European history Books
The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd The Clans and Tartans Map of Scotland (folded): A
Book SynopsisA brand new clan map of Scotland with over 150 clans from Waverley Books. And on the back, illustrated in colour: Sir Walter Scott's role in the tartan revival; clan badges, crests, and mottoes; how to wear a belted plaid or "the great kilt"; what a clan really is and how the clan system worked; the origins of tartan; the natural vegetable and plant dyes used in tartan pre-1800; the purpose of `universal tartans'; what women's traditional dress looked like - the arisaid; associated clans of nearly 200 family names, or septs, plus the jargon of tartan - a glossary showing `weathered', `reproduction', `ancient', `modern', `dress', `hunting' and much more.
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The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd The Clans and Maps of Scotland Map (rolled in a
Book SynopsisA brand new clan map of Scotland with over 150 clans from Waverley Books. And on the back, illustrated in colour: Sir Walter Scott's role in the tartan revival; clan badges, crests, and mottoes; how to wear a belted plaid or "the great kilt"; what a clan really is and how the clan system worked; the origins of tartan; the natural vegetable and plant dyes used in tartan pre-1800; the purpose of `universal tartans'; what women's traditional dress looked like - the arisaid; associated clans of nearly 200 family names, or septs, plus the jargon of tartan - a glossary showing `weathered', `reproduction', `ancient', `modern', `dress', `hunting' and much more.
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Bodleian Library Brief History of the Bodleian Library, A
Book SynopsisHow did a library founded over 400 years ago grow to become the world-renowned institution it is today, home to over thirteen million items? From its foundation by Sir Thomas Bodley in 1598 to the opening of the Weston Library in 2015, this illustrated account shows how the Library’s history was involved with the British monarchy and political events throughout the centuries. The history of the Library is also a history of collectors and collections, and this book traces the story of major donations and purchases, making use of the Library’s own substantial archives to show how it came to house key items such as early confirmations of Magna Carta, Shakespeare’s First Folio and the manuscript of Jane Austen’s earliest writings, among many others. Beautifully illustrated with prints, portraits, manuscripts and archival material, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of libraries and collections.
£23.75
Lang Syne Publishers Ltd Chisholm: The Origins of the Clan Chisholm and
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The French Army 1939–45 (1)
Book SynopsisOn paper at least the French army in 1939 was the most powerful land army in the world. Sheltered behind the fortifications of the Maginot line was an army which drew its troops from colonies and territories all over the world. It included spahis from algeria, calvary from Morocco, Chasseur Alpin from the high Vosges and some of the world's most modern and powerful tanks. The horrendous losses of the Great War had developed a psychological dependence on fortifications and a lack of flexibility in both tactics and strategy. It's officers were prepared to fight the positional warfare of 1914-18 not the 'Blitzkrieg' of 1940. This book, the first of a five volume set, looks at the uniforms, equipment and organisation of France's military forces during WW2. It details the French army on the eve of war and the troops which fought the "Phoney War", the campaign in Norway and the lightning invasion of France in May-June 1940. Also detailed are the forces of "Greater France" in North Africa, the Middle East and Indochina. Finally, it examines the army and armistice and Vichy France.Table of ContentsThe Army of 1939-40 and Vichy France · The Organisation of the Army in 1939-40 · Uniforms and Equipment 1939-40 · The Army of the Armistice 1940-42 · The Plates
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Orion Publishing Co The Meaning Of Hitler
Book SynopsisA remarkable historical and psychological study of the enigma of Adolf Hitler and his impact on the twentieth century - by the bestselling author of DEFYING HITLER.'Dazzlingly brilliant' OBSERVER'Mr Haffner ... has exposed better, and more briefly, than anyone else the clockwork of that infernal machine' SUNDAY TELEGRAPHSebastian Haffner examines Hitler's lifespan, his performance, his successes, errors, intellectual misconceptions, crimes and, last but not least, his great betrayal of his nation, the Western world and human civilisation.'What makes Haffner's book different is that it is not one more biography but an analysis - a most penetrating analysis - of what Hitler was up to in his astonishing career' A.L. Rowse'Mr Haffner...has exposed better, and more briefly, than anyone else the clockwork of that infernal machine' Gordon Brook-Shepherd, Sunday TelegraphTrade ReviewA quite dazzlingly brilliant analysis of what [Hitler] was * OBSERVER *Mr Haffner ... has exposed better, and more briefly, than anyone else the clockwork of that infernal machine * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *A most penetrating analysis - of what Hitler was up to in his astonishing career -- A L RowseTough-minded evaluation of Hitler's career ... That this book was a best-seller in Germany [43 weeks] indicates that Haffner's countrymen welcomed this compact, lucid, hard-headed re-examination of contemporary history * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *A stimulating book, brilliant and rich in ideas; in short a masterpiece of historical essay writing -- Joachim Fest, author of PLOTTING HITLER'S DEATHAn intelligent, wholly original and very enlightening book ... clear, informative and provocative * ENCOUNTER *
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Stenlake Publishing Old Leith
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Carnegie Publishing Ltd 1612: the Lancashire Witch Trials: A New Guide by
Book SynopsisThis excellent little book is a wonderful introduction to the story of the trial of the witches of Pendle in 1612. In a very lively and readable style, Christine Goodier provides a who's who of the events, as well as an interesting angle on the trials themselves. She emphasises that the accused were merely flesh and blood, not demons, arguing that they were poor, uneducated people who were at worst misguided. Her inevitable conclusion is that a terrible injustice was done 400 years ago when they were famously convicted of witchcraft and hanged.
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John Donald Publishers Ltd The Beatons: A Medical Kindred in the Classical
Book SynopsisThis book traces the Clann Meic-bethad or Clan MacBeth whose members practised medicine in the classic Gaelic tradition in various parts of Scotland from the early fourteenth to the early eighteenth century. From many medieval Gaelic manuscripts known to have been in their possession, individual members of the clan and their activities are identified. Sometime in the second half of the sixteenth century the kindred began to adopt Beaton as a surname for use in non-Gaelic contexts. The medical Beatons fell naturally into two divisions: one confined mainly to the Western Isles and the other to the mainland of Scotland. This detailed study of the Beatons and their medicine describes how the position of medical doctor was inherited by the eldest son, and potential Beaton physicians were sent out to be trained by other members of the family for several years before undertaking their own practice. The book provides information on medieval medicine at the highest levels of Highland society.Trade Review'This book is a significant contribution to the history of medieval medicine as it firmly outlines the organization of a hereditary group of physicians unlike any other yet studied in Western history' * Scottish Tradition *
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CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD The Connell Guide To The Tudors
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CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD The Connell Guide To The Rise and the Fall of the
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Helion & Company The Swedish Army of the Great Northern War,
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Gritstone Publishing Yorkshire: Ancient Nation, Future Province
Book SynopsisThis is an important book about one of England's most fascinating regions - Yorkshire. Colin Speakman explores Yorkshire's origin as an independent Anglo-Viking Kingdom whose capital was York, which for many centuries was England's second city. Yorkshire was divided into not one but three ancient counties or shires, East, North and West Riding, which survived until 1974. The book celebrates the extraordinary variety of landscapes and rich cultural heritage through what is described as the nine great 'cultural landscapes' that make Yorkshire one of the most distinctive and fascinating regions of England. As an environmentalist, Speakman's interest lies primarily in the landscapes of the Dales, Moors, Wolds and South Pennines, but this is blended with an understanding of the cultural and industrial forces that shaped the landscapes we see today. But this ground-breaking book also looks ahead to a new post Brexit, post pandemic world in which the environment takes centre stage, with the emergence of new greener technologies that promise new economic prosperity for the people of the region, making a powerful case for English Devolution to allow Yorkshire to fulfil its potential within both Britain and Europe.
£11.88
Helion & Company A Forgotten Campaign: The British Armed Forces in France 1940 - from Dunkirk to the Armistice
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Hachette Livre - BNF Vie Politique de
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Hachette Livre - BNF Lettres d'Un Royaliste Savoisien À Ses
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Hachette Livre - BNF Le Ministère de la Victoire: Livre d'Hommage À
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Hachette Livre - BNF Discours Sur Plus Beaux Traits de Courage,
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Editions Heimdal The D-Day Landing Beaches: The Guide
Book SynopsisA spectacular, large format, full colour book, packed with over 200 photographs, maps and charts. The book is divided into the sectors associated with the Normandy landings in 1944.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Black Mediterranean: Bodies, Borders and
Book SynopsisThis edited volume aims to problematise and rethink the contemporary European migrant crisis in the Central Mediterranean through the lens of the Black Mediterranean. Bringing together scholars working in geography, political theory, sociology, and cultural studies, this volume takes the Black Mediterranean as a starting point for asking and answering a set of crucial questions about the racialized production of borders, bodies, and citizenship in contemporary Europe: what is the role of borders in controlling migrant flows from North Africa and the Middle East?; what is the place for black bodies in the Central Mediterranean context?; what is the relevance of the citizenship in reconsidering black subjectivities in Europe? The volume will be divided into three parts. After the introduction, which will provide an overview of the theoretical framework and the individual contributions, Part I focuses on the problem of borders, Part II features essays focused on the body, and Part III is dedicated to citizenship.Table of Contents1. Preface. Cristina Lombardi-Diop 2. Introduction. Ida Danewid, Gabriele Proglio, Angelica Pesarini, Camilla Hawthorne, Timothy Raeymaekers, P. Khalil Saucier Giulia Grechi, and Vivian Gerrand Part I: Borders 3. When the Mediterranean Became Black. Diasporic Hopes of (Post)Colonial Accounts. Angelica Pesarini 4. Fanon in the Black Mediterranean. Gabriele Proglio 5. Colonial Cultural Heritage and Embodied Representations Giulia GrechiPart II: Bodies 6. Carne Nera. P. Khalil Saucier 7. Impermanent territories: The Mediterranean crisis and the (Re-)production of the Black subject. Timothy Raeymaekers 8. “These Walls Must Fall”: The Black Mediterranean andthe Politics of Abolition. Ida DanewidPart III: Citizenship 9. L’Italia Meticcia? The Black Mediterranean and the Racial Cartographies of Citizenship. Camilla Hawthorne 10. Reimagining citizenship in the Black Mediterranean: From Jus Sanguinis to Jus Soli in contemporary Italy? Vivian Gerrand 11. The Habesha Italians: The Black Mediterranean and the second-generation condition. Giuseppe Grimaldi
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Gender and Education in England since 1770: A
Book SynopsisThis book takes a novel approach to the topic, combining biographical approaches and local history, a synthesis of sociological and historical literature, with new research to address a variety of themes and provide a comprehensive, rounded history demonstrating the entanglement of educational experience and the influence of different modes of discrimination and prejudice. Using the lens of gender, Jane Martin reassesses the gendered nature of the modern history of education and provides an overview of intertwined aspects of education, society, politics and power. Its organisation is user friendly, providing accessible information with regard to chronologies of legislation and key events to reflect constancy and change, whilst ‘mapping’ the larger political, economic, social and cultural contexts, making it ideal for use as a textbook or a resource for teachers and students.Trade Review“With Gender and Education in England since 1770. A Social and Cultural History, Jane Martin has provided the field of history of education with a valuable and inspiring contribution which places the histories of women, girls, and the working-class centre stage. A valuable aspect of this book is Martin’s thorough theoretical contextualisation and discussion which can serve as a great resource for further research.” (Jane Martin, Nordic Journal of Educational History, Vol. 10 (1), 2023)“Gender and Education in England since 1770 is a significant and impressive contribution to the field. This work can be read in several ways. It can be read as an historical narrative, as a definitive text for those seeking to better understand biographical tools, or as an illustrative example of the interconnections between past and present through the retelling of individual lives.” (Tanya Fitzgerald, British Journal of Educational Studies, June 18, 2023)“Each chapter has a comprehensive bibliography, thereby enhancing the book’s utility as a textbook for postgraduate students who are interested in a specific sector or period of education. More than a textbook, the book is a comprehensive resource for anyone who is interested in a gendered history of English education. … this book is a thoroughly researched, beautifully crafted account the experiences of teachers and learners, along with the gendered policies and practices impacting on their education.” (Kay Whitehead, History of Education, November 2, 2022)“Jane Martin’s ambitious aim … is expertly achieved in her new book Gender and Education in England since 1770: A Social and Cultural History. … Meticulously researched and elegantly penned, Gender and Education in England since 1770: A Social and Cultural History will appeal to students, lecturers, scholars and all those interested in the wider field of gender and education. It deserves a wide readership.” (Judith Harford, FORUM for comprehensive education, Vol. 64 (2), 2022)“Gender and Education in England Since 1770 is an incredible contribution to histories of education, Britain, women and gender, children (particularly girls), the working class, and women’s rights. It also offers significant insights into ‘current policy and practice’ regarding British education … . Most importantly, by engaging with personal accounts and government policies around gender and class, Martin elucidates, the historical roots of elitism, inequality, and privilege that continue to overshadow education systems in Britain and around the globe today.” (Catherine Ramey, Historical Studies in Education, Vol. 34 (2), 2022)Table of ContentsPART 1: POLITICS AND POLICIESChapter 1: Gendering the educational landscapeChapter 2: Women, the family and early state interventionChapter 3: Gender equity and the “ladder of opportunity”Chapter 3: Perspectives and debates since the 1970sPART 2: LEARNERS AND LEARNINGChapter 5: Culture and curriculumChapter 6: Pupils Chapter 7: Students PART 3: TEACHERS AND TEACHINGChapter 8: Women in TeachingChapter 9: Gender StrugglesConclusion: Constancy and Change in the 21st Century
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Aiora Press The Greek Revolution of 1821 and its Global
Book SynopsisIt has been called the "age of revolution". The white heat of it came in the decades either side of the year 1800. But it lasted a full century: from the American Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the great national "unifications" of Germany and Italy during the 1860s. Right in the middle of this long "age of revolution" and, as it turns out, the pivotal point within it, comes the Greek Revolution that broke out in the spring of 1821. Historians have been slow to recognise the key role of the Greek uprising in 1821, and the international recognition of Greece as a sovereign, independent state nine years later, in 1830, in this process that did so much to shape the geopolitics of the European continent, and indeed of much of the world. This little book sets out to explain what happened during these nine years to bring about such far-reaching (and surely unanticipated) consequences, and why the full significance of these events is only now coming to be appreciated, two hundred years later.
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Alpha Edition Catherine De' Medici And The French Reformation
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Alpha Edition Frederick the Great and the Seven Years War Life
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Lector House Beaumarchais And The War Of American Independence
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Dutton Caliber The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from
Book SynopsisThe remarkable, untold story of World War II American Air Force turret-gunner Staff Sergeant Arthur Meyerowitz, who was shot down over Nazi-occupied France and evaded Gestapo pursuers for more than six months before escaping to freedom.Bronx-born top turret-gunner Arthur Meyerowitz was one of only two crewmen who escaped death or immediate capture on the ground, when their plane was shot down near Cognac, France, in 1943.After fleeing the wreck, Arthur knocked on the door of an isolated farmhouse, whose owners hastily took him in. Fortunately, his hosts had a tight connection to the French resistance group Morhange and its founder, Marcel Taillandier, who arranged for Arthur’s transfers among safe houses in southern France, shielding him from the Gestapo.Based on recently declassified material, exclusive personal interviews, and extensive research into the French Resistance, The Lost Airman tells the tense and riveting story of Arthur’s hair-raising journey to freedom—a true story of endurance, perseverance, and escape during World War II.INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAP
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HarperCollins Publishers Leviathan The Rise of Britain as a World Power
Book SynopsisIn this paperback of his acclaimed and wide-ranging study, David Scott challenges traditional assumptions about how Britain achieved her global might.Trade Review‘Thoughtful, entertaining and elegantly written … Amid the flood of new books on the making of the British Empire, ‘Leviathan’ stands out as one of the best’ Sunday Times ‘Brilliant … Scott covers several hundred years, and yet the pace never flags. Much of Scott’s picture is familiar from the existing literature but it has never before been put together as such a compelling ensemble. ‘Leviathan’ should be on every school and university booklist’ Sunday Telegraph ‘A sweeping and illuminating account of how English political tumult, economic progress and European overseas exploration drove Britain’s emergence as an imperial power’ Financial Times ‘Epic in scale, shrewd in judgment, utterly convincing, ‘Leviathan’ demands the widest possible readership’ Literary Review ‘One of the best books on the rise of the British Empire’ Sunday Times ‘Magnificent … Scott covers several hundred years and yet the pace never flags, and his pages are lit up with brilliant pen-portraits of the protagonists’ Sunday Telegraph
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Vintage Publishing L.E.L.
Book SynopsisA famous poet, a mysterious death and a story stranger than fiction. - this is the lost life and mytserious death of the ''Female Byron'' On 15 October 1838, the body of a thirty-six-year-old woman was found in Cape Coast Castle, West Africa, a bottle of prussic acid in her hand. She was one of the most famous English poets of her day: Letitia Elizabeth Landon, known by her initials ''L.E.L.''What was she doing in Africa? Was her death an accident? Had she committed suicide, or even been murdered?To her contemporaries, she was an icon, hailed as the ''female Byron''. However, she was also a woman with secrets, the mother of three illegitimate children whose existence was subsequently wiped from the record. After her death, she became the subject of a cover-up which this book unravels, excavating with it a whole lost literary culture.FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BRONTE MYTHTrade ReviewIn her biography of L.E.L., Lucasta Miller's stellar research blows two centuries of accumulated dust off a phenomenon worth unearthing... This book takes biography to a new level. * New Statesman *Lucasta Miller's fine literary detective work yields a riveting, tantalisingly ambiguous portrait of a poet whose confessional voice and savvy celebrity make her only more intriguing to modern readers. -- Hephzibah Anderson * Observer *Wonderfully entertaining... Spellbinding. * New York Times Book Review *A terrific book... A compelling life of the victim of a misogynist celebrity culture, a rich mix of literary criticism and impeccable research, which reads like a novel - you keep turning the pages to discover whatever will happen next to the unfortunate L.E.L.. * Daily Telegraph *Compelling as a detective story, Miller’s revelatory life of Landon is a masterpiece of eloquent scholarship... Miller's real genius lies in her forensic ability to disentangle reality from romance... splendid. * Literary Review *
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Indiana University Press A Lancastrian Mirror for Princes The Yale Law
Book SynopsisHow language and marginalia shape the perception of a landmark legal textTrade Review. . . an indisputably good book. . . assiduous scholarship illumines . . . . * American Historical Review *McGerr has done an excellent job in reminding her audience to pay attention not only to the words in the manuscript, but their margin as well. McGerr's prose is fantastic, too, flowing naturally and being free from unnecessary jargon. * Mediaevistik *[McGerr's] study, scholarly and intuitive in equal measure, demonstrates that what may appear to be an inert status symbol, is actually a highly charged, and exquisitely wrought, political document. * Renaissance Quarterly *McGerr has examined what might otherwise appear to be a common fifteenth-century legal text and has successfully demonstrated the ways in which its visual characteristics may have much greater political implications. * RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cutlural Heritage *Combining evidence and analyses from literature, codicology, history, and art history, A Lancastrian Mirror for Princes returns a considerable dividend for investing sustained attention in one manuscript. * The Medieval Review *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: The Margin and the Center—Framing a Reading of a Legal Manuscript1. The Yale New Statutes Manuscript and Medieval English Statute Books: Similarities and Differences2. Royal Portraits and Royal Arms: The Iconography of the Yale New Statutes Manuscript3. The Queen and the Lancastrian Cause: The Yale New Statutes Manuscript and Margaret of Anjou4. Educating the Prince: The Yale New Statutes Manuscript and Lancastrian Mirrors for Princes5. "Grace Be Our Guide": The Cultural Significance of a Medieval Law BookAppendix 1: Chronology of EventsAppendix 2: Codicological Description of New Haven, Yale Law School, Lillian Goldman Law Library MssG +St11 no.1NotesBibliographyIndexPlates appear after page 000.
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Yale University Press Generations of Reason
Book SynopsisAn intimate, accessible history of British intellectual development across the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, through the story of one familyTrade Review“This compelling and wide-ranging family narrative adopts a highly perceptive and novel approach to the transition from the rationalist Enlightenment to the religious, political and mathematical conflicts of Victorian Britain.”—Simon Schaffer, coauthor of Leviathan and the Air-Pump“This epic masterpiece explores the connections between philosophy, mathematics, spiritualism and faith across successive generations of an utterly extraordinary family. I couldn’t put it down.”—James A. Secord, author of Visions of Science: Books and Readers at the Dawn of the Victorian Age“This fascinating family saga traces how reason became lived experience in the religion, politics, science, mathematics, spiritualism, and personal tragedy in three generations of an English family. Beautifully written, Generations of Reason vividly evokes how a commitment to living reason unfolded against the backdrop of a century of revolution, reform, and transformation.”—Lorraine Daston, author of Against Nature“This magnificent book analyses the interlinked lives of three generations of extraordinary thinkers who each grappled with the challenges of integrating their spiritual commitments with powerful and persuasive new ideas about rationality and reason—ideas that increasingly undermined their faith. In a sweeping family saga, Joan Richards’ deep expertise reveals the burning concerns of a tightly knit circle of uniquely interesting men and women as they explored ways of living and believing, moving in different directions through the foundation of Unitarianism to a trust in numbers and mathematical rationality for some and spiritual theosophy for others.”—Janet Browne, author of Charles Darwin: A Biography
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Random House USA Inc Legacy of Violence
Book SynopsisFrom a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian: a searing study of the British Empire that probes the country's pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century and traces how these practices were exported, modified, and institutionalized in colonies around the globeSprawling across a quarter of the world's land mass and claiming nearly seven hundred million people, Britain's twentieth-century empire was the largest empire in human history. For many Britons, it epitomized their nation's cultural superiority. But what legacy did the island nation deliver to the world? Covering more than two hundred years of history, Caroline Elkins reveals an evolutionary and racialized doctrine that espoused an unrelenting deployment of violence to secure and preserve the nation's imperial interests. She outlines how ideological foundations of violence were rooted in the Victorian era calls for punishing recalcitrant natives, and how over time, its forms became increasingly syst
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Little, Brown Book Group Night Raid
Book SynopsisThe loss of British bombers over Occupied Europe began to reach alarming levels in 1941. Could it be that the Germans were using a sophisticated form of radar to direct their night fighters and anti-aircraft guns at the British bombers? British aerial reconnaissance discovered what seemed to be a rotating radar tower on a clifftop at Bruneval, near Le Havre. The truth must be revealed. The decision was taken to launch a daring raid on the Bruneval site to try and capture the technology for further examination. The planned airborne assault would be extremely risky. The parachute regiment had only been formed a year before on Churchill''s insistence. This night raid would test the men to the extreme limits of their abilities. Night Raid tells the gripping tale of this mission from the planning stages, to the failed rehearsals when the odds seemed stacked against them, to the nightTrade ReviewThe Bruneval Raid was the start of the airborne brotherhood. Taylor Downing's vivid account brings alive this important turning point in military history with flair and pace -- Andy McNab
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Dialogue The Shoulders We Stand On
Book Synopsis** Eastern Eye''s Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2023 **The UK is grappling with big questions about belonging, equality and the legacies of Empire and Colonialism. We''ve been here before. Embracing a broader history that encompasses all British people, The Shoulders We Stand On is fundamental to a better understanding of the past and gives many more people who fought for our future a voice in the present.''One of the most important books I''ve ever read . . . this history matters and should never, ever, be forgotten'' Dr Priya Atwal, Royals and RebelsHave you heard of the Indian Workers'' Association? The Grunwick Strike? The Brixton Black Women''s Group? The Battle of Brick Lane? If the answer is no, you''re not alone. The Shoulders We Stand On tells the stories of ten remarkable movements, campaigns and organisations led by Black and Brown people across Britain from the sixties to the eighties that fought agaTrade ReviewThis is one of the most important books I've ever read. It is a powerful reminder of Britain's pervasive race problems, but more importantly, of the indefatigable courage of this country's Black and Asian communities. Preeti Dhillon's storytelling is equal parts witty, heart-breaking and inspiring; she's damn right for arguing that this history matters and should never, ever, be forgotten. -- Dr Priya Atwal, author of Royals and RebelsThe details provided in each of the case studies leave the reader with a renewed sense of gratitude for all those communities who endured and rose to fight for Black and Brown people's rights in post-war Britain. Their fight for equal rights established the groundwork for a more equal future that I benefitted from, and it is a struggle that many continue to face today. -- Rav Singh, Founder of A little History of the SikhsThis book is such a vital contribution to our culture, of unearthing hidden voices and histories. I am so grateful this book exists in the world . . . Dhillon's book affirms, values and interrogates our shared histories in the UK, sadly until now much overlooked . . . This is beautiful storytelling, Dhillon shines a light into our recent histories - this book is alert with ideas as well as facts. -- Mona Arshi, author of Somebody Loves YouThe book is basically a compendium of gold nuggets for anyone interested in the fight for racial equality in Britain. -- Tony Warner, founder and author of Black History WalksThis book is an eye opener of many histories that have been overlooked and a much needed book to understand the struggles our communities have fought for. I loved every page and will be ensuring that it on my reading lists for communities and educational groups I work with. -- Kiran Sahota, Believe in Me CICAn unapologetic, original voice which keeps you turning the page, Dhillon uncovers underexplored corners of the UK's past to understand the present and make a rallying cry for a better tomorrow. -- Lucy Fulford, author of The ExiledA timely reminder that we had our very own Civil rights struggle right here, in Britain - a prolonged and sometimes bloody campaign that paved the way for many of the gains young people nowadays may take for granted, and part of a long history of anti-racist activism that continues to this day. * Stella Dadzie *
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Taylor & Francis The Moving Pageant
Book SynopsisThe Moving Pageant is the first annotated anthology of writings on London street life. It comprises nearly one hundred extracts from over two centuries of literary life, including pieces by: * Alexander Pope * Jonathan Swift * Daniel Defoe * Samuel Johnson * Eliza Haywood * Horace Walpole * William Hazlitt * William Wordsworth * Charles Dickens * Flora Tristan * Edgar Allen Poe * Charlotte Bronte * Fyodor Dostoyevsky * Octavia Hill * Beatrice Potter * Henry James * Oscar Wilde * Arnold Bennett * Joseph Conrad * H.G. Wells The volume assembles a rich and varied selection of this abundance of writing, showing London as truly unique in its immensity, and, ultimately, supremely representative of our modern urban world in the making.The Moving Pageant comes complete with a superb editor's introduction, illustrations, and biographical and critical commentaries on each of the writers' Trade Review'Rick Allen teaches English literature and his snipping scissors have picked out page after page of metaphors and rhetorical devices that capture in few words the noise, contrasts, night and day rhythms, and altogether stupendous quantitative sum of London's streets. His selection would be at home on the bookshelf in the spare room or downstairs loo, but must be intended mainly for student reading lists.' - Michael Hebbert, London Journal'This excellent book combines fact and fiction, the indispensable with the unusual, to reveal responses to [London] as varied as the metropolis itself. Superior to the familiar literary anthology, The Moving Pageant provides a systematic and thoughtfully organized perspective on London's history.' - Roy Porter'This superb compilation, while aimed at the academic reader, will be appreciated by anyone interested in the history, not only of London but of England.' - Contemporary Review, September, 1998'A fascinating collection of factual and fictional accounts ... Excellent.' - Sunday Times'An impressive collection of extracts and contemporary illustrations from the period in question This book creates an invaluable short-cut for students of social history and can be recommended without reservation.' - Joan Walpole Reilly, The LecturerTable of ContentsPART I ‘Amusements Serious and Comical’ PART II ‘A Mask of Maniacs’ PART III ‘The Attraction of Repulsion’ PART IV ‘In Darkest England and Some Ways out’
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Turner Publishing Company Unexplained Mysteries of World War II
Book SynopsisAs combat veterans and high commanders know, logic is often a stranger in wartime. William B. Breuer, in The annals of World War II are mined with captivating cases of strange coincidences, ominous premonitions, and baffling mysteries.
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The University of Michigan Press Anonymous Connections
Book SynopsisAsks how the Victorians understood the ethical, epistemological, and biological implications of social belonging and participation. Specifically, Tina Choi considers the ways nineteenth-century journalists, novelists, medical writers, and social reformers took advantage of spatial frames-of-reference in a social landscape transforming due to intense urbanization and expansion.Trade Review“Choi’s work makes a unique and original point: complex, multi-plot Victorian narratives and notions of the social order fed and were fed by one another. . . . This book will be an important one for scholars of Victorian literature and culture.”—Laura Otis, Emory University“In this astute interdisciplinary study, Tina Choi examines new understandings of material connections between bodies—miasmas, microbes, body parts, waste—across geographical distances and social classes in the Victorian period. Anonymous Connections moves between literary and scientific texts to forcefully demonstrate that transformed conceptions of bodily intimacies also transformed conceptions of social relations. Surprisingly, such connections were not necessarily conceived of as threatening, but also inspired positive ideas of social cohesion. One of the great virtues of Choi’s study is that it persuasively shows that the scientific and medical theories she discusses have important implications for plot and narrative form in the nineteenth-century novel.”—Suzy Anger, University of British Columbia
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Cambridge University Press Revisiting Prussias Wars against Napoleon History Culture and Memory
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Cambridge University Press Scandal of Colonial Rule
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Cambridge University Press SheWolf The Story of a Roman Icon
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Cambridge University Press Labours Lost Domestic Service and the Making of Modern England
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman
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