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Book SynopsisHolocaust survivor Iby Knill picks up from where she left off in the best-selling 'Woman without a Number' arriving in England in 1947. Building nine separate lives, she also has to come to terms with her past. Poignant, moving and searingly honest, this account reconfirms the very best of human nature and is a truly uplifting sequel.

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Book SynopsisAll you need to know about the island's myths, legends and its gods.

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Book SynopsisAll you need to know about the Island's myths, legends and its gods.

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Book SynopsisThe inspiring and unknown story of how the villagers of Graignes joined in solidarity with US paratroopers following the invasion of Normandy. Inspired by his own father's experience, Stephen G. Rabe recounts how the villagers supported and saved paratroopers from marauding Nazi SS forces in the post-D-Day period.Trade Review'Lost no longer, the American paratroopers who helped to liberate Normandy find a sympathetic chronicler in Stephen G. Rabe. This is micro-history at its most intimate. In granular detail, Rabe recounts the story of how American troops and French villagers rescued Graignes from German occupation. Drawing on deep research and even deeper feeling, the author pays tribute to his veteran father, to a generation, and to enduring ties between two nations bound together by collective sacrifices and shared valor.' Susan Carruthers, author of Dear John: Love and Loyalty in Wartime America'Compelling and suspenseful, The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy highlights the bravery and resourcefulness of American soldiers and the people of Graignes while further demolishing the myth of a blameless Waffen SS.' Steven P. Remy, author of The Malmedy Massacre: The War Crimes Trial Controversy'Stephen G. Rabe's exhaustively researched work breaks the silence surrounding the heroic roles played by French men and women to assure the success of the American landings. Engagingly written, the story emphasizes the courage of both soldier and civilian in the face of SS murder and atrocity. A must-read for anyone who wishes to explore another view of the D-Day landings. Highly recommended.' Mary Louise Roberts, author of D-Day Through French Eyes: Memoirs of Normandy 1944'Stephen G. Rabe provides a fascinating and multi-layered military, diplomatic, and social history of US World War II paratroopers, French villagers, and the protection they gave each other in June 1944. In the process, he provides a fitting tribute to his father, who was one of those paratroopers.' Mark A. Stoler, author of Allies in War: Britain and America against the Axis Powers, 1940–1945'… this history combines heroism and tragedy in equal measure. WWII buffs will be engrossed.' Publishers WeeklyTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Paratrooper; 2. Overseas; 3. Occupied France; 4. Liberators and friends; 5. Days of friendship, hope, and waiting; 6. The longest day in Graignes; 7. Escape, exile, and annihilation; 8. Graignes in historical memory; Afterword.

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Book SynopsisOne of a well-established series of sourcebooks catering to the needs of ancient history students at schools and universities. Each volume focuses on a particular period or topic and provides a generous and judicious selection of primary texts in new English translations, with annotation and supporting materials.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Date chart; 3. Cicero's Cilician letters.

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Book SynopsisOne of a well-established series of sourcebooks catering to the needs of ancient history students at schools and universities. Each volume focuses on a particular period or topic and provides a generous and judicious selection of primary texts in new English translations, with annotation and supporting materials.Table of ContentsPart I. Narrative: 1. A prologue: Land and politics in Republican Italy, 133-88 BC; 2. Narrative, 88-44 BC; 3. The triumviral period (and beyond); Part II. Key Themes: 4. Rome and Italy; 5. Rome and the empire; 6. The imperial economy; 7. Law, lawyers and lawcourts; 8. Intellectual life; 9. Wives and daughters in late Republican society and politics; 10. Politics in the late Republic.

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Book SynopsisWritten by expert insiders, How Parliament Works is a straightforward and readable analysis of one of the country's most complex and often misunderstood institutions. Covering every aspect of the work, membership and structures of both Houses, this key text provides a unique insight into the work and daily life of Parliament.The ninth edition has been substantially revised to take account of recent changes in both Houses, and to cover all the key issues affecting Parliament and politics, such as: Changes in membership of both Houses since the 2019 general election Developments on Brexit, including Parliament's scrutiny of post-Brexit arrangements Coverage of recent issues such as the Cherry/Miller prorogation case and its implications for the constitutional role of Parliament, the role of the Speaker in the Brexit process, dissent in Parliament and disagreement between the Houses Updates on developments on restoration and renewalTrade Review"Anyone wanting an insider’s account of how Parliament really works should read this book. Parliament is a complex institution – but there is no clearer explanation of how it functions." Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, Speaker of the House of Commons "Parliament makes laws, holds the government to account and debates the issues of the day. This highly readable and expert account of how it does so is based on academic and empirical insights, and will be of great use to anyone who wants to understand Parliament better." Rt Hon Lord McFall of Alcluith, Lord Speaker "An authoritative and well-structured compendium on the central institution of the United Kingdom. How Parliament Works combines the unrivalled expertise of its authors with accessible, yet detailed, knowledge. This makes it an essential reference point for students and scholars of legislative studies. " Dr Matt Beech, Reader in Politics and Director of the Centre for British Politics, University of Hull and IES Senior Fellow, UC Berkeley Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Parliament: its home and origins 2. Who is in Parliament? 3. Running Parliament 4. Influences on Parliament 5. The parliamentary day and the organisation of business 6. Making the law 7. Parliament and the taxpayer 8. Debates 9. Calling to account: Questions 10. Calling to account: Select committees 11. Parliament and Europe 12. The future of Parliament Glossary of parliamentary terms Sources of information about Parliament

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Book SynopsisOver the last two centuries, Europe has developed various forms of political representation from which democratic parliamentary systems gradually emerged. This book unravels the conditions, scale and impact under which political participation of common burghers and peasants emerged.Trade Review'[...] he aims to find an explanation for the way in which political participation has or has not taken shape over the centuries and in different places [the liberal revolutions before and after 1800].'Lauren Lauret, the low countries, 2024 - https://www.the-low-countries.com/article/the-struggle-for-political-participation-is-never-overTable of ContentsCONTENTSAcknowledgementsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations1. Historical roots of political voice - Voice and Representation 1 o A Unique Achievement 10o Continuity? 15- The State of Research 19o Terminology 23 o Theoretical Points of Departure 25o Political Participation Today 30o This book 332. The Playing Field Is Demarcated: Communities and Political Landscapes- Increasing differences in development 3- The geographic environment 6 - The formation of political units from a dominant core 13- The imperial obsession 16- Alliances of free communities 20- Coasts, Rivers, and Land masses 26 - The Political Geography 28- The Playing Field 383. The Players: the Formation of Political Communities - Estates and their Representation 3 o The First Estate: the Clergy 5 o The Estate of the Nobility 9o Peace Movements 12o Precedence 15- Concentration of Power 24 o Counsel and Aid 24o England: the Early Kingdom 26o Dynastic Wars, Bad Kings, and Rebellious Barons 29- Balances of Power: Catalonia and Aragon 38 - Dynastic Discontinuity 43 o Castile and León 45o Brabant and Castile 48- The Leading Actors 524. Game Changers: the Third Estate Makes Itself Heard - The Italian Polyarchy 2 o The Astonishing North 2 o The Social Composition of the Tuscan Population 13o The Papal States 16 o The South 17 o Balances of Power 22 - Popular Sovereignty in Flanders 23- Commercial Interests 33- Peasants’ Voice 38o The common concern for water managementin the Low Countries 47 - Core Concepts in the Political Debate 51 - The Triangular Relationship: Prince, Nobility, Cities 56 5. Within the Lines: Institutionalized Political Voice - The Vulnerability of Princes 2- The Iberian Cortes and Languedoc 5 - Abuse of Power and Tiranny in England 15 o Political Voice on War 22 o Representation of the Land? 27 - City Leagues in the German Realm 32 - The Microcosm of the Low Countries 39 o From the Meuse Region Urban League to theLand of Liège 39o The First Social and Political Revolution: Flanders 43o From City Leagues to the Brabant Constitutional Tradition 47 o Estates and Princely Ambitions 53 o Contrasts 57- Expansion and Emancipation 65 6. Spectators Invade the Pitch- The First Religiously Inspired Revolution: Bohemia 1 - The Bourgeois Revolution in the Low Countries 5o Church and Religion as Sources of Disruption 10oThe First Sovereign Popular Representation 13 - Religious Polarization in the German Realm 27 - Elective Kingship and Regional Power in Central Europe 41 oPoland 41 oHungary 45 o Swiss Confederation 46 - Seizure of Power by the Privileged in France 48 - Republics Among Monarchies 56- The Reformation as Catalyst 59 7. Distribution of Gain and Loss - Societies in Figures 2o Numbers of People and Concentrations 3o Composition of the Population 9- Forms of Aristocratic Rule in Central and Eastern Europe 16- Balances of Power in the Holy Roman Empire 31o A Dramatic Case: Saxony 42- Estates’ Members as Brokers in the French Periphery 45- The Subjugation of Catalonia and the ‘long sleep’ of Iberia 51- Conclusion 60 8. The Champions and the Excluded - Sovereign Republics 1- Revolution Turning into Oligarchy: the United Provinces 5 - England and the United Kingdom: the Monarchal Republic 16o The Bloody Road to a Constitutional Monarchy 17o The Consolidated Parliament 27- Sweden, a Separate Case 33o The Formative Period 33o Royal Voluntarism and Parliamentary Opposition 36o Political Parties 44- Colonies and the other Excluded 50o Ireland 51o North America 53- Ascending and Descending Power 609. Conclusions. Participation versus Effectivity - A Dash of Political Anthropology 1- Phases of Expansion and Contraction 4o Political Voice? The development phase, 1100-1350 5o Consolidation and trials of strength, 1350 -1600 9o Constitutional Representation or Fiscal-military Monarchy, 1600-1800 15 - The fundamental dynamics 19o Emancipation and Stiffening 19o Representation from below 23o State Power 25o Institutional Inertia 30o Continuity of Political Cultures 33 General Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCatalonia: A New History revises many traditional and romantic conceptions in the historiography of a small nation. This book engages with the scholarship of the past decade and separates nationalist myth-history from real historical processes. It is thus able to provide the reader with an analytical account, situating each historical period within its temporal context. Catalonia emerges as a territory where complex social forces interact, where revolts and rebellions are frequent. This is a contested terrain where political ideologies have sought to impose their interpretation of Catalan reality. This book situates Catalonia within the wider currents of European and Spanish history, from pre-history to the contemporary independence movement, and makes an important contribution to our understanding of nation-making. Table of ContentsIntroduction / Chapter One Origins, from Pre-History to the Romans / Chapter Two New Influences. Visigoths, Christianity and the Arabs, 400-800 / Chapter Three Consolidation and Expansion 800 to 1150 / Chapter Four Aragon and the Mediterranean Empire 1150 to 1410 / Chapter Five Decline and Revolt 1415 to 1660 / Chapter Six Political incorporation, economic advance 1660 to 1830 / Chapter Seven Social conflict, national revival and ideological dispute 1830-1939 / Chapter Eight Francoism and the Democratic Experience 1939-2008 / Epilogue The failed push for Catalan independence

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of French Politics and Culture provides a detailed survey of the highly differentiated field of research on French politics, society and culture across the social sciences and humanities. The handbook includes contributions from the most eminent authors in their respective fields who bring their authority to bear on the task of outlining the current state-of-the art research in French Studies across disciplinary boundaries. As such, it represents an innovative as well as an authoritative survey of the field, representing an opportunity for a critical examination of the contrasts and the continuities in methodological and disciplinary orientations in a single volume.The Routledge Handbook of French Politics and Culture will be essential reading and an authoritative reference for scholars, students, researchers and practitioners involved in, and actively concerned about, research on French politics, society and cultuTrade Review"This book is a very useful contribution to the study of French politics and culture today. It is a collective endeavour which highlights recurring aspects of French ‘exceptionalism’ as well as other trends in line with other European countries. This edited volume offers a timely assessment of France under the Macron presidency and stays abreast of the more recent and dramatic transformations of the political system, but also of major societal and cultural changes. The study is a snapshot into France in 2019, and is divided into sections, each of them deals with a particular aspect of contemporary France: the institutional system and recent political realignments, what it is to be French, spaces of political and cultural contestation, and issues mediating memories and culture. The authors draw on a variety of academic disciplines. This state-of-the-art volume fills a gap in the existing literature on French society as a whole."Philippe Marlière, University College London, UK."An engaged, and engaging, journey through the political, social and cultural landscape of contemporary France. With an approach well-grounded in the history of modern France, this collective volume tackles many different forms of contemporary political and cultural contestation. On the way, the reader travels through physical spaces from the streets of Paris and the banlieue to the French countryside of the twenty-first century, meeting far more complex French identities and experiences than traditional Republican discourse would suggest. Less tangible spaces are also explored, those of traditional and new media and their effects, of voting patterns and the French political system, of gender, of migration and of the memories of the conduct and experiences of war and colonisation and their presence in the immediate every day. Successive chapters bring together aspects of Macron’s France as diverse as the evolving place of popular culture to changes affecting the political sphere, all asking fundamental questions about continuity and change in French politics and culture in the wider context of recent global shifts."Debra Kelly, University of Westminster, UK."Any scholar of modern and contemporary France must confront the question of whether the country is, or has ever been, exceptional in relation to the rest of the global North. This rich and diverse collection of essays on French politics and culture is a very welcome and timely update on that perennial question. It provides illuminating overviews and detailed case studies on themes such as the 2017 elections, official and counter-narratives of the banlieue and Jewish culture and popular music, written by many of the leading experts in French studies. It is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand French society today."Jan Windebank, University of Sheffield, UK.Table of ContentsIntroduction: French Politics and Culture in the Macron Era Part I: Politics in Modern and Contemporary France 1. From Despair, to Hope, to Limbo: The French Elections and the Future of the Republic 2. The French Party Political System 3. Gaullism as a Doctrine and Political Movement 4. France and the World: The African Dimension 5. Gender in Modern and Contemporary French Politics Part II: Identification and Belonging 6. The Politics of Migration 7. The Political Transversality of Islamophobia: An Analysis of Historical and Ideological Foundations 8. The new Politics of Racialisation in France: The Roma, Territorialisation and Mobility 9. Youth and Politics in France: Democratic Deficit or New Model of Citizenship? 10. Anti-racism, Race and the Republic in Contemporary France Part III: Spaces of Political and Cultural Contestation 11. La France dans la Rue 12. The French ‘Banlieue’: Realities, Myths, Representations 13. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: ‘Banlieue Youth’ as Figure of Speech and as Speaking Figures 14. Night-clubs and National Belonging: Malek Boutih’s Solutions for Personal and National Insecurity 15. Local and Social Belonging in the Contemporary French Rural World 16. Gender and Crisis: Women’s Writing in French at the Start of the Twenty-first Century Part IV: Mediating Memories and Cultures 17. Remembering the First World War in France: HGG and Thiepval 18. Waging the War of Words: Propaganda and the Mass Media in Modern France, 1939–2017 19. Cultural Policy: A Weakened Exception? (1959–2016) 20. Popular Music Nostalgia in Contemporary French Media Discourse 21. Media and Contemporary France 22. The Multiple Deaths of the French Intellectuals 23. Jewish Culture in Twenty-first Century France

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the significance of alliances in the international system, focusing on the dynamics between great and regional powers, and on the alliances Nazi Germany made during World War II, and their implications for Germany. It examines a variety of case studies and looks at how each of the respective states contributed to or weakened Nazi Germany's warfighting capabilities. The cases cover the principal Axis members Italy and Japan, secondary Axis allies Hungary and Romania, as well as neutral states that had economic and military significance for Germany, namely Bulgaria, Iran, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and Vichy France. Additional case studies include topics such as the German attempts to cultivate Arab nationalism, focusing on German involvement in the coup in Iraq against the pro-British government, and the wartime state of Croatia, whose creation was made possible by Germany, with the rivalry between Germany and Italy for control being a major foTable of ContentsChapter 1: The significance of great/small power alliances; Chapter 2: Italy and Germany; Chapter 3: Germany and Japan during World War II: allies at a distance; Chapter 4: Hungary; Chapter 5: Romania; Chapter 6: Finland: the co-belligerent of Nazi Germany; Chapter 7: Vichy France: the occupied ally; Chapter 8: Spain: the friendly neutral; Chapter 9: Bulgaria: an ally at a distance; Chapter 10: Croatia: the vassal state; Chapter 11: Switzerland and Sweden: the armed neutrals; Chapter 12: The Islamic world and Nazi Germany; Chapter 13: Conclusion: the pitfalls of great and small power alliances

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the lives, careers, and publications of a group of Spanish Renaissance surgeons as exemplars of both the surgical renaissance occurring across Europe and of the unique context of Spain.In the sixteenth century, European surgeons forged new identities as learned experts who combined university medical degrees with manual skills and practical experience. No longer merely apprentice-trained craftsmen engaged only with healing the exterior wounds and rashes of the body, these learned surgeons actively engaged with the epistemic shifts of the sixteenth century, including new forms of knowledge construction, based in empiricism, and knowledge circulation, based in printing. These surgeons have long been overshadowed by the innovative work of anatomists and botanists but were participants in the same intellectual currents reshaping many aspects of knowledge. Active in communities across both Castile and Aragon, learned surgeons formed an intellectualTable of Contents0. Introduction 1. Physicians and Surgeons: Medical Learning and Licensing 2. Spanish Learned Surgeons: A Broad and Connected Movement 3. Sharing Knowledge: Learned Surgical Texts 4. Refining Knowledge and Practice: Empiricism, Tradition, and Innovation 5. Expanding Expertise: New Problems and New Treatments 6. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisWhen Operation Banner was launched in 1969 civil war threatened to break out in Northern Ireland and spread over the Irish sea. Uncivil War reveals the full story of how the British army acted to save Great Britain from disaster but, in so doing, condemned the people of Northern Ireland to protracted, grinding conflict.Trade Review'A vivid, compelling book on a dramatic and important subject. A major contribution.' Richard English, author of Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA'This deeply researched and lucid book provides new and sometimes challenging perspectives on a vital topic: it deserves to be widely read.' Helen Parr, author of Our Boys: The Story of a Paratrooper'Huw Bennett's determined pursuit of key political and military records – in the teeth of substantial official obstruction – has enabled him to write the most authoritative account so far of British military action in the early 1970s, the period when the shape of the Northern conflict was largely fixed.' Charles Townshend, author of The Partition: Ireland Divided 1885–1925'…shatters many of the myths around the early years of the Troubles.' Sam McBride, Belfast Telegraph'(a) compelling read.' History Ireland'…by far the most comprehensive account of the army's role in this period… it needs to be read by all interested in putting legacy issues within their complex historical context.' Henry Patterson, Belfast News Letter'Uncivil War is a bold and dense interpretation of a difficult and multilayered subject…scholarship at its most thorough (and most rewarding).' Peggy Kurkowski, Washington Independent Review of BooksTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Baggage; 2. The army's short-lived Ulster honeymoon; 3. Escalation and the erosion of impartiality; 4. Edward Heath's bid for victory; 5. The road to Bloody Sunday; 6. The most deadly year; 7. Strategy in the shadow of loyalist power; 8. We cannot envisage peace; Conclusion; A note on sources.

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Book SynopsisFor those interested in the relationship between politics, power and constitutions, this book examines the idea of prerogative power and reason of state by looking at the theoretical debates surrounding the development of the British constitution and the British Empire, singling out the East India Company as a focal point.Table of Contents1. The safety of the people: from prerogative to reason of state; 2. Prerogative in early modern state theory; 3. Republican principles of state and empire; 4. Jealousy of trade: reason of state and commercial empire; 5. Reason of state in the first age of global imperialism; 6. Reason of state and the legislating empire; 7. War, law, and the modern state; 8. Rights, risk, and reason of state.

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Book SynopsisWhat did Greek speakers in the Roman empire do when they wanted to learn Latin? They used Latin-learning materials containing authentic, enjoyable vignettes about daily life in the ancient world - shopping, banking, going to the baths, having fights, being scolded, making excuses - very much like the dialogues in some of today's foreign-language textbooks. These stories provide priceless insight into daily life in the Roman empire, as well as into how Latin was learned at that period, and they were all written by Romans in Latin that was designed to be easy for beginners to understand. Learners also used special beginners' versions of great Latin authors including Virgil and Cicero, and dictionaries, grammars, texts in Greek transliteration, etc. All these materials are now available for the first time to today's students, in a book designed to complement modern textbooks and enrich the Latin-learning experience.Trade Review'Fascinating … these ancient phrasebooks have some wonderful peculiarities.' Times Higher Education'… this is a very useful book, and the author deserves special thanks. Much interesting information on the sources and recent research is concisely presented in a field often obscure even to experts. Moreover, the attractiveness of the presentation and analysis of the texts will hopefully encourage students to undertake further research in the field.' Peter Kuhlmann, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Texts; 3. Grammatical works; 4. Glossaries; 5. Prose composition; 6. Alphabets; 7. Transliterated texts; 8. Texts with the original Greek; 9. Texts without word division; 10. Overview of the ancient Latin-learning materials; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisCovering three centuries of unprecedented demographic and economic changes, this textbook is an authoritative and comprehensive view of the shaping of Irish society, at home and abroad, from the famine of 1740 to the present day. The first major work on the history of modern Ireland to adopt a social history perspective, it focuses on the experiences and agency of Irish men, women and children, Catholics and Protestants, and in the North, South and the diaspora. An international team of leading scholars survey key changes in population, the economy, occupations, property ownership, class and migration, and also consider the interaction of the individual and the state through welfare, education, crime and policing. Drawing on a wide range of disciplinary approaches and consistently setting Irish developments in a wider European and global context, this is an invaluable resource for courses on modern Irish history and Irish studies.Trade Review'The Cambridge Social History of Modern Ireland should be greeted with rejoicing as a landmark volume in modern Irish historiography.' Joe Lee, The Irish Times'Advanced students will come away with pithy and well-expressed insights; and signposts, principally in 'further reading' sections appended to each chapter.' The Irish Catholic'Editors Biagini and Daly have achieved their goal of providing a synthesis of the best recent scholarship in Irish social history, making this excellent book an indispensable resource for teachers, students, and researchers. Essential.' A. H. Plunkett, ChoiceTable of ContentsEditors' introduction; Part I. Geography, Occupations and Social Classes: 1. Irish demography since 1740 J. Fitzgerald; 2. Occupation, poverty and social class in pre-famine Ireland 1740–1850 P. Solar; 3. Famine and famine relief 1740–2000 Mary E. Daly; 4. Languages and identities G. Ó. Tuathaigh; 5. Catholic Ireland 1740–2016 C. Barr and D. Ó. Corráin; 6. Protestant Ireland 1740–2016 A. Holmes and Eugenio F. Biagini; 7. Town and city D. Dickson; 8. The farmers since 1850 P. Rouse; 9. The Irish working class and the role of the state, 1850–2016 H. Patterson; 10. The Big House T. Dooley; 11. Elite formation, the professions, industry and the middle-class J. Ruane and J. Todd; Part II. People, Culture and Communities: 12. Consumption, living standards and the state A. Bielenberg and J. O'Hagan; 13. Housing in Ireland 1740–2016 E. Rowley; 14. Feast, famine and food poverty: food in Ireland, 1740 to the present J. Adelman; 15. Literacy and education C. O'Neill; 16. Health and welfare C. Cox; 17. Old age, death and mourning P. Lysaght; 18. Celebrations and the rituals of life D. Ó Giolláin; 19. Women and gender roles D. Urquhart and L. Earner Byrne; 20. Childhood S. A. Buckley and S. Riordan; 21. Family, sex and the law M. Luddy; 22. Crime and policing M. Finnane and I. O'Donnell; 23. Sport, associational culture and national awareness in Ireland W. Murphy; Part III. Emigration, Immigration and the Wider Irish World: 24. Irish emigration in a comparative perspective K. Kenny; 25. The diaspora in comparative and inter-generational perspective B. Walter; 26. Minorities Eugenio F. Biagini; 27. Political violence and the diasporas since 1740 C. Nic Dháibhéid; 28. The Irish in Australia and New Zealand A. McCarthy; 29. Mobility, money and nostalgia: the Irish in America T. Meagher; 30. The Irish in Britain R. Swift and S. Campbell; 31. Missionary empires and the worlds they made S. Roddy; 32. Cultural transmission, the Irish associational culture and the 'marching' tradition J. MacPherson; 33. Immigration, emigration and the cultural impact of the 'new' Irish since 1991 I. Glynn; Epilogue: remembering and forgetting in Irish history G. Beiner and E. O'Halpin.

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Book SynopsisCopiously illustrated, this volume situates the Irish story, or stories - for much of these decades two Irelands are in play - in a variety of contexts, Irish and Anglo-Irish, of course, but also European, Atlantic and, latterly, global. A landmark publication by the most recent generation of historians of Ireland.Table of ContentsIntroduction Thomas Bartlett; Foreword; 1. Ireland 1880–2016: negotiating sovereignty and freedom Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh; Part I. Ireland 1880–1923: 2. Radical nationalisms Matthew Kelly; 3. Home rulers at Westminster, 1880–1814 Conor Mulvagh; 4. The origins, politics and culture of Irish Unionism c.1880–1916 Alvin Jackson; 5. Irish land questions 1879–1923 Terence Dooley; 6. Social conditions in Ireland Caitriona Clear; 7. The Irish literary revival Roy Foster; 8. The Culture War: the Gaelic League and Irish-Ireland Brian Ó Conchobair; Part II. War, Revolution and the Two Irelands, 1914–1945: 9. Ireland and the Great War David Fitzpatrick; 10. Revolution, 1916–1923 Fearghal McGarry; 11. Politics, economy, society: Northern Ireland 1920–1939 Susannah Riordan; 12. Politics, economy and society in the Irish Free State 1922–39 Anne Dolan; 13. Neutrality and belligerence: Ireland, 1939–1945 Philip Ollerenshaw; Part III. Contemporary Ireland, 1945–2016: 14. Stability, crisis and change in post-war Ireland 1945–1973 Brian Girvin; 15. Ireland transformed? Modernisation, secularisation and conservatism since 1973 Brian Girvin; 16. War and peace in Northern Ireland 1965–2016 Paul Bew and John Bew; 17. The Irish economy 1973 to 2016 John O'Hagan; 18. Migration since 1914 Mary E. Daly; 19. Broadcasting on the island of Ireland Robert J. Savage; 20. Popular culture in Ireland, 1880–2016 Paul Rouse; 21. Irish foreign policy 1919 to 1973 Michael Kennedy; Part IV. The Long View, Ireland 1880–2016: 22. The family in Ireland, 1880–2015 Lindsey Earner-Byrne; 23. Institutional space and the geography of confinement in Ireland Catherine Cox; 24. A short history of Irish memory in the long twentieth century Guy Beiner; 25. Catholicism in Ireland 1880–2016: rise, ascendancy and retreat Daithí Ó Corráin; 26. Art and architecture in Ireland, 1880–2016 Paula Murphy; 27. Ireland looking outwards 1880–2016 Eunan O' Halpin; Endword.

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Book SynopsisThe eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was an era of continuity as well as change. Though properly portrayed as the era of ''Protestant Ascendancy'' it embraces two phases - the eighteenth century when that ascendancy was at its peak; and the nineteenth century when the Protestant elite sustained a determined rear-guard defence in the face of the emergence of modern Catholic nationalism. Employing a chronology that is not bound by traditional datelines, this volume moves beyond the familiar political narrative to engage with the economy, society, population, emigration, religion, language, state formation, culture, art and architecture, and the Irish abroad. It provides new and original interpretations of a critical phase in the emergence of a modern Ireland that, while focused firmly on the island and its traditions, moves beyond the nationalist narrative of the twentieth century to provide a history of late early modern Ireland for the twenty-first century.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Interpreting late early modern Ireland James Kelly; Part I. Politics c.1730–c.1845: 1. Irish Jacobitism, 1691–1790 Vincent Morley; 2. The politics of Protestant Ascendancy, 1730–1790 James Kelly; 3. Ireland during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, 1793–1815 Thomas Bartlett; 4. The impact of O'Connell, 1815–1850 Patrick M. Geoghegan; 5. Popular politics, 1815–1845 Maura Cronin; Part II. Economy and Demography: 6. Society and economy in the long eighteenth century David Dickson; 7. The Irish economy, 1815–1880: agricultural transition, the communications revolution and the limits of industrialisation Andy Bielenberg; 8. Population and emigration, 1730–1845 Brian Gurrin; 9. Women, men and the family, 1730–1880 Sarah-Anne Buckley; Part III. Religion: 10. The Catholic Church and Catholics in an era of sanctions and restraints, 1690–1790 Thomas O'Connor; 11. The re-energising of Catholicism, 1790–1880 Colin Barr; 12. Protestant dissenters, c.1690–1800 Ian McBride; 13. Protestantism in the nineteenth century: revival and crisis Andrew R. Holmes; Part IV. Shaping Society: 14. Language and literacy in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Aidan Doyle; 15. Futures past: enlightenment and antiquarianism in the eighteenth century Michael Brown and Lesa Ni Mhunghaile; 16. Art and architecture in the long eighteenth century Christine Casey; 17. Civil society, 1700–1850 Martyn J. Powell; 18. Sport and recreation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries James Kelly; 19. Bourgeois Ireland, or, on the benefits of keeping one's hands clean Ciaran O Neill; 20. The growth of the state in the nineteenth century Virginia Crossman; Part V. The Irish Abroad: 21. The Irish in Europe in the eighteenth century, 1691–1815 Liam Chambers; 22. 'Irish' migration to America in the eighteenth century? Or the strange case for the 'Scots/Irish' Patrick Griffin; 23. Ireland and the empire in the nineteenth century Barry Crosbie; Part VI. The Great Famine and its Aftermath: 24. The Great Famine, 1845–1850 Peter Gray; 25. Irish emigration, c.1845–1900 Kevin Kenny; 26. Post-famine politics, 1850–1879 Douglas Kanter; 27. Afterword Toby Barnard.

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Book SynopsisCapitalizing on the rich historical record of late antiquity, and employing sophisticated methodologies from social and economic history, this book reinterprets the end of Roman slavery. Kyle Harper challenges traditional interpretations of a transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages, arguing instead that a deep divide runs through 'late antiquity', separating the Roman slave system from its early medieval successors. In the process, he covers the economic, social and institutional dimensions of ancient slavery and presents the most comprehensive analytical treatment of a pre-modern slave system now available. By scouring the late antique record, he has uncovered a wealth of new material, providing fresh insights into the ancient slave system, including slavery's role in agriculture and textile production, its relation to sexual exploitation, and the dynamics of social honor. By demonstrating the vitality of slavery into the later Roman empire, the author shows that Christianity triTable of ContentsPart I. The Economy of Slavery: Introduction; 1. Among slave systems: a profile of late Roman slavery; 2. The endless river: the supply and trade of slaves; 3. Oikonomia: households, consumption, and production; 4. Agricultural slavery: exchange, institutions, estates; Part II. The Making of Honorable Society: Introduction; 5. Semper timere: the aims and techniques of domination; 6. Self, family, and community among slaves; 7. Sex, status, and social reproduction; 8. Mastery and the making of honor; Part III. The Imperial Order: Introduction; 9. Citizenship and litigation: slave status after the Antonine constitution; 10. The enslavement of Mediterranean bodies: child exposure and child sale; 11. The community of honor: the state and sexuality; 12. Rites of manumission, rights of the freed; Conclusion: Roman slavery, proto-modernity, and the end of antiquity; Appendices.

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Book SynopsisThis is an important, revisionist account of the origins of the British Empire in Asia in the early modern period. David Veevers uncovers a hidden world of transcultural interactions between servants of the English East India Company and the Asian communities and states they came into contact with, revealing how it was this integration of Europeans into non-European economies, states and societies which was central to British imperial and commercial success rather than national or mercantilist enterprise. As their servants skilfully adapted to this rich and complex environment, the East India Company became enfranchised by the eighteenth century with a breadth of privileges and rights from governing sprawling metropolises to trading customs-free. In emphasising the Asian genesis of the British Empire, this book sheds new light on the foreign frameworks of power which fuelled the expansion of Global Britain in the early modern world.Trade Review'David Veevers' book settles several long-standing debates about whether the origins of the East India Company's empire lay in Europe or Asia. He also shows convincingly how the relationship between the two came to re-shape each.' David Washbrook, Trinity College, University of Cambridge'In this exceptionally detailed and extensively researched work, Veevers astutely traces the origins of the East India Company's empire through over a century of complex encounters with people and polities across Asia, amplifying the ever-loudening death knell for the notion that that empire somehow only emerged, suddenly and unexpectedly, at the Battle of Plassey.' Philip Stern, Duke University, North Carolina'David Veevers' book will appeal to students and scholars of the early modern British Empire by offering a sophisticated and compelling discussion of the circumstances in which European empire-building in Asia took place in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, fully alive to the nuances and complexities of those processes.' John McAleer, University of Southampton'… detailed narrative of these British men's perceptions enriches ongoing scholarly debates.' M. H. Fisher, Choice'… a well-researched study of the practice of the early British presence in Asia.' Jeremy Black, The Critic'Veevers provides richly detailed examples to reinforce his argument and convince the reader ... The Origins of the British Empire in Asia is a deeply researched and well-written monograph that makes an important contribution to the historiography of the British empire.' Michael D. Bennett, Journal of British StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction. 'A hundred gates open for entrance'; Part I. Weakness and Adaptation: 1. 'A boddy without a head': the failure of an English enterprise; 2. 'Soe fayre an opportunitie': Madras and the reconstitution of the company; 3. 'Not as absolute lords and kings of the place': the success of an Anglo-Asian enterprise; Part II. Subordination and Expansion: 4. 'To be determined by the Moor's justice': searching for legitimacy in Mughal Bengal; 5. 'A firm settlement in this place': war, negotiation and imperial integration; Part III. Limitations and Devastation: 6. 'The Malays will not preserve ye countrey themselves': Sumatra and the failure of suzerainty; 7. 'The company as their lords and the deputy as a great Rajah': the making and unmaking of an imperial power; Part IV. Empire: 8. 'The end of these things will not be good': legacies of empire in mid-eighteenth century India; Conclusion. Rethinking the origins of the British Empire in Asia.

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Book SynopsisScottish nationalism is a powerful movement in contemporary politics, yet the goal of Scottish independence emerged surprisingly recently into public debate. The origins of Scottish nationalism lie not in the medieval battles for Scottish statehood, the Acts of Union, the Scottish Enlightenment, or any other traditional historical milestone. Instead, an influential separatist Scottish nationalism began to take shape only in the 1970s and achieved its present ideological maturity in the course of the 1980s and 1990s. The nationalism that emerged from this testing period of Scottish history was unusual in that it demanded independence not to defend a threatened ancestral culture but as the most effective way to promote the agenda of the left. This accessible and engaging account of the political thought of Scottish nationalism explores how the arguments for Scottish independence were crafted over some fifty years by intellectuals, politicians and activists, and why these ideas had such a seismic impact on Scottish and British politics in the 2014 independence referendum.Trade Review'Sure to become a landmark study, this book maps the intellectual heritage of Scottish nationalism with unrivalled clarity and precision. Ben Jackson re-opens the subject for scholars and students alike, patiently revealing complexity and continuity beneath the shifting electoral surface. Lucid, penetrating and timely.' Scott Hames, University of Stirling'A well-written and thoroughly researched book outlining the intellectual formation of a civic nationalism in Scotland that set its face against ethnic and racial notions of Scottishness and instead formulated an ideal of using independence as a way to create a socially progressive and outward looking Scotland. It is important in demonstrating that ideas and intellectual engagement by the political left can profoundly influence the development of national identity in a positive direction.' Richard Finlay, University of Strathclyde'This is a timely and thoughtful scholarly account of the intellectual currents for Scottish independence. Jackson charts the evolution of a Scotland that has become increasingly distinct from the rest of the UK; one that is diverse and has embraced an independence of the mind – articulating and representing a political community and nation that is slowly and inexorably escaping the confines of the British state.' Gerry Hassan, University of Dundee'A thoughtful, well-written and rich, historical assessment of the development of the ideology of modern Scottish nationalism. Ben Jackson's careful attention to the shifting character of its leading arguments, and analysis of the implications of changing political contexts, make this a compelling and important work for anyone seeking to understand the rise and character of nationalist politics in Scotland.' Michael Kenny, University of Cambridge'Excellent … the book threads together the overarching themes and beliefs of the modern SNP with incredible clarity and detail.' Jamie Maxwell, The National'A powerful account, beautifully written and edited, of some of the sheer richness of thought that has been generated by Scotland's constitutional debate over the last century.' Joyce McMillan, Scotland on Sunday'… [an] excellent, well-researched and insightful account of several decades …' David Gow, Sceptical Scot'The Case for Scottish Independence thus fills a key hole in the literature on Scottish nationalism by taking seriously the political and theoretical debates which provide the intellectual foundations for it as a social and political movement. As such, it represents a hugely important contribution to British political history, and it is a work which will doubtlessly become part of the canon on Scottish politics.' Jennifer Thomson, LSE Review of Books'Ben Jackson's intricate account of the intellectual development of Scottish nationalism marks a highly original departure from the norm, and allows us to distinguish the various progressive themes that have since the 1960s enriched and transformed the populism of the SNP's pioneers.' Colin Kidd, London Review of Books'… Jackson's book offers an excellent contribution to the field on this topic at hand, and it is this well-delineated scope that underpins an engaging and welcome contribution for academics and a broader readership engaged in a tumultuous yet fascinating era for Scottish nationalist politics.' Stuart Whigham, Journal of British Studies'… an immensely welcome and helpful clarifying analysis …' Alex Campsie, RenewalTable of ContentsIntroduction: Dreaming Scotland; 1. The Ideology of Early Scottish Nationalism; 2.A Democratic Nation; 3. Britain in Decline; 4. The Case for Left-Wing Nationalism; 5. Sovereignty and Post-Sovereignty; 6. Conclusion: 'The Dream Shall Never Die'

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Book SynopsisAn international team of historians and archaeologists examines the textual sources and material evidence for trade and administration between the medieval Adriatic and Byzantium. They offer stimulating ideas concerning the entire Mediterranean and provide a better understanding of this important region before the heyday of Venice.Trade Review'By shedding new light on the pre-Venetian Adriatic and the competitors of Venice, this volume explains why hegemony over this sea was crucial for Mediterranean polities.' Nicola Carotenuto, English Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction Magdalena Skoblar; 1. The Adriatic Sea 500–1100: A Corrupted Alterity? Richard Hodges; 2. Thinking of Linking: Pottery Connections, Southern Adriatic, Butrint and Beyond Joanita Vroom; 3. A Winter Sea? Exchange and Power at the Ebbing of the Adriatic Connection 600–800 Francesco Borri; 4. The Origins of Venice: Between Italy, Byzantium and the Adriatic Stefano Gasparri; 5. The Northern Adriatic Area between the Eighth and the Ninth Century: New Landscapes, New Cities Sauro Gelichi; 6. Provincia Iadrensis: Heir of Roman Dalmatia or a Still-Born Child of Byzantine Early Medieval Adriatic Policy? Trpimir Vedriš; 7. Ravenna and Other Early Rivals of Venice: Comparative Urban and Economic Development in the Upper Adriatic c.751–1050 Thomas S. Brown; 8. Byzantine Apulia Jean-Marie Martin; 9. From One Coast to Another and Beyond: Adriatic Connections through the Sigillographic Evidence Pagona Papadopoulou; 10. Icons in the Adriatic before the Sack of Constantinople in 1204 Magdalena Skoblar; 11. The Rise of the Adriatic in the Age of the Crusades Peter Frankopan; 12. Venice in the Twelfth Century: Between the Adriatic and the Aegean Michael Angold; 13. Venice, the Ionian Sea and the Southern Adriatic after the Fourth Crusade Guillaume Saint-Guillain; 14. Sea Power and the Evolution of Venetian Crusading Christopher Wright; 15. Reassessing the Venetian Presence in the Late Medieval Eastern Adriatic Oliver Jens Schmitt; 16. 'Strangers' in the City? The Paradoxes of Communitarianism in Fifteenth-Century Venice Élisabeth Crouzet-Pavan; Conclusion Chris Wickham; Index.

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Book SynopsisSince the 1950s, European integration has included ever more countries with ever-softening borders between them. In its apparent reversal of integration and its recreation of borders, Brexit intensifies deep-seated tensions, both institutional and territorial, within and between the constitutional orders of the United Kingdom and Ireland. In this book, leading scholars from the UK and Ireland assess the pressures exerted by Brexit, from legal, historical, and political perspectives. This book explores the territorial pressures within the UK constitution, connecting them to the status of Northern Ireland before exploring how analogous territorial pressures might be addressed in a united Ireland. The book also critically analyses the Brexit process within the UK, drawing on Irish comparative examples, to assess unresolved tensions between popular mandate, legislative democracy, and executive responsibility. Through practical application, this book explores how constitutions function undeTrade Review'This timely collection provides one of the very first insights into the impact of Brexit on UK and Irish Constitutional law. It tackles this complex and challenging subject with clarity, expertise and insight, in contributions from both newer voices and well-established scholars. It will become essential reading for all who wish to learn more about this subject.' Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, Anniversary Chair in Law, Queen Mary University of London'This is a timely and valuable collection of essays that explores the challenges posed by Brexit for Ireland and the UK. These challenges played a significant part in the negotiation of the Withdrawal Agreement, and were centre stage in subsequent trade discourse. The book will be of interest to all those concerned by the impact of Brexit on constitutional ordering broadly conceived.' Paul Craig, Emeritus Professor of English Law, University of OxfordTable of ContentsPreface; List of contributors; Introduction: the constitutional tensions of Brexit Oran Doyle, Aileen McHarg and Jo Murkens; Part I. Territorial Pressures in Ireland and the United Kingdom: 1. Subsidiarity, competence, and the UK territorial constitution Jo Hunt; 2. Brexit and the mechanisms for the resolution of conflicts in the context of devolution: do we need a new model? Elisenda Casanas Adam; 3. Beyond matryoshka governance in the 21st century: the curious case of Northern Ireland Sylvia de Mars and Aoife O'Donoghue; 4. Political parties in Northern Ireland and the post-Brexit constitutional debate David Mitchell; 5. The constitutional significance of the people of Northern Ireland C. R. G. Murray; 6. The constitutional politics of a United Ireland Oran Doyle, David Kenny and Christopher McCrudden; 7. The minority rights implications of Irish unification James Rooney; Part II. Institutional Pressures and Contested Legitimacy: 8. Populism and popular sovereignty in the UK and Irish constitutional orders Eoin Daly; 9. Party, democracy and representation: the political consequences of Brexit Malcolm Petrie; 10. Westminster versus Whitehall: what the Brexit debate revealed about an unresolved conflict at the heart of the British constitution David Howarth; 11. Brexit and the problem with delegated legislation Adam Tucker; 12. Litigating Brexit Christopher McCorkindale and Aileen McHarg; 13. The law officers: the relationship between executive lawyers and executive power in Ireland and the United Kingdom Conor Casey; 14. In search of the constitution Martin Loughlin.

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Book SynopsisChristopher Celenza is one of the foremost contemporary scholars of the Renaissance. His ambitious new book focuses on the body of knowledge which we now call the humanities, charting its roots in the Italian Renaissance and exploring its development up to the Enlightenment. Beginning in the fifteenth century, the author shows how thinkers like Lorenzo Valla and Angelo Poliziano developed innovative ways to read texts closely, paying attention to historical context, developing methods to determine a text''s authenticity, and taking the humanities seriously as a means of bettering human life. Alongside such novel reading practices, technology the invention of printing with moveable type fundamentally changed perceptions of truth. Celenza also reveals how luminaries like Descartes, Diderot, and D''Alembert as well as many lesser-known scholars challenged traditional ways of thinking. Celenza''s authoritative narrative demonstrates above all how the work of the early modern humanist pTrade Review'An engrossing story about how modernity was born when it learned to read and write the word. The parallels between the Italian Renaissance and our contemporary present are stunning. As before, so now: information glut and a rapidly evolving mediascape are challenges that only a new investment in critical sense-making – 'philology,' broadly understood – can meet. Celenza's call for a reinvigorated culture of the humanities today is both historically rich and prescient. His book is sure to bring a new dimension to the debates about the uses and reach of culture today.' James I. Porter, University of California, Berkeley'A powerful history, cutting through the artificial line too-often drawn between Renaissance and Enlightenment to present one continuity, the quiet revolution underlying all the others: the slow, painstaking advance of the conviction that knowledge-seeking can and should be unending, unlimited, and open to everyone.' Ada Palmer, University of Chicago'Christopher Celenza brilliantly threads the needle to produce a portrait of Italian Renaissance humanism for our time. Deeply attentive to personal experiences and personal ties, he injects agency and emotion into the celebrated practice of classical and biblical philology, astutely examining figures who include Valla, Poliziano, Decembrio, and even Descartes. Celenza's enduring claim is that philology was and remains inextricably connected with philosophy.' Kristine Haugen, California Institute of Technology Table of Contents1. Philology, the Italian renaissance, and authorship; 2. Lorenzo Valla, philology, emotion; 3. Losing your identity: Angelo Decembrio; 4. Trust and authenticity; 5. Pursuing a love of knowledge; 6. Shaping knowledge; 7. Forgetting philology: Rene Descartes; 8. Certainty. Skepticism; 9. Echoes.

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the efforts of nine European intellectuals, including Tocqueville, Flaubert and Marx, to make sense of 1848, Jonathan Beecher casts a fresh and engaging perspective on the experience and impact of the Revolution, and on why, within two generations, a democratic revolution had twice culminated in the dictatorship of a Napoleon.Trade Review'A truly remarkable book which will interest historians of France, of the revolution of 1848, of those who were thrilled by the change it promised, of those who feared it, and of their varying but universal disappointments. An excellent read and an important book.' Patrice Higonnet, University of Harvard'In 1848, France had a revolution, declared a republic, elected a dictator. This engaging book vividly evokes the hopes, expectations, and disappointments of a year when anything seemed possible. As we confront the weakness of liberal democracies today, a reminder of the lost radical ideas that preceded them could not be more timely.' Rebecca Spang, Indiana University'Jonathan Beecher's book is a brilliant summation of many years' thinking about the meaning of a revolution, which has remained enigmatic both for contemporaries and for us. The experience of 1848 is recounted through the reactions of nine of the most powerful writers of that time, from George Sand to Flaubert.' Gareth Stedman Jones, University of Cambridge'At the heart of (this book) is a simple but powerful idea: to follow nine contemporary intellectuals … into the revolution, link arms with them as they pass through its euphoria, confusion and violence, and track their steps as they re-emerge into the post-revolutionary world.' Christopher Clark, London Review of BooksTable of Contents1. Prologue; 2. Lamartine, the Girondins and 1848; 3. George Sand: 'The People' Found and Lost; 4. Marie d'Agoult: A Liberal Republican; 5. Victor Hugo: The Republic as a Learning Experience; 6. Tocqueville: 'A Vile Tragedy Performed by Provincial Actors'; 7. Proudhon: 'A Revolution Without An Idea'; 8. Alexander Herzen: A Tragedy Both Collective and Personal; 9. Marx: The Meaning of a Farce; 10. Flaubert: Lost Hopes and Empty Words; 11: Aftermath, Themes and Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the challenges of Brexit for the legal and political landscape in the UK and in Ireland and for the relationship between the two countries. It will appeal to anyone wishing to inform themselves more deeply about the political and constitutional pressures exerted by Brexit.Trade Review'This timely collection provides one of the very first insights into the impact of Brexit on UK and Irish Constitutional law. It tackles this complex and challenging subject with clarity, expertise and insight, in contributions from both newer voices and well-established scholars. It will become essential reading for all who wish to learn more about this subject.' Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, Anniversary Chair in Law, Queen Mary University of London'This is a timely and valuable collection of essays that explores the challenges posed by Brexit for Ireland and the UK. These challenges played a significant part in the negotiation of the Withdrawal Agreement, and were centre stage in subsequent trade discourse. The book will be of interest to all those concerned by the impact of Brexit on constitutional ordering broadly conceived.' Paul Craig, Emeritus Professor of English Law, University of OxfordTable of ContentsPreface; List of contributors; Introduction: the constitutional tensions of Brexit Oran Doyle, Aileen McHarg and Jo Murkens; Part I. Territorial Pressures in Ireland and the United Kingdom: 1. Subsidiarity, competence, and the UK territorial constitution Jo Hunt; 2. Brexit and the mechanisms for the resolution of conflicts in the context of devolution: do we need a new model? Elisenda Casanas Adam; 3. Beyond matryoshka governance in the 21st century: the curious case of Northern Ireland Sylvia de Mars and Aoife O'Donoghue; 4. Political parties in Northern Ireland and the post-Brexit constitutional debate David Mitchell; 5. The constitutional significance of the people of Northern Ireland C. R. G. Murray; 6. The constitutional politics of a United Ireland Oran Doyle, David Kenny and Christopher McCrudden; 7. The minority rights implications of Irish unification James Rooney; Part II. Institutional Pressures and Contested Legitimacy: 8. Populism and popular sovereignty in the UK and Irish constitutional orders Eoin Daly; 9. Party, democracy and representation: the political consequences of Brexit Malcolm Petrie; 10. Westminster versus Whitehall: what the Brexit debate revealed about an unresolved conflict at the heart of the British constitution David Howarth; 11. Brexit and the problem with delegated legislation Adam Tucker; 12. Litigating Brexit Christopher McCorkindale and Aileen McHarg; 13. The law officers: the relationship between executive lawyers and executive power in Ireland and the United Kingdom Conor Casey; 14. In search of the constitution Martin Loughlin.

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Book SynopsisTraversing much of Central, Southern and Eastern Europe, this new collection offers a fresh understanding of the seemingly paradoxical nexus between liberal Europeans and imperialism during the long nineteenth century. Bringing together leading scholars from the disciplines of history, anthropology, sociology and political science, it redefines the contours of research into European history by illustrating that it was not only the liberal politicians, writers and civic leaders of Britain and France who believed that empires could be vehicles for progress.Table of ContentsParticular or Universal?: Historicising Liberal Approaches to Empire in Europe. Matthew P. Fitzpatrick Imperialism after the Great Wave: The Dutch Case in the Netherlands East Indies, 1860-1914—Elsbeth Locher-Scholten Italy, Liberalism and the Age of Empire—Giuseppi Finaldi Russian Liberalism and the Problem of Imperial Diversity—Alexander Semyonov Liberty, Equality and Nationality: National Liberalism, Modernization and Empire in Hungary in the 19th Century—László Kürti From Independence to Trialism: The Croatian Party of Right and the Project for a Liberal 'Greater Croatia' within the Habsburg Empire, 1861-1914—Nevenko Bartulin Between Völkisch and Universal Visions of Empire: Liberal Imperialism in Mitteleuropa 1890-1918—Eric Kurlander An Empire of Scientific Experts: Polish Physicians and the Medicalization of the German Borderlands, 1880-1914—Lenny A. Ureña Valerio The Ottoman Empire's Negotiation of Western Liberal Imperialism—Fatma Müge-Göçek and Murat Özyüksel British and Greek Liberalism and Imperialism in the Long Nineteenth Century—Andrekos Varnava

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Book SynopsisAge was a critical factor in shaping imperial experience, yet it has not received any sustained scholarly attention. This pioneering interdisciplinary collection is the first to investigate the lives of children and young people and the construction of modes of childhood and youth within the British world.Trade Review“The book offers a rich and often surprising read. … Children, Childhood and Youth in the British World will be s useful resource on all courses and research programmes concerned with its central themes, to enlarge students’ and researchers’ understanding and theorising of the great historical and international diversity of experience and interpretations of British Childhoods.” (Priscilla Alderson, Children, Youth and Environments, Vol. 28 (3), 2018)“The volume makes a significant contribution in expanding our understanding of the British world that comprised of wider imperial networks and was built on mass migration of people. … it is an informative read and is replete with useful references for anyone who is interested in the history of children and youth.” (Soni, H-Soz-Kult, hsozkult.de, June, 2017)“This edited collection aims to bring together a historiography of the British world and of childhood and youth. … This volume, co-edited by Shirleene Robinson and Simon Sleight, is therefore a welcome addition to interdisciplinary debates on the history of childhood and youth … . the chapters each contain original and at times absorbing historical research that will engage historical geographers.” (Sarah Mills, Journal of Historical Geography, Vol. 56, 2017)“This fascinating collection offers exciting new knowledge about how children and childhoods were informed by and through their presence in the British world. … This collection not only provides an important intervention into discussions of colonial and imperial history as well histories of children and childhood, but should also prompt a range of new research in these areas.” (Kristine Moruzi, The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, Vol. 10 (2), 2017)“This volume is a fascinating contribution to our understanding of the experience and conception of children, childhood and youth across the British world in this period. The impressive range of contributions illuminates the diversity of children’s lives, prompts us to reconsider ideas about power and agency and highlights the exchange and flow of ideas across the global web of empire. These essays, both individually and collectively, enhance our knowledge and understanding of the histories of childhood and youth … .” (Rosie Kennedy, Reviews in History, July 14, 2016)“This collection makes interesting and important methodological contribution to the history of childhood while emphasizing the contribution of young people to broader imperial histories.” (Laura Tisdall, Social History, Vol. 41 (04), 2016)Table of ContentsIntroduction: The World in Miniature; Simon Sleight and Shirleene Robinson1. A Motherly Concern for Children: Invocations of Queen Victoria in Imperial Child Rescue Literature; Shurlee Swain2. Ayah, Caregiver to Anglo-Indian Children c. 1750–1947; Suzanne Conway3. Babies of the Empire: Science, Nation, and Truby King ' 's Mothercraft in Early Twentieth-Century South Africa; S.E. Duff4. ' 'He is Hardened to the Climate and a Little Bleached by it ' 's [sic] Influence ' ': Imperial Childhoods in Scotland and Madras, c. 1800–1830; Ellen Filor5. ' 'Dear Mummy and Daddy ' ': Reading Wartime Letters from British Children Evacuated to Canada During the Second World War; Claire L. Halstead6. East African Students in a (Post-)Imperial World; Timothy Nicholson7. Resistance and Race: Aboriginal Child Workers in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth- Century Australia; Shirleene Robinson8. Health, Race and Family in Colonial Bengal; Satadru Sen9. Race, Indigeneity and the Baden-Powell Girl Guides: Age, Gender and the British World, 1908–1920; Mary Clare Martin10. Transforming Narratives of Colonial Danger: Imagining the Environments of New Zealand and Australia in Children ' 's Literature, 1862–1899; Michelle J. Smith11. The ' 'Willful ' ' Girl in the Anglo-World: Sentimental Heroines and Wild Colonial Girls, 1872–1923; Hilary Emmett12. Youth and Homosex: Danger and Possibility in Queensland, 1890–1914; Yorick Smaal13. Leery Sue Goes to the Show: Popular Performance, Sexuality and the Disorderly Girl; Melissa Bellanta14. Savage Instincts, Civilizing Spaces: The Child, the Empire and the Public Park, c. 1880–1914; Ruth Colton15. Memorializing Colonial Childhoods: From the Frontier to the Museum; Kate Darian-Smith

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Book SynopsisThis multi-disciplinary study considers the intersection between law and family life in Ireland from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Setting the law in its wider social historical context it traces marriage from its formation through to its breakdown. It considers the impact of the law on such issues as adultery, divorce, broken engagements, marriage settlements, pregnancy, adoption, property, domestic violence, concealment of birth and inter-family homicide, as well as the historical origins of the Constitutional protection of the family. An underlying theme is the way in which the law of the family in Ireland differed from the law of the family in England.Table of Contents1. Introduction; Niamh Howlin and Kevin Costello.- 2. Marriage Breakdown in Ireland, c. 1660-1857; Mary O'Dowd.- 3. The comeback of the medieval marriage per verba de praesenti in 19th century bigamy cases; Maebh Harding.- 4. The Action for Breach of Promise of Marriage in Nineteenth Century Ireland; Michael Sinnott.- 5. Married Women's Property in Ireland 1800-1900; Kevin Costello.- 6. Adultery in the Courts: Damages for Criminal Conversation in Ireland; Niamh Howlin.- 7. ‘Divorce Irish style’: Marriage dissolution in Ireland, 1850-1950; Diane Urquart.- 8. Class, Criminality and Marriage Breakdown in Post-Independence Ireland; Deirdre McGowan.- 9. 'Behind closed doors': Society, Law and familial violence in Ireland, 1922-1990; Lindsey Earner-Byrne.- 10. Murder in the Irish Family, 1930-1950; Karen Brennan.- 11. Interrogating the Charge Concealment of Birth in Nineteenth Century Irish courts; Elaine Farrell.- 12. The Fate of the ‘Illegitimate’ Child: An Analysis of Irish Social Policy in the Period: 1750-1952; Simone McCoughren and Fred Powell.- 13. Embedding the Family in the Irish Constitution; Thomas Mohr.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines de-radicalisation policy in the UK and addresses the contradictions evident in the conceptualisation and practice of de-radicalisation.It explores three main themes that touch upon some of the most pressing issues of our day: security, identity and religion. Situated within the Prevent strand of the UK Counter-Terrorism policy and administered by the police through the Channel Programme', policymakers have promoted de-radicalisation as a vital instrument in the fight against terrorism. Despite the political and legal importance of de-radicalisation as an instrument of counter-terrorism, we continue to know very little about the programme and the profile of individuals who have been de-radicalised, as well as having little or no access to data on the programme. There is also a glaring lacuna in the wider literature regarding the concept, theory, and evidence base for de-radicalisation policies. This book addresses this lacuna and, with the use of data cTrade Review'This book is an essential resource for researchers, policymakers and activists challenged with the task of understanding the processes of radicalisation and de-radicalisation in the British context and beyond. It questions the viability of the ‘Prevent’ programme, providing a nuanced, detailed and insightful account of what works or not in the context of both the concept and in the delivery of countering violent extremism programming. It facilitates a grounded social science understanding to help resolve a significant multi-faceted and multi-layered concern facing liberal democracies today and in the near future. This remarkable, brave and profound book is an indispensable intellectual contribution.' -- Tahir Abbas, Royal United Services Institute, UK'Elshimi’s book represents the next step in research on (de)radicalisation, and should be essential reading for anyone who has an interest in this field. The examination of the "Prevent" policy in De-Radicalisation in the UK Prevent Strategy provides welcome clarity and insight in to what’s happening on the ground, policy development, and a frank and useful assessment of political discourse that marks a new and refreshing point of departure for this subject.' -- Jonathan Githens-Mazer, University of Exeter, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Enigma of De-radicalisation1. Radicalisation as the 'New Security Challenge'2. The Concept of De-radicalisation: An Analysis of Research Data3.An Alternative Concept: De-radicalisation as the 'Technologies of the Self' 4. Discursive Technology (Truth): The Production of Radicalisation5. Disciplinary Technology (Power): Surveillance, Detection, Discpline 6. Confession Technology (Identity): 'Salvation in this Life'7. Implications and a New Strategy for EngagementConclusion: Overton Windows

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Book SynopsisCatullus is one of the most popular poets to survive from classical antiquity. Above all others he seems to speak to modern readers with a modern voice. The distinguished contributors to this Companion discuss the principal subjects which drew Catullus'' affection and disgust, above all his famous affair with the woman he calls ''Lesbia'', and situate him in the social, historical and intellectual context of first-century BC Rome. One of the so-called ''new poets'', Catullus had a profound effect on subsequent Latin poetry, and this is explored especially for the Augustan age and the late first century AD. A significant part of the volume is concerned with Catullus'' survival into the modern world. There are discussions both of the manuscript tradition and of the interpretative scholarship which has been devoted to his poetry, as well as his reception by renaissance and later poets. Students in particular will appreciate this book.Trade Review'… advanced students, teachers, and researchers looking to orient themselves in the scholarship on Catullus will benefit … Recommended.' M. L. Goldman, Choice MagazineTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Situating Catullus Cynthia Damon; 2. Literary liaisons Tony Woodman; 3. Catullan intertextuality Richard F. Thomas; 4. Gender and sexuality K. Sara Myers; 5. Catullan themes Bruce Gibson; 6. Language and style Anna Chahoud; 7. Catullus and metre David Butterfield; 8. Catulli carmina Ian du Quesnay; 9. Catullus and Augustan poetry Monica R. Gale; 10. Rewriting Catullus in the flavian age Carole Newlands; 11. The manuscripts and transmission of the text S.P. Oakley; 12. Editions and commentaries Dániel Kiss; 13. Catullus in the renaissance Alex Wong; 14. Catullus and poetry in english since 1750 Stephen Harrison; Abbreviations and bibliography; Index locorum; General index.

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Book SynopsisIan Copland's aim in this book is to explain why, during the colonial period, the erstwhile Indian 'princely' states experienced per capita significantly less Muslim-Sikh and Muslim-Hindu communal violence than the provinces of British India, and how the enviable situation of the states in this respect became eroded over time.Table of ContentsPART 1: INTRODUCTION Unmasking the Other Patterns of Riots The Problem The Argument PART 2: ISLANDS IN THE STORM A Question of Numbers The States as Backwaters Communitas Rajadharma Princes and Publics PART 3: METAMORPHOSIS Cracks in the Façade The Price of Progress The Coming of the Missionaries The Coming of the Politicians Unholy Alliances Rajadharma Revisited PART 4: THE FURTHER SHORES OF PARTITION Imperial Sunset Dreams and Conspiracies The Killing Fields The Price of Survival PART 5: THE NEW INDIA Bluster on the Right The Union Strikes Back Starting Over PART 6: CONCLUSION Communalism Revisited Legacies Bibliography

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Book SynopsisWith a past as deep and sinewy as the famous River Thames that twists like an eel around the jutting peninsula of Mudchute and the Isle of Dogs, London is one of the world's greatest and most resilient cities. Born beside the sludge and the silt of the meandering waterway that has always been its lifeblood, it has weathered invasion, flood, abandonment, fire and bombing. The modern story of London is well known. Much has been written about the later history of this megalopolis which, like a seductive dark star, has drawn incomers perpetually into its orbit. Yet, as Rory Naismith reveals in his zesty evocation of the nascent medieval city much less has been said about how close it came to earlier obliteration. Following the collapse of Roman civilization in fifth-century Britannia, darkness fell over the former province. Villas crumbled to ruin; vital commodities became scarce; cities decayed; and Londinium, the capital, was all but abandoned. Yet despite its demise as a liTrade ReviewExcellent history… Among the most fascinating aspects of this work are Naismith’s careful and cogent explanations on the interpretation of findings and artifacts. * CHOICE *Naismith’s service to old London is heroic. In carefully sorting and untangling its post-Roman rebirth he allows a crucial phase in its long life to take its rightful place in the annals of the great and monstrous city. * The Spectator *Impeccably researched, engagingly written and handsomely presented ... this is a timely reminder that the prominence of London was historically contingent rather than inevitable. * BBC History Magazine *With his deft use of archaeology, the tenuous literary sources and numismatic evidence ... Naismith manages to weave together a very effective account of London’s political and economic development. * Literary Review *Written with an evocative turn of phrase and a sharp eye for interesting detail, Citadel of the Saxons is packed full of information, and impressive in its scope. * Current Archaeology *An essential, impressively informative, and core addition to personal reading lists, as well as community, college, and university library Medieval Studies collections, "Citadel of the Saxons" is a non-fiction history that reads as smoothly as the most well crafted novel. * Library Bookwatch *[The book] give[s] us a strong sense of the richness of early medieval urbanism. * Early Medieval Europe *'Citadel of the Saxons is the first comprehensive treatment of Anglo- Saxon London. Rory Naismith ranges widely across archaeology, coinage and written sources – showing an impressive command of multiple sub-disciplines in the process – to piece together a fresh picture of the early medieval metropolis. Engagingly written yet authoritative, this is everything a history book should be!' -- Levi Roach, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Exeter, author of Æthelred: The Unready‘No one can know yet to what degree Brexit will affect the fortunes of England’s capital. But Rory Naismith’s riveting history of Anglo-Saxon London is a reminder of how – despite all that the city suffered during its first millennium, and the rivalries with which it had to contend – it survived such that possession of it emerged as the key to power during the Norman Conquest. Sacked by Boudicca in the first century, deserted by the Romans in the fifth, economically outdone by Ipswich in the seventh, and overshadowed both by the metropolitan status of Canterbury and York and by the royal glamour King Alfred and his successors bestowed on Winchester, London nonetheless emerged in 1066 as the place where Duke William needed to be accepted and where it was essential for him to stage his coronation. The strength of Rory Naismith’s narrative derives from his mastery of the disparate sources needed to understand London’s developing success. The author’s deep knowledge of the complexities of Anglo-Saxon coinage is matched in this book by an acute sense of the importance of the recent archaeological discoveries that have revealed how the city took shape within, and beyond, and then again within its ancient Roman walls. Anyone who loves London – that “place of the overflowing river” (which is probably the ancient meaning of its name) – will want to buy this superb book.’ -- Henrietta Leyser, Emeritus Fellow and Former Lecturer in History, St Peter’s College, Oxford, author of A Short History of the Anglo-Saxons and of Beda: A Journey Through the Seven Kingdoms in the Age of Bede‘Rory Naismith in his new book displays remarkable control of an extraordinarily diverse range of evidence and constructs a narrative with many unfamiliar details and dimensions. His story begins in Roman Britain, and extends here to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. By virtue of its position on the river Thames, and at the hub of a network of roads, London continued to prosper throughout the Anglo-Saxon period. It was always, the author shows, at the centre of events and was renowned too as a significant centre of commerce. From the foundation of St Paul’s to the building of Westminster Abbey, Dr Naismith ably and authoritatively guides the reader through all the city’s twists and turns, while at the same time bringing to life a rich supporting cast of Mercians and West Saxons, English and Danes. This is an original and compelling account of early London.’ -- Simon Keynes, Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, University of CambridgeTable of ContentsPreface List of Maps and Figures Abbreviations Timeline Introduction 1. Roman London and its End: First to Fifth Centuries AD 2. Among the Ruins: Post-Roman London 3. London between Kingdoms: c.600–800 4. Lundenwic: 'An Emporium for Many Nations' 5. Alfred the Great and the Vikings 6. London in the Tenth Century: c.900–75 7. Late Anglo-Saxon London 8. London in 1066: The Battle of Hastings and After Notes Select Bibliography Where to See Anglo-Saxon London Index

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Book SynopsisPublished in the Bloomsbury Revelations series and featuring a new preface by the author, this classic biography by acclaimed historian Richard Overy takes the reader on a chilling journey into the heart of Hitler''s inner circle.Hermann Goering was Hitler''s most loyal supporter, his designated successor and the second most powerful man in the Third Reich. One of the main architects of the Nazi regime, he was also instrumental in the creation of the Gestapo and directly ordered the Final Solution. But who was the man behind the carefully-constructed mask? Self-indulgent and ruthless, sybaritic and brutal, egotistical yet capable of self-effacement, weak-willed yet fiercely calculating, Goering was a contradictory, complex and often bufoonish character. He styled himself as the ''Iron Man'' but was known to wear togas, fur coats and faux-medieval hunting outfits. A brilliant World War I fighter pilot, military leader and mercurial Luftwaffe commander, he also loved the opera and took aTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface to the 2012 Edition 1. The 'Iron Man' 2. Building the Goering Empire 3. Goering and the German Economy 4. Goering and Hitler's War 5. Building the Nazi Empire 6. The Era of Egotism and Incompetence 7. The Failure of the Luftwaffe 8. The Decline of the Goering Empire 9. Goering and the Politics of the Third Reich Notes Bibliography and Sources Index

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Book SynopsisPeter Fraenkel here gives a vivid account of a childhood in a middle-class, non-observant Jewish family in Nazi Germany, forced to emigrate to Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia) in 1939. Here the contrast could hardly be greater, from persecuted Jew, to ''enemy alien'' in colonial Northern Rhodesia, to re-assimilation into the privileged colonial elite. Following education in Northern and Southern Rhodesia he worked for the Northern Rhodesian and later, Central Broadcasting Service. Here his pioneering work and support for racial equality in a deeply racist society connected with his earlier life - ''no fixed abode'' but in tune with humane liberalism.Table of ContentsList of illustrations – vi Part I: Silesia – 1 1. Roots in the air – 3 2. But we were Germans – 15 3. We became Jews – 39 4. Exodus – 76 Part II: Rhodesia – 101 5. Where you die of hunger doesn’t make much of a difference, does it? – 103 6. Encountering Dimitrov and Macbeth – 130 7. Quit you like men – 142 8. Red thug? – 157 9. Becoming a bwana – 163 10. Out of the saucepan – 176 11. Vultures high and low – 200 12. Vampire men – 217 13. Searchlights in the dark – 235 14. The watch on the Rhine – 238 Index - 241

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Book SynopsisBringing strategy, foreign policy, domestic and imperial politics together, this book challenges the conventional understanding as to why the British Empire, at perhaps the height of its power, lost control of its American colonies. Critiquing the traditional emphasis on the value of alliance during the Seven Years' War, and the consequences of British isolation during the War of American Independence, Jeremy Black shows that this rests on a misleading understanding of the relationship between policy and strategy. Encompassing both the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence and grounded in archival research, this book considers a violent and contentious period which was crucial to the making of modern Britain and its role in the wider world. Offering a reinterpretation of British strategy and foreign policy throughout this time, To Lose an Empire interweaves British domestic policy with diplomatic and colonial developments to show the impact this period and its evTrade ReviewIt is refreshing, therefore, when a scholar seeks to break out of standardised chronological frameworks. Jeremy Black does so in To Lose an Empire ... It is ... a highly welcome addition to the corpus of literature on eighteenth-century international history. * Diplomacy & Statecraft *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. The Means of Policy 2. The Context of Debate 3. To Win America, 1758-60 4. Winning a Peace, 1761-3 5. A Post-war Order? 1763-70 6. Muddling Through? 1771-4 7. Strategies under Pressure, 1775-8 8. Strategies Collapse, 1778-82 9. Picking up the Pieces, 1783-1790 10. Conclusions Bibliography

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Book SynopsisTelling the story of three overlooked revolutionary thinkers, Liberty in Their Names explores the lives and works of Olympe de Gouges, Sophie de Grouchy and Manon Roland. All three were thinking and writing about political philosophy, especially equality and social justice, before the French Revolution. As they became engaged in its efforts, their political writing became more urgent. At a time when women could neither vote nor speak at the Assembly, they became influential through their writings. Yet instead of Gouges, Grouchy and Roland, we speak of Voltaire, Rousseau and Diderot. Sandrine Bergès examines the lives and writings of these trailblazing women philosophers, and their impact on philosophical thought during the French Revolution. Featuring pictures, a timeline and a bibliography of their works, this book offers exciting new insights into the history of political philosophy and of the French Revolution.Trade ReviewImaginative, instructive, and engaging, Liberty in their names lifts Olympe de Gouges, Marie-Jeanne Roland and Sophie de Grouchy from under the historical carpet where they were swept despite their significant contributions to the social and political thought of the French Revolution. * Sylvana Tomaselli, Sir Harry Hinsley Lecturer in History, St John’s College, University of Cambridge, UK *This brilliant book fills an important need, shedding light on the female philosophers of the Revolutionary period in France. Bergès sets the women in historical context while also exploring the brilliance of their ideas. An essential read that addresses a true gap in the history of ideas and women’s history. * Charlotte Gordon, Distinguished Professor of English, Endicott College, USA *Shedding light on less-familiar philosophers and their influence, this book is well worth the read and accessible to anyone interested in issues during this time in history. A valuable resource for those interested in philosophy, history, women’s studies, and literature. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword Timeline of the French Revolution Glossary of People and Places 1. Women in the Revolution 2. The Women and the Prisons: A Walk-Through 18th-Century Paris 3. Awakening to Injustice: The Formative Years of Gouges, Roland and Grouchy 4. Making her own Way: Olympe de Gouges 5. Speaking for Herself: Marie-Jeanne Roland 6. Working Together: Sophie de Grouchy 7. The Women on the Other Side of the Channel 8. The American Dream: From Republican model to Asylum of Freedom 9. The Abolitionist Movement and the Revolution 10. Women in the City Epilogue: Writing out the Women: Sophie de Grouchy After the Terror A Revolutionary Bookshelf Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Holocaust was the defining trauma of the 20th century. How do we begin to understand the Nazi drive to murder millions of people, or the determination of concentration camp prisoners to survive?This new and improved edition of Sources of the Holocaust brings together over 90 original Holocaust documents and testimonies to put the reader into direct contact with the genocide's human participants. From the origins of Christian antisemitism and the creation of monstrous Others' to the immediate aftermath of these crimes against humanity and the rise of right-wing ideologies in the 21st century, this book is structured both chronologically and thematically in order to clearly explain the ideas that made the Holocaust possible, how people mounted resistance at the time, and the Holocaust's legacy today. On top of this unparalleled access to the voices of the Holocaust, Steve Hochstadt's authoritative and scholarly commentaries on each source ensures readers gain a comprehensive understaTrade ReviewSources of the Holocaust assembles a powerful record of the Holocaust’s long incubation and Nazi-led implementation in the 1930s and 1940s. Supporting commentaries on the language which normalized discrimination and manifested murder, the defiant responses of its victim groups, and postwar societal resonances, further embed the Holocaust’s centrality in European and global history. Highly recommended. * Simone Gigliotti, Senior Lecturer, Holocaust Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK *Steve Hochstadt has produced a highly useful collection of Holocaust-related documents. The sources assembled here provide broad chronological, geographical, and thematic coverage of the subject. Each document is accompanied by a brief and insightful commentary. I recommend this volume for any college-level course on the Holocaust. * Alan E. Steinweis, Raul Hilberg Distinguished Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Vermont, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I. The Context of Christian Antisemitism 1. Excerpts from the New Testament 2. Jewish chronicle of murders in Rhine cities in 1096 during the First Crusade 3. Excerpts from Martin Luther, On the Jews and Their Lies, 1543 4. Papal bull about Jews, ‘Cum nimis absurdum by Pope Paul IV, 14 July 1555 5. Excerpts from article ‘Jewish Morality’ in Vatican newspaper, 10 January 1893 Part II. The Creation of Monsters in Germany: Jews and Others 6. Bavarian petition opposing equality for Jews, 10 January 1850 7. Excerpt from Heinrich von Treitschke, ‘Our Views’, 1879 8. Excerpt from Permission for the Extermination of Life Unworthy of Life, 1920 9. Excerpts from Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler 10. Court judgment in the murder of a Polish laborer by SA men on 10 August 1932 Part III. The Nazi Attack on Jews and Other Undesirables in the Third Reich, 1933–1938 11. Bavarian state report about the murder of a Jewish businessman, 20 March 1933 12. Memoir by Dr Paula Tobias about boycott of 1 April 1933 13. Minutes of a meeting about Jewish “attacks against the race”, 5 June 1934 14. Report of underground Social Democratic Party on persecution of German Jews, August 1935 15. Nuremberg Law against intermarriage between Jews and German citizens, 15 September 1935 16. Form for Jehovah’s Witnesses to renounce their religious beliefs, 1936 17. Speech by Heinrich Himmler to SS leaders on homosexuality, 18 February 1937 18. Excerpts from the Nazi Party training manual for Hitler Youth, About the German People and its Living Space: Handbook for Training the Hitler Youth, 1938 19. Children’s story from Ernst Hiemer, The Poisonous Mushroom, 1938 20. Decree by Heinrich Himmler on “Combatting the Gypsy Plague”, 8 December 1938 Part IV. The Physical Assault on Jews in Germany, 1938-1939 21. Memoir by Walter Grab about persecution of Jews in Vienna after the Anschluss of March 1938 22. Letter urging that Jews be fired from Austrian industry, 29 June 1938 23. Letter resisting the confiscation of a Jewish business, 14 July 1938 24. Letter confirming possession of Chinese visa, 23 September 1938 25. British memorandum on Evian conference, 17 October 1938 26. Report of Darmstadt SA on Kristallnacht, 11 November 1938 27. Transcript of Nazi Party meeting led by Field Marshall Hermann Göring after Kristallnacht, 12 November 1938 28. Letter about finding work in British households for Czech Jewish refugees, 17 November 1938 29. Gestapo report from Bielefeld about Kristallnacht destruction, 26 November 1938 30. Instruction from Foreign Office on eliminating Jews from German life, 25 January 1939 31. Instruction from US Secretary of State on preventing Jewish refugees from entering Shanghai, 18 February 1939 Part V. The Perfection of Genocide as National Policy, 1939-1943 32. Letter from Reinhard Heydrich planning the‘concentration’ of Polish Jews, 21 September 1939 33. War diary of Lt. Col. Helmuth Groscurth about massacres of Polish civilians on 7–8 October 1939 34. Announcement that Jews in the Lódz region must wear yellow armband, 14 November 1939 35. Postwar testimony about the first successful gassing of intellectually disabled people on 4 January 1940 36. Minutes of conference about deportation of Poles, Jews and Roma, 30 January 1940 37. Report of meeting of German mayors concerning murder of disabled people, 3 April 1940 38. Memorandum from US State Department on delaying immigration, 26 June 1940 39. Report of the murder of Jews by Lithuanians in Vilna by Grigorij Schur, June 1941 40. Table of money saved by murdering disabled people, 1941 41. Report of Einsatzgruppen murders in Soviet Union, 2 October 1941 42. German Army orders on the ‘Conduct of the Troops in the Eastern Territories’, 10 October 1941 43. Plan for ‘solution of the Jewish question’ by mass gassing, 25 October 1941 44. Foreign Office memorandum on murder of Jews in Yugoslavia, 25 October 1941 45. German Army report on shootings of Jews and Roma in Yugoslavia, 27–30 October 1941 46. Report on police battalion murder of Jews in Belorussia, 30 October 1941 47. Article by Josef Goebbels on Jews in Das Reich, 16 November 1941 48. Minutes of the Wannsee Conference about the ‘final solution’, 20 January 1942 49. Report on use of trucks to kill Jews with exhaust gas in Soviet Union, 16 May 1942 50. Proposal that several million Jews be sterilized for slave labor, 23 June 1942 51. Letter from Gestapo ordering deportation of Jews in Schwerin, 6 July 1942 52. Report by Gestapo on French-German cooperation on deportation of Jews, 8 July 1942 53. Protest of the Bishop of Montauban against deportations in France, 26 August 1942 54. Report by Himmler to Hitler on mass murder of ‘partisans’ in Soviet Union, 29 December 1942 55. Gestapo report on deportation of Jews from France, 6 March 1943 56. Protest by Bulgarian legislators against deportation of Jews, 17 March 1943 57. Order by Himmler to destroy Ukraine, 7 September 1943 58. Speech by Himmler to SS-Gruppenführer in Posen, 4 October 1943 59. Postwar testimony about exhumation and cremation of corpses in 1943–44 60. Report by Odilo Globocnik on how death camps were financed, December 1943 Part VI. 'Arbeit Macht Frei': Work and Death in Concentration Camps and Ghettos 61. Normal murders at Buchenwald in 1941 62. Speech by Chaim Rumkowski, Chairman of Lódz Jewish Council, 17 January 1942 63. Call for resistance in the Vilna Ghetto by Abba Kovner, 31 December 1941 64. Letter about feeding Soviet POWs working for German industry, 21 February 1942 65. Order to Warsaw Jewish Council to organize deportation ‘to the East’, 22 July 1942 66. Diary of Oskar Singer in Lódz Ghetto, 27 July 1942 67. Diary of Emanuel Ringelblum in Warsaw Ghetto, 14 December 1942 68. Report of SS Concentration Camp Office on mortality of prisoners, 28 December 1942 69. SS report on revolt in Warsaw Ghetto, 13 May 1943 70. Diary of Hanna Lévy-Hass in Bergen-Belsen, March 1945 71. Mauthausen death list, 19 March 1945 72. Report of SS doctor on health conditions in Neuengamme, 29 March 1945 Part VII. Assembly Lines of Death: Extermination Camps 73. Postwar deposition about the use of gas chambers in Belzec in August 1942 74. Memoir by Filip Müller on use of gas chambers at Auschwitz in 1942 75. Memoir by Irene Schwarz of Gestapo office work at Birkenau 76. Memoir by Shalom Kohn of the revolt in Treblinka on 2 August 1943 77. Postwar statement by Arnest Tauber about slave labor at Auschwitz between 1942 and 1944 78. Report on Auschwitz between 1942 and 1944 by escaped prisoners Alfréd Wetzler and Rudolf Vrba, April 1944 79. Letter by British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden about bombing Auschwitz, 7 July 1944 80. Memoir by Judith Isaacson on selection of women in Auschwitz, July 1944 81. List of transports to Birkenau gas chambers during October 1944 Part VIII. The Aftermath 82. London Agreement among Allies about nature of war crimes trial, 8 August 1945 83. Summary of evidence from defense witnesses at Nuremberg Trial, August 1946 84. West German law to compensate victims of persecution, 29 June 1956 85. Statement of Lutherans about Christians and Jews, July 1983 86. Speech by Elie Wiesel about President Ronald Reagan’s planned visit to Bitburg cemetery, 19 April 1985 87. Resolution of the East German Parliament on the Holocaust, 12 April 1990 Part IX. The Holocaust in Contemporary Life 88. Website about memorial Stolpersteine 89. Recommendation of Norwegian government to compensate Jews, 26 June 1998 90. Article ‘In Defense of Hitler’ in Egyptian government newspaper, 27 May 2001 91. International Tribunal judgement against Radislav Krsti_ for Srebrenica massacre, 2 August 2001 92. Joint resolution of Maine legislature on Holocaust remembrance, 13 March 2002 93. Speech by Björn Höcke in Dresden, organized by the Youth Organization of the Alternative für Deutschland, 17 January 2017 Conclusion Sources Select Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisUkrainian Cinema: Belonging and Identity during the Soviet Thaw is the first concentrated study of Ukrainian cinema in English. In particular, historian Joshua First explores the politics and aesthetics of Ukrainian Poetic Cinema during the Soviet 1960s-70s. He argues that film-makers working at the Alexander Dovzhenko Feature Film Studio in Kiev were obsessed with questions of identity and demanded that the Soviet film industry and audiences alike recognize Ukrainian cultural difference. The first two chapters provide the background on how Soviet cinema since Stalin cultivated an exoticised and domesticated image of Ukrainians, along with how the film studio in Kiev attempted to rebuild its reputation during the early Sixties as a centre of the cultural thaw in the USSR. The next two chapters examine Sergei Paradjanov's highly influential Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965) and its role in reorienting the Dovzhenko studio toward the auteurist (some would say elitist) agenda of PoetiTrade ReviewUkrainian Cinema is making a great addition to a still small – but hopefully growing – body of work that will break the pattern which uncritically equates Soviet and Russian cinemas and either "Russifies" or keeps the cinemas of the former republics in the shadow. * CEU Review of Books *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations General Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Note on Transliteration Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA remarkable new analysis of the shameful Highland clearances through the experience and effective defiance of one man.Trade Review'This is an excellent biography of Donald Ross and an excellent account of the Highland Clearances. It's also a book whose considerable value as a source of reference seems likely to endure.' -- Undiscovered Scotland

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Book SynopsisThis book will interest anyone keen to know more about Dorsetâs remarkable local military history through time.Trade Review'This book is well illustrated with coloured pictures of both people and places and will interest anyone keen to know more about Dorset's remarkable military history.' -- Dorset FHS, September 2023

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Book SynopsisA stunning collection of photographs along the banks of the River Thames through London from Hampton Court to the Thames Barrier.Trade Review'It's a book that would appeal to anyone with a love of London and good photography. Very giftable.' -- Londonist, January 2024

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Book SynopsisNew paperback edition - An original exploration of the United States' birth out of British culture and influence - the real origins of the 'special relationship'.

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