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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Power and the Professions in Britain 17001850

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  • Taylor & Francis The World War Two Reader

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  • Taylor & Francis The World War Two Reader

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    Book SynopsisFrom highly respected field academic Gordon Martel, The World War Two Reader is a rare work that provides a complete and up-to-date overview of the recent historiography on World War Two.Huge in scope, both geographically and thematically, this excellent reader examines twenty-one articles by some of the best known and most innovative scholars in the field. Taking a global approach, Martel discusses all aspects of the war including: the military aspect the political and strategic backdrop ideology gender and womenâs roles the home front social aspects. Including a comprehensive introduction, chronology, guides to key terms and figures, and introductions to chapters providing context and historiographical background, The World War Two Reader provides wide ranging and innovative reading for all students of the history of the modern world. Trade Review'An impressive array of recent research completed by some of the most groundbreaking historians writing on the Second War. The nineteen essays found in this skillfully edited and presented anthology illuminate interpretations that shape and guide current scholarship....The collection brings this rich scholarship to students and interested readers in a clear and accessible format. ' - Michael J. Galgano, Journal of Military History'One chapter of particular interest on the British Army is by Professor David French entitled 'You cannot hate the bastard who is trying to kill you...' - Alan Jeffreys, Bulletin of the Military Historical SocietyTable of ContentsPart 1: Strategy: Failures, Shocks and Mythologies Part 2: Soldiers: Ideology, Race and Gender Part 3: Home Fronts: People, Places and Politics Part 4: Memories: Victims, Heroes and Controversies

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  • Taylor & Francis The Second World War Ambitions to Nemesis

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  • Taylor & Francis The Governing of Britain 16881848 The Executive Parliament and the People

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Whos Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History Vol2 From World War II to the Present Day Whos Who S

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  • Taylor & Francis Women Gender and Religious Cultures in Britain 18001940

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  • Taylor & Francis Womens History Britain 18501945 An Introduction

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    Book SynopsisWomen's History: Britain 1850-1945 introduces the main themes and debates of feminist history during this period of change, and brings together the findings of new research. It examines the suffrage movement, race and empire, industrialisation, the impact of war and womens literature. Specialists in their own fields have each written a chapter on a key aspect of womens lives including health, the family, education, sexuality, work and politics. Each contribution provides an overview of the main issues and debates within each area and offers suggestions for further reading.It not only provides an invaluable introduction to every aspect of womens participation in the political, social and economic history of Britain, but also brings the reader up to date with current historical thinking on the study of womens history itself.Table of Contents1. From women worthies to poststructuralism? Debate and controversy in women's history in Britain June Purvis 2. Women and industrialization Pat Hudson 3. Women and the family Shani D'Cruze 4. Women and paid work Jane Humphries 5. Women and education Jane McDermid 6. Women and popular literature Penny Tinkler 7. Woman and health Barbara Harrison 8. Woman and sexuality Sheila Jeffreys; Woman and Politics June Hannam 10. Ethnicity, race and empire Clare Midgley 11. Woman and the vote Sandra Stanley Holton 12. Woman and the war in the twentieth century Penny Summerfield

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  • Taylor & Francis Medieval Naval Warfare 10001500

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd The Extreme Right in France 1789 to the Present From de Maistre to Le Pen

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd The Earliest English Kings

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  • Taylor & Francis The Fascism Reader

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Hitler

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  • Taylor & Francis China Since 1919 Revolution and Reform

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  • Taylor & Francis China Since 1919 Revolution and Reform

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    Book SynopsisThis Sourcebook tells the momentous history of China since 1919 from the viewpoints of participants. Over 150 extracts from political statements, telegrams, speeches, memoirs, letters and poems illuminate the historical development of China from the May Fourth Movement onwards, and answer key questions such as: Has China''s modernization over the last 100 years depended on turning to the West? What new problems has growing prosperity created for China? This collection includes many classic documents as well as less accessible extracts, including a number only recently in the public domain. It will be an invaluable source of information for anyone interested in the modern history of China.Trade Review'Useful reading for anyone embarking on the study of modern Chinese politics. The very diverse collection of documents compiled by the late Alan Lawrance provides in handy form useful materials covering most of the 20th Century.' - Asian Affairs'This collection of source documents brings together over 150 extracts from a variety of political statements, correspondence, speeches, memoirs, and poems to illustrate the twentieth-century history of China'. - International Review of Social History'Useful reading for anyone embarking on the study of modern Chinese politics. The very diverse collection of documents compiled by the late Alan Lawrance provides in handy form useful materials covering most of the 20th Century.' - Asian AffairsTable of Contents1. The Cultural Renaissance 2. The United Front and its Breakdown 3. Maozhu in the Countryside and the Long March 4. The Nanjing Decade (1927–37) and World War Two (1937–45) 5. Yanan: The Formative Years, 1936–44 6. Civil War and Communist Victory 7. The Sino-Soviet Alliance, the Korean War,and the Early Years of the People's Republic, 1949–55 8. The Hundred Flowers 9. The Great Leap Forward 10. The Cultural Revolution 11. Years of Transition 12. Modernization in the 1980s 13. Defining the Chinese Nation: Hong Kong, Tibet, and the Minorities 14. China Enters the Twenty-First Century

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  • Taylor & Francis Medieval Worlds

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  • Taylor & Francis Medieval Worlds

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    Book SynopsisComplete with introductions, full commentary, glossary, and a guide to further reading, Medieval Worlds is a comprehensive sourcebook for the study of Western Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century.Drawing on a wide range of documents, from chronicles, legal, state, and church documents, to biographies, poems, and letters from all over Europe, the authors expertly illustrate to the reader the unity â and complexity â of the medieval world.Amongst many more, central issues discussed include: the diverse world of monasteries the Papacy the Crusades women the roles of the town and countryside. Medieval Worlds presents the reader with a view of the medieval era as it was: one of immense diversity with openness to new ideas, and outreach in areas from technology to natural philosophy. Trade Review'The greatest benefit is the breadth that Medieval Worlds presents, accurately reflecting the pluralism of the title.' - Times Higher Education SupplementTable of Contents1. Introduction to Medieval Worlds 2. The Monastic World 3. The World of the Papacy 4. The World of the Crusades 5. The World of the Feudal Kingdoms 6. The English Political World 7. The World of the Outsider 8. The World of the Women 9. The World of the Mind 10. The World of the Countryside 11. The World of the Town 12. The Medieval World Self-Observed

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Outspoken Women An Anthology of Womens Writing on Sex 18701969 Womens and Gender History

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  • Taylor & Francis The Origins and Development of the Dutch Revolt

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Britain in the Twentieth Century Spotlight History

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  • Taylor & Francis The French Revolution

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd The Course of German History

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Britain 18461919 Spotlight History

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  • Taylor & Francis Mussolini and Fascist Italy Lancaster Pamphlets

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  • Taylor & Francis Mussolini and Fascist Italy

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd The Uniting of Europe

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd A History of the World From the 20th to the 21st Century

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd The Mid Tudors Edward VI and Mary 15471558 Questions and Analysis in History

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  • Taylor & Francis A Short History of the Papacy in the Middle Ages

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd A History of the Peoples of the British Isles From 1870 to the Present From 1870 to Present From 1914 to Present

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  • Taylor & Francis The Three Edwards War and State in England 12721377

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd France and 1848 The End of Monarchy

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  • Taylor & Francis The Reformation

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Medieval Religion

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  • Taylor & Francis Monks Miracles and Magic

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Anarchism the Republic and Civil War in Spain 19311939

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  • Taylor & Francis Hitler and His Allies in World War Two

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture in the Mediterranean Hadth Bayd wa Riyd Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives Sources since 1945

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Political Economy and the Labour Party The Economics of Democratic Socialism 18842005

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    Book Synopsis`In Political Economy and the Labour Party, Noel Thompson gives an informative and stimulating outline of the ideas and theories that have shaped the partyâs economic policy since 1900.â - Times Literary Supplement A new edition of the American Library Association's `Outstanding Academic Book' award winner.This new volume brings this study of the rich tradition of British socialist political economy and its influence on the British Labour Party fully up-to-date.Surveying the Labour tradition from the Fabianism of the Webbs to the `social-ismâ of Tony Blairâs Third Way, this new edition considers the critical engagement of these political economies with capitalism and the policies they articulate. It also discusses the manner in which they influence, or establish the context for, Labourâs economic thinking and policymaking and traces the ideological trajectory British social democratic political economy over the course of the twentieth century. In its concluding chapter this volume assesses the present character of the political economy advanced by the Labour Party and raises the question as to whether it can any longer be considered part of the social democratic tradition.This is an essential new edition of this now standard text for students taking courses on the history of political and economic thought and, more generally, courses on the political and intellectual history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Britain. Table of ContentsPart 1: 1884-1929 1. British Marxism, State Socialism and Anarcho-Communism 2. Fabian Political Economy 3. Guild Socialism 4. Liberal Socialism and the Challenge to Fabianism 5. R.H. Tawney: The Political Economy of Ethical Socialism 6. The Political Economy of Ramsay MacDonald and Philip Snowden 7. The Political Economy of the Labour Party, 1918-1929 Part 2: 1929-1945 8. Labour in Office, 1929-1931 9. Stabilising Capitalism to Socialist Ends 10. Building a Socialist Economy: Planning the Market and Public Ownership Part 3: 1945-1970 11. Theory into Policy, 1945-1951 12. Socialism in an Age of Affluence, 1945-1964 13. Political Economy and Party Policy, 1951-1970 Part 4: 1970-2005 14. Rethinking Socialism: Towards an Alternative Economic Strategy 15. Liberal Socialism Revised: The 1970s 16. The Alternative Economic Strategy and After, 1972-87 17. Liberal Socialism Rejuvenated, the 1980s 18. Towards a New Labour Political Economy 19. New Labour Triumphant 20. Conclusion

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Political Economy and the Labour Party Second Edition The Economics of Democratic Socialism 18842005

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Russia and the USSR 18551991 Autocracy and Dictatorship Questions and Analysis in History

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  • Taylor & Francis Russia and the USSR 18551991 Autocracy and

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    Book SynopsisFrom a renowned name in A Level history publishing, this Questions and Analysis title looks at the many different aspects of Russian History across the period 1855–1991, including the ideologies of Tsarist autocracy and Soviet communism, parties and opposition to these regimes, the use of repression and terror and the impact of the First and Second World Wars on Russia.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction Outline Chronology 1. Ideologies and Regimes 2. Constitutional Development 3. Political Parties 4. Repression and Terror 5. The Nationalities 6. The Impact of War 7. Agriculture and Industry 8. The Social Classes Notes Select Bibliography

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  • Taylor & Francis Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany The Fascist Style of Rule Historical Connections

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany

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  • Taylor & Francis The True History of his Captivity 1557

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  • Taylor & Francis The Diary of Henry Teonge

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