human World 5. Socialisms and Marxism 6. Darwin and Darwinisms 7. Nationalism and the Definition of Human Differences 8. Freud, Weber, and Others: Redefining Individuals and Society 9. Searching for New Deep Realities: New Units, New Forms, New Worlds 10. Conceiving a New World Order 11. The New World of Science and Technology at Mid-Century 12. New Anomalies and Challenges 13. Non-Rational Rationality 14. The Cyber-Century Approaching 15. Epilogue Selected Further Reading Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Humanist Movement in Modern Britain
Book SynopsisHumanists have been a major force in British life since the turn of the 20th century. Here, leading historians of religious non-belief Callum Brown, David Nash, and Charlie Lynch examine how humanist organisations brought ethical reform and rationalism to the nation as it faced the moral issues of the modern world. This book provides a long overdue account of this dynamic group. Developing through the Ethical Union (1896), the Rationalist Press Association (1899), the British Humanist Association (1963) and Humanists UK (2017), Humanists sought to reduce religious privilege but increase humanitarian compassion and human rights. After pioneering legislation on blasphemy laws, dignity in dying and abortion rights, they went on to help design new laws on gay marriage, and sex and moral education. Internationally, they endeavoured to end war and world hunger. And with Humanist marriages and celebration of life through Humanist funerals, national ritual and culture have recently been trTrade ReviewThis important book is highly recommended for providing a clear and scholarly study of the uneven development of Humanism from its Victorian precursors to its maturity as the most influential alternative to religions as the basis for a liberal and morally progressive society in the present age. * Edward Royle, Emeritus Professor in History, University of York Country, United Kingdom *Table of ContentsList of Images 1. The Origins of the Ethical Movement to 1926 2. Unbelief and Humanism: The Popular Mood of British Society 3. Challenging the State, 1896-1939 4. Humanism as an International Movement, 1896-1952 5. Union and Consolidation of the British Movement, 1939-1969 6. Movement and Thought: The Development of Humanist Thought, c.1890-c.1960 7. Humanism and the New Morality, 1955-1980 8. Humanism and British Culture, 1963-2021 9. The British Humanist Association and its Mission to Britain, 1963-2021 10. Britain and the World: The International Humanist and Ethical Union since 1952 11. Humanism and the Progressive Future Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC So About Modern Europe...
Book SynopsisThe West Europe and the USA has kind of had its way with the world for a few centuries. Why else does everyone speak English, listen to hip-hop, and want to buy Mercedes? Starting with the Enlightenment, Europeans developed big ideas that have increased opportunities for people around the world and raised standards of living. But those same ideas have also produced wars, genocide, colonialism, and the potential for global environmental disaster. This book describes the origins and legacy of this mixed bag of ideas which includes everything from democracy and feminism to those old foes, communism and capitalism. After all, it's a bag which still shapes how most people on the planet look at things today. In a natural, funny and engaging style, So, About Modern Europe... expertly guides readers through the good, the bad and the indifferent of modern European history, convincingly arguing the need to tip the cap' to the Enlightenment and its influence along the way.Trade ReviewDavid Imhoof has written a refreshing and carefully conceived conversational history of modern Europe. His engaging and humorous style will certainly appeal to students looking for an accessible introduction to this subject. * Lisa Pine, Associate Professor of History, London South Bank University, UK *Told with great panache and a wicked sense of humor, So, About Modern Europe… offers a fresh consideration of a complex subject that neither panders to its audience nor blunts the sharp and dangerous edges of the Enlightenment and its legacies. * Margaret Menninger, Professor of History, Texas State University, USA *David Imhoof's conversational history of modern Europe is disarmingly lively as it casts off the conventional solemnity found in most academic books. But don’t be fooled: it remains ambitious in scope and firmly anchored in historical scholarship * Greg Eghigian, Professor of History, Penn State University, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures Introduction 1. (Re)birthing New Ideas in the Renaissance 2. Science is a Human Invention 3. The Enlightenment will Free You and Mess You Up 4. Now, That’s a Revolution! (France, 1789) 5. I’ve got a Fever, and the only Prescription is more Nationalism! 6. Industrialization, or: Welcome to the Machine 7. On the Road Again: The Ideas and Violence of Western Imperialism 8. Look, We’ve Got to Talk about the Enlightenment 9. World War I: The War that Did Nothing but Changed Everything 10. Between the Wars without a Center, or: Up the Creek without a Paddle 11. Downhill all the Way: World War II and the Holocaust 12. The Cold War as a Line in the Sand 13. The Long, Strange, and Not-So-Complete Death of Colonialism 14. The End of History, or Something Like That 15. You Do You: Identity Politics Epilogue Further Reading Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Reporting the Second World War
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Colonialism and the Jews in German History
Book SynopsisColonialism and the Jews in German History brings together new and path-breaking studies on the historical relationship between colonialism and the Jews in Germany. The book considers the mutual influences on the situation of the Jews in Germany, including attitudes towards Jews and anti-Semitism but also Jewish self-conceptions, and the ideology and politics of German colonialism. The contributors discuss the ways in which colonial ideology and practice have affected the position of the Jews in Germany, and the relationship between anti-Semitism and colonial racism. In doing so, the volume introduces German colonialism as a relevant context for German-Jewish history, and it expands the perspective on German colonial history significantly by considering Jews both as distinct objects and also as agents within the field of German colonialism. The volume includes studies on the pre-colonial era, the phase of active German colonialism since the 1880s, and the time after Germany lostTrade ReviewIf there was a prize for the most outstanding anthology in Jewish Studies, German Studies, and history that outpaces all the earlier scholarship, Colonialism and the Jews in German History: From the Middle Ages to the 20th Century, edited by Stefan Vogt, would surely contend for top honours. This is a highly significant and unusually timely body of work. It is presented in a sophisticated yet accessible way. Vogt’s superb introduction, filled with deep insight, good sense, and informed by an unusual breadth and depth of scholarship, is followed by a series of masterful essays. A potential political minefield that is simply ignored by many, or dismissed in stark terms, has been treated with painstaking research and thoughtfulness. * Michael Berkowitz, Professor of modern Jewish history, University College London, UK *Antisemitism, colonialism, race -- over many decades now those causal intimacies have been either postulated or presupposed. Now, for the first time, we have an ambitiously organized anthology of boldly conceived, impressively grounded, and strikingly original contributions that pin those interrelations down -- discursively, concretely, and entirely persuasively. * Geoff Elley, Professor of History and German Studies, University of Michigan, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Introduction (Stefan Vogt, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany) Part I - The Pre-Colonial Era 2. Antisemitism and Colonial Racism: Genealogical Perspectives (Claudia Bruns, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany) 3. Sugar Island Jews? Jewish Colonialism and the Rhetoric of ‘Civic Improvement’ in 18th-Century Germany (Jonathan Hess, University of North Carolina, USA) 4. Racism, Antisemitism and Acheivement: Christoph Meiners and his Theory of the Nonequivalence of Human Beings (Felix Axster, Center for Antisemitism Research, Germany) 5. Boundary as Barrier, Boundary as Bridge: Colonialism and the Scholarly Quest for Boundaries (Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College, USA) Part II - The Colonial Era 6. The Role of Anti-Semitism for Colonial Racism (Ulrike Hamann, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany) 7. From Colonialism to Antisemitism and Back: Ideological Developments in the Alldeutsche Verband during the Kaiserreich (Stefan Vogt, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany) 8. 'Our Dernburg' - 'The New Moses': The German Empire’s Jewish Colonial Director (1906–1910): ‘Our Dernburg’ – ‘The New Moses’ (Axel Stähler, University of Kent, UK) 10. A Paradigm for Repatriation Projects: The African-American and the Zionest examples and the interrelationship (Mark Gelber, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel) Part III - The Post-Colonial Era 10. The Predicaments of Non-Nationalist Nationalism: Hans Kohn’s and Hannah Arendt's Anti-Colonial Thinking during and after World War II (Christian Wiese, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany) 11. Colonial Revisionism and the Emin Pasha Myth in Weimar and Nazi Germany (Christian S. Davis, James Madison University, USA) 12. Trauma, Privilege, and Adventure in the "Orient": German Jewish Refugees in Iran and India (Atina Grossmann, The Cooper Union, USA) Bibliography Index of names
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Afterlife of the Soviet Man
Book SynopsisAlmost three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, today more often than ever, global media and intellectuals rely on the concept of homo sovieticus to explain Russia's authoritarian ills. Homo sovieticus - or the Soviet man - is understood to be a double-thinking, suspicious and fearful conformist with no morality, an innate obedience to authority and no public demands; they have been forged in the fires of the totalitarian conditions in which they find themselves.But where did this concept come from? What analytical and ideological pillars does it stand on? What is at stake in using this term today? The Afterlife of the Soviet Man' addresses all these questions and even explains why at least in its contemporary usage this concept should be abandoned altogether.Trade ReviewA very timely book about major attempts to analyse Soviet-Russian identity before and after the collapse of the USSR. Combining methodological clarity with empathy and erudition, the author rejects a reductionist ‘totalitarian’ approach in favour of nuanced observation. A useful corrective to any current analysis of Russia, in peace and at war. * Vladislav Zubok, Professor of History, the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK *[The Afterlife of the ‘Soviet Man’] does an excellent job at historicizing the idea of the Homo Sovieticus as a human type and a set of core traits associated with a political system. Sharafutdinova’s book is a powerful warning to how dangerous the feeling of being “on the right side of history” can be for any thinker. * H-Net Reviews *Table of ContentsPrologue 1. On Riding Bicycles and Human Judgement 2. Homo Sovieticus as Eastern European Dissent 3. Homo Sovieticus as Soviet Dissent 4. Homo Sovieticus as a Perestroika Child 5. Homo Sovieticus as Post-Soviet Empathy 6. Homo Post-Sovieticus as a Fight for the Continent Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Riviera at War
Book SynopsisDuring World War II three distinct forces opposed the Allies - Germany, Italy, and Japan. Few areas of the world experienced domination by more than a single one of these, but southeastern France - the region popularly known as the Riviera or Cote d''Azur - was one. For the first time, George G. Kundahl tells the raw and moving story of World War II on the French Riviera. Following a nine-month prelude, the reality of World War II burst onto the Riviera in June 1940 when the region had to defend itself against the Italian army and ended with a battle against German and Italian forces in April 1945, a period longer than any other part of France. Not only did inhabitants suffer through Italian Fascism and German Nazism but, as The Riviera at War details, also under a third hardship at times even more oppressive - the rule of Vichy France. Sharply intelligent, elegantly written and drawing from previously unseen archival documents and photographs, this is essentiaTrade ReviewGeorge Kundahl has provided us with a solid, absorbing, and lucid introduction to the complicated history of the various resistance groups in the South of France during and immediately after the Second World War. * Michigan War Studies Review *Table of ContentsForeword List of Illustrations Abbreviations Preface Prologue CHAPTER 1: The Phoney War CHAPTER 2: The Vichy Regime CHAPTER 3: The Italian Occupation CHAPTER 4: The German Occupation CHAPTER 5: The Jewish Experience CHAPTER 6: British Agents in the Midi CHAPTER 7: The Maquis CHAPTER 8: Resistance in Southeast France CHAPTER 9: Preparations for Landing CHAPTER 10: The American Landing CHAPTER 11: The French Landing CHAPTER 12: Fighting in the Back Country CHAPTER 13: Liberation of the Riviera CHAPTER 14: Menton CHAPTER 15: Monaco CHAPTER 16: Authion: The Final Battle CHAPTER 17: Rebuilding the Riviera Epilogue Notes Bibliography
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Jews in Old Poland 10001795
Book SynopsisThis book describes the establishment, growth and partial decline of one of the most important Jewish communities in the world. In the late 15th century the Polish-Lithunaian commonwealth became the centre of Jewish intellectual and legal activity. The culture created by the Polish Jews survived the decline and partition of the Polish state in the 19th century, and the area that was formerly the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth became a seedbed for further Jewish intellectual developments. The essays in this book provide a picture of the Jewish community in the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth during the periods of its finest flowering and initial decline.Table of ContentsJews in medieval Poland, Jerzy Wyrozumski; Judaizers in Poland in the second half of the 16th century, Zdzislaw Pietrzyk; the Jewish population in the light of the resolutions of dietines in the 16th-18th centuries, Andrzej Link-Lenczowski; the private life of Polish Jews in the Vasa period, Daniel Tollet; Jews and Armenians in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th & 17th centuries, Krystyn Matwijowski; the four years' sejm and the Jews, Artur Eisenbach; the council of the four lands, Shmul Ettinger; the pinkas of the council of the four lands, Israel Bartal; the language of documents relating to Jewish autonomy in Poland, Moshe Altbauer; the terminology of the bodies of Jewish self-government, Anatol Leszczynski; the Jewish sejm - its origins and functions, Jacob Goldberg; regional aspects of the autonomy of Polish Jews - the history of the Tykocin Kehilla, 1670-1782, Mordekhai Nadav; the kehilla and the municipality in private towns at the end of the early modern period, Gershon David Hundert; Hasidism and the Kehilla, Chone Shmeruk; the Krakow Voivode's jurisdiction over Jews, Stanislaw Grodziski; the individual versus the Community in Jewish Law in pre-eighteenth century Poland, Shmuel Shilo; the condition of the Jewish population of Wschowa at the start of the second half of the 18th century, Jacek Sobczak; the chronology & distribution of Jewish craft guilds in old Poland 1613-1795, Maurycy Horn; Jewish trade at the end of the 16th century & in the first half of the 17th century, Jan M. Malecki; Jewish trade in the century of Krakow's decline, Janina Bieniarzowna; Jews & the village in the Polish Commonwealth, Antoni Podraza; the Jewish population in the towns on the West Bank of the vistula in Sandomierz Province from the 16th to the 18th centuries, Zenon Guldon & Karol Krzystanek.
£28.49
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Dark Heart of Hitlers Europe
Book SynopsisAfter the German attack on Poland in 1939, vast swathes of Polish territory, including Warsaw and Krakow, were occupied by the Nazis in an administration which became known as the ''General Government''. The region was not directly incorporated into the Third Reich but was ruled by a German regime, headed by the brutal and corrupt Governor General Hans Frank. This was indeed the dark heart of Hitler''s empire. As the first genuine Nazi colony, the General Government became the principal ''racial laboratory'' of the Third Reich. As such, it was the site, and main source of victims, of Aktion Reinhard, the largest killing operation in human history in which at least 1.7 million Jews were murdered in just 18 months, and of a campaign of terror, exploitation and ultimately ethnic cleansing against the Polish population which was intended to serve as a template for the rest of eastern Europe. It was a place where 42,000 people could be shot in two days, where thousands of childrenTrade ReviewA perceptive account of one of the darkest periods in human history... this book deserves a wide readership, and should be considered vital in shaping our understanding of the brutal realities of Nazi ideology and the unrelenting horror of the Holocaust. * Jonathan Eaton, Military History *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Notes on Place Names and Sources Introduction: 'The Wild East' 1. 'The Devil’s Work': Origins 2. 'Gangster Gau': The Regime 3. 'Gentlemen, we are not murderers': Early Measures 4. 'Something big is coming': Barbarossa 5. 'The second war': Everyday Life 6. 'That accursed year': Aktion Reinhard 7. 'The crying of the children': Ethnic Cleansing 8. 'the blood of fighting Poland': Resistance 9. 'Herr Roosevelt's list': Collapse Epilogue: 'A study of human madness' Notes Bibliography Index
£18.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Family Histories of World War II
Book SynopsisExpertly contextualized by two leading historians in the field, this unique collection offers 13 accounts of individual experiences of World War II from across Europe. It sees contributors describe their recent ancestors' experiences ranging from a Royal Air Force pilot captured in Yugoslavia and a Spanish communist in the French resistance to two young Jewish girls caught in the siege of Leningrad. Contributors draw upon a variety of sources, such as contemporary diaries and letters, unpublished postwar memoirs, video footage as well as conversations in the family setting. These chapters attest to the enormous impact that war stories of family members had on subsequent generations. The story of a father who survived Nazi captivity became a lesson in resilience for a daughter with personal difficulties, whereas the story of a grandfather who served the Nazis became a burden that divided the family. At its heart, Family Histories of World War II concerns human experiences in suprTrade ReviewThe stories in this anthology are gripping … This book will make an excellent text for courses on World War II, especially ones focusing on the social history of the conflict … Historians and social scientists seeking to document the current war in Ukraine should definitely add this work to their bookshelf. * Journal of Family History *An interesting, unusual and often moving book. This draws on family memories of the Second World War mainly from amongst people, with many national origins, who now work at the tranquil campus of the National University of Ireland at Galway. Edited by experienced historians but written by a wide range of people (mainly but not exclusively academics),and recounting the experiences of an even wider group of people from an earlier generation, it combines the immediacy of personal experience with scholarly rigour. It will be a stimulating book for any undergraduate class as well as being a compelling work for many general readers. * Richard Vinen, Professor of History, King's College London, UK *Historians have spent far too little time studying the impact of war on families through the generations. This wonderful volume fills that gap with dignity, intelligence, and compassion. * Michael S. Neiberg, Inaugural Chair of War Studies, United States Army War College, USA *The power of Healy and Barry’s book lies in the way the stories are told. ... the essays are moving and fascinating in equal measure, and can help the reader understand how the war impacted on individual lives in a way that traditional narrative histories often fail to achieve. * Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors 1. From Generation to Generation: World War II Narratives in Transition, Róisín Healy (NUI Galway, Ireland) and Gearóid Barry (NUI Galway, Ireland) Part I. Lives in Uniform: Enduring Combat and Captivity 2. Nothing Spectacular to Remember? Dealing with Wartime Memories in a German Family, Hans-Walter Schmidt-Hannisa (NUI Galway, Ireland) 3. The Returning POW and a Wartime Volunteer: A Love Story, Sheena Fennell (NUI Galway, Ireland) and Gill Fennell (Independent Scholar, Ireland) 4. Educating Friends and Enemies: An Irishman’s Experiences in Wartime Britain, Patricia Scully (NUI Galway, Ireland) 5. The Diary of an Italian Officer in Nazi Concentration Camps, 1943-1945: The Forgotten History of Italian Military Internees, Marina Ansaldo (NUI Galway, Ireland) 6. Behind Enemy Lines: The Story of an American Soldier and the Italian Family who Saved Him, Colleen Maloney Williamson (Independent Scholar, USA) and Maureen Maloney (NUI Galway, Ireland) 7. From El Alamein to Bergen-Belsen: An Irish Dental Officer's War, Ciara Boylan (NUI Galway, Ireland) 8. Recording the War in Connemara: A Guianese Sailor in the Eastern Mediterranean, Cormac Ó Loideáin (NUI Galway, Ireland) Part II. Lives under Seige: Coping with Occupation 9. A Spanish Communist in the French Resistance: Uncle Luís and a German Map, Sara Farrona (NUI Galway, Ireland) 10. A Boy in Small-Town Germany from Home Front to Allied Occupation, Hermann Rasche (NUI Galway, Ireland) 11. A Child’s View of War: Nazi Occupation, Resistance, and Civil War in Northeastern Italy, 1943-1945, Enrico Dal Lago (NUI Galway, Ireland) 12. A Greek Tragedy: A Small Village at War, Constantinos G. Efthymiou (NUI Galway, Ireland) 13. A Russian Jewish Family Remembers the Siege of Leningrad, Irina Ruppo (NUI Galway, Ireland) 14. Slave Labour and its Legacies: My Maternal Grandparents' Journey from Ukraine to Germany to Belgium, Sylvie Mossay (NUI Galway, Ireland) Select Further Reading Notes Index
£999.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Family Histories of World War II
Book SynopsisExpertly contextualized by two leading historians in the field, this unique collection offers 13 accounts of individual experiences of World War II from across Europe. It sees contributors describe their recent ancestors' experiences ranging from a Royal Air Force pilot captured in Yugoslavia and a Spanish communist in the French resistance to two young Jewish girls caught in the siege of Leningrad. Contributors draw upon a variety of sources, such as contemporary diaries and letters, unpublished postwar memoirs, video footage as well as conversations in the family setting. These chapters attest to the enormous impact that war stories of family members had on subsequent generations. The story of a father who survived Nazi captivity became a lesson in resilience for a daughter with personal difficulties, whereas the story of a grandfather who served the Nazis became a burden that divided the family. At its heart, Family Histories of World War II concerns human experiences in suprTrade ReviewThe stories in this anthology are gripping … This book will make an excellent text for courses on World War II, especially ones focusing on the social history of the conflict … Historians and social scientists seeking to document the current war in Ukraine should definitely add this work to their bookshelf. * Journal of Family History *An interesting, unusual and often moving book. This draws on family memories of the Second World War mainly from amongst people, with many national origins, who now work at the tranquil campus of the National University of Ireland at Galway. Edited by experienced historians but written by a wide range of people (mainly but not exclusively academics),and recounting the experiences of an even wider group of people from an earlier generation, it combines the immediacy of personal experience with scholarly rigour. It will be a stimulating book for any undergraduate class as well as being a compelling work for many general readers. * Richard Vinen, Professor of History, King's College London, UK *Historians have spent far too little time studying the impact of war on families through the generations. This wonderful volume fills that gap with dignity, intelligence, and compassion. * Michael S. Neiberg, Inaugural Chair of War Studies, United States Army War College, USA *The power of Healy and Barry’s book lies in the way the stories are told. ... the essays are moving and fascinating in equal measure, and can help the reader understand how the war impacted on individual lives in a way that traditional narrative histories often fail to achieve. * Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors 1. From Generation to Generation: World War II Narratives in Transition, Róisín Healy (NUI Galway, Ireland) and Gearóid Barry (NUI Galway, Ireland) Part I. Lives in Uniform: Enduring Combat and Captivity 2. Nothing Spectacular to Remember? Dealing with Wartime Memories in a German Family, Hans-Walter Schmidt-Hannisa (NUI Galway, Ireland) 3. The Returning POW and a Wartime Volunteer: A Love Story, Sheena Fennell (NUI Galway, Ireland) and Gill Fennell (Independent Scholar, Ireland) 4. Educating Friends and Enemies: An Irishman’s Experiences in Wartime Britain, Patricia Scully (NUI Galway, Ireland) 5. The Diary of an Italian Officer in Nazi Concentration Camps, 1943-1945: The Forgotten History of Italian Military Internees, Marina Ansaldo (NUI Galway, Ireland) 6. Behind Enemy Lines: The Story of an American Soldier and the Italian Family who Saved Him, Colleen Maloney Williamson (Independent Scholar, USA) and Maureen Maloney (NUI Galway, Ireland) 7. From El Alamein to Bergen-Belsen: An Irish Dental Officer's War, Ciara Boylan (NUI Galway, Ireland) 8. Recording the War in Connemara: A Guianese Sailor in the Eastern Mediterranean, Cormac Ó Loideáin (NUI Galway, Ireland) Part II. Lives under Seige: Coping with Occupation 9. A Spanish Communist in the French Resistance: Uncle Luís and a German Map, Sara Farrona (NUI Galway, Ireland) 10. A Boy in Small-Town Germany from Home Front to Allied Occupation, Hermann Rasche (NUI Galway, Ireland) 11. A Child’s View of War: Nazi Occupation, Resistance, and Civil War in Northeastern Italy, 1943-1945, Enrico Dal Lago (NUI Galway, Ireland) 12. A Greek Tragedy: A Small Village at War, Constantinos G. Efthymiou (NUI Galway, Ireland) 13. A Russian Jewish Family Remembers the Siege of Leningrad, Irina Ruppo (NUI Galway, Ireland) 14. Slave Labour and its Legacies: My Maternal Grandparents' Journey from Ukraine to Germany to Belgium, Sylvie Mossay (NUI Galway, Ireland) Select Further Reading Notes Index
£20.89
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Margaret Thatcher the Conservative Party and the
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2022 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitlesThe first woman elected to lead a major Western power and the longest serving British prime minister for 150 years, Margaret Thatcher is arguably one the most dominant and divisive forces in 20th-century British politics. Yet there has been no overarching exploration of the development of Thatcher''s views towards Northern Ireland from her appointment as Conservative Party leader in 1975 until her forced retirement in 1990. In this original and much-needed study, Stephen Kelly rectifies this. From Thatcher's no surrender' attitude to the Republican hunger strikes to her nurturing role in the early stages of the Northern Ireland peace process, Kelly traces the evolutionary and sometimes contradictory nature of Thatcher's approach to Northern Ireland. In doing so, this book reflects afresh on the political relationship between Britain and Ireland in the late-20th century. An engaging and nuanced analysTrade ReviewFilled with new detail after new detail gleaned from a host of archives and first-hand interviews, this book tells the fascinating story of an iconic party leader and prime minister forced by events into making more concessions than she and her colleagues ever imagined possible. Required reading for anyone interested in the Thatcher era, as well as in the Troubles and the tortuous route out of them. * Tim Bale, Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London, UK. *A major subject, examined through the interrogation of very rich source material. A fascinating study of painfully evolving relationships. * Richard English, author of Does Terrorism Work? A History. *This detailed and meticulously researched study, based on an examination of a wide range of archival sources and on first-hand interviews, shows that the development of events forced Thatcher and her governments into making more concessions than they had ever imagined making. It’s a compelling exploration of a central dimension of the Troubles. -- Brian Maye * The Irish Times *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Glossary Notes on Primary Sources Introduction Part I: Leader of the Opposition, 1975-1979 1. Thatcher and the Conservative Party's Northern Ireland Policy, 1975-1979 2. Airey Neave and the Conservative Party's Northern Ireland Policy, 1975-1979 Part II: First-Term in Office, 1979-1983 3. Thatcher and the Evolution of the British Government's Northern Ireland Policy, 1979 4. The Atkins' Talks and the Haughey-Thatcher Relationship, 1980 5. Thatcher, the Second Republican Hunger-Strike and Anglo-Irish Relations, 1981 6. The Prior Initiative, the Falklands War and Anglo-Irish Relations, 1982 Part III: Second-Term in Office, 1983-1987 7. Thatcher, Fitzgerald and the Evolution of Anglo-Irish Relations, 1983-1984 8. Thatcher, American-Anglo Relations and the Anglo-Irish Agreement, 1985-1986 Part IV: Third-Term in Office, 1987-1990 9. Thatcher and the Genesis of the Northern Ireland Peace Process, 1987-1990 Conclusion Bibliography Index
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