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Book SynopsisThe Reinvention of Britain 19602016 explores the transformation of contemporary Britain, tracing its evolution from the welfare state of the post-1945 era to social democracy in the 1960s and 1970s and the liberal market society of 1979 onwards. Focusing primarily on political and economic change, it aims to identify which elements of State policy led to the crucial strategy changes that shaped British history over the past six decades.This book argues that since 1960 there have been two reinventions of the political economy of the United Kingdom: a social-democratic shift initiated by the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan and developed by Labour under Harold Wilson, and a subsequent change of direction towards a free market model attempted by the Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher. Structured around these two key policy reinventions of the late twentieth century, chapters are organized chronologically, from the development of social deTrade Review"I think this is the best, most modern, balanced, and scrupulous history of contemporary Britain available." - Martin Farr, Newcastle University, UK"Newton's is a stimulating history, notable for its detail and clarity." - John Moore, Morning Star "... this is an excellent book, intensively researched and with a strong narrative line that gives powerful support to the central argument. An ideal festive gift for anyone interested in the recent economic history of Britain." - Dan Atkinson, Lobster MagazineTable of ContentsList of figuresList of tablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction: why a political and economic history?Part 1: The Rise and Fall of Social-Democratic Britain1: Conservative Social Democracy 1961-642: Labour’s New Britain, 1964-70 3: Quiet Revolution, 1970-744: The Last Years of the Post-War Settlement, 1974-79Part 2: Neo-Liberal Britain5: Thatcher's Revolution, 1979-906: Major Interlude, 1990-977: New Labour in Power, 1997-2010EnvoiSelect BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis volume gathers brand new essays from some of the most respected scholars of ancient history, archaeology, and physical anthropology to create an engaging overview of the lives of women in antiquity. The book is divided into ten sections, nine focusing on a particular area, and also includes almost 200 images, maps, and charts. The sections cover Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Cyprus, the Levant, the Aegean, Italy, and Western Europe, and include many lesser-known cultures such as the Celts, Iberia, Carthage, the Black Sea region, and Scandinavia. Women''s experiences are explored, from ordinary daily life to religious ritual and practice, to motherhood, childbirth, sex, and building a career. Forensic evidence is also treated for the actual bodies of ancient women.Women in Antiquity is edited by two experts in the field, and is an invaluable resource to students of the ancient world, gender studies, and women''s roles throughout history.Trade Review"Women in Antiquity is an extremely useful compilation which is intended to be, without doubt, a reference book for all those with an interest in well-written ancient history spanning all its complexity, a must that cannot go missing from any library."- Agnès Garcia-Ventura, Università degli Studi di Roma, Italy"For Budin and Turfa, the 'Ancient World' takes off in the east in Mesopotamia, runs around both shores of the Mediterranean, and ends in Iberia in the west. In a sense, it covers the areas reached, ruled, or influenced by the Roman Empire ... What we have are 74 (!) crisp chapters, each written by a specialist, many of whom are sharing with us the results of their own latest research and excavations ... Summing up Women in Antiquity, I don't care how familiar you think you are with any of these cultures, there will be plenty new to learn."- Judith Weingarten, review on 'Zenobia: Empress of the East' at http://judithweingarten.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/where-are-real-women-of-ancient-world.html "Women in Antiquity is an extremely useful compilation which is intended to be, without doubt, a reference book for all those with an interest in well-written ancient history spanning all its complexity, a must that cannot go missing from any library."- Agnès Garcia-Ventura, Università degli Studi di Roma, Italy"For Budin and Turfa, the 'Ancient World' takes off in the east in Mesopotamia, runs around both shores of the Mediterranean, and ends in Iberia in the west. In a sense, it covers the areas reached, ruled, or influenced by the Roman Empire ... What we have are 74 (!) crisp chapters, each written by a specialist, many of whom are sharing with us the results of their own latest research and excavations ... Summing up Women in Antiquity, I don't care how familiar you think you are with any of these cultures, there will be plenty new to learn."- Judith Weingarten, review on 'Zenobia: Empress of the East' at http://judithweingarten.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/where-are-real-women-of-ancient-world.html "This valuable collection of papers reveals the multifarious ways ancient women participated at all levels of their societies. Of particular value is, first, its inclusion of cultures usually overlooked in other collections of essays (the Celtic, Scandinavian, Hittite), second, its temporal spread from the early Bronze Age well into the Iron Age, and, third, its focus on archaeological realia, documents, inscriptions and the like, rather than on male-authored literature for male-audience consumption. This collection of papers is an essential library resource for programs in gender studies, ancient studies, and archaeology."- Judith Lynn Sebesta, University of South Dakota (USA) in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review"Since the volume spans a plethora of different cultures, it consequently and unavoidably treats topics that are shared among them. This allows for an interesting comparison between different cultures, time periods and geographical regions offering valuable insights into the particular topic, which is after all the intention of the series. It comprises an important contribution to archaeology in general and more specifically to the archaeology of women"-Christina Aamodt, AWE"Each of the articles in this huge volume presents a distillation of work done on the role and status of women in a particular time and place in antiquity. Particularly welcome given the huge contemporary interest in Women’s Studies and in view of the current “Me-Too” movement, the book provides a rich compendium of studies on the history of women and their roles. It will provide a useful resource to those engaging with the issue."-Lisbeth S. Fried and Ruth Scodel, University of Michigan, Journal of the American Oriental SocietyTable of ContentsGeneral IntroductionPart One: MesopotamiaIntroduction Stephanie Lynn Budin—"Female Sexuality in Mesopotamia" Erica Couto-Ferreira—"Being mothers or acting (like) mothers? Constructing motherhood in ancient Mesopotamia" Claudia Suter—"Images of Queens, High Priestesses, and Other Elite Women in 3rd-Millennium Mesopotamia" Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati—"Women's Power and Work in Ancient Urkesh" Alhena Gadotti—"Mesopotamian Women’s Cultic Roles in late 3rd – early 2nd millennia bce" Josué J. Justel—"Women, Gender and Law at the Dawn of History: The Evidence of the Cuneiform Sources" Andrew McCarthy—"Businesswomen and their Seals in Early Mesopotamia" Anna-Isabelle Langlois—"The Female Tavern-Keeper in Mesopotamia: Some Aspects of Daily Life" Saana Svärd—"Neo-Assyrian Elite Women" Janet Monge and Page Selinsky—"Patterns of Violence Against Women in the Iron Age Town of Hasanlu, Solduz Valley, Iran" Maria Brosius—"No Reason to Hide – Women in the Neo-Elamite and Persian Periods" Part Two: EgyptIntroduction Rosalie David—"Understanding The Lives Of Ancient Egyptian Women: The Contribution Of Physical Anthropology" Marc Orriols-Llonch—"Women’s role in sexual intercourse in ancient Egypt" Erika Feucht—"Motherhood in Pharaonic Egypt" Suzanne Onstine—"Women's participation in the religious hierarchy of Ancient Egypt" Jan Picton— "Living and Working in a New Kingdom 'harem town'" Deborah Sweeney—"Women at Deir el-Medîna" Katharina Zinn—"Women in Amarna: legendary royals, forgotten elite, unknown populace?" Joyce Tyldesley—"The Role of Egypt’s Dynastic Queens" Jacke Phillips—"Women in Ancient Nubia" Part Three: HittitesIntroduction Trevor Bryce—"The Role and Status of Women in Hittite Society" Gary Beckman—"Birth and Motherhood among the Hittites" Billie Jean Collins—"Women in Hittite Religion" Part Four: CyprusIntroduction Kirsi O. Lorentz—"Real bones, real women, real lives: Bioarchaeology of women in ancient Cyprus" Stephanie Lynn Budin—"Maternity in Ancient Cyprus" Jennifer M. Webb—"Women at home and in the community in prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus" Louise Steel—"The social and economic roles played by the women of Alashiya" Nancy Serwint—"Women and the Art of Ancient Cyprus" Joanna Smith—"Women in the Cities of Cyprus: Rulers and Urban Dwellers from the Late Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Period" Part Five: The Levant and CarthageIntroduction Patrick M. Michel—"Functions and personalities of "Syrian" Priestesses in the Bronze Age: Priestesses at Mari, Emar, and Ugarit" Marguerite Yon—"Women’s Daily Lives in Late Bronze Age Ugarit (2nd millennium bce)" Jennie Ebeling—"Women's Daily Life in Bronze Age Canaan" Kevin McGeough—"‘Will Womankind Now Be Hunting?’: The Work and Economic Lives of Women at Late Bronze Age Ugarit" Carol Meyers—"Women's Daily Life (Iron Age Israel)" Assaf Yasur-Landau—"Women In Philistia: The Archaeological Record Of The Iron Age" Carol Meyers—"Women's Religious Life (Iron Age Israel)" Peggy Day—""Until I Come and Take You Away to a Land Like Your Own:" A Gendered Look at Siege Warfare and Mass Deportation" Kathryn Lafrenz Samuels and Meritxell Ferrer Martin—"Women's Ritual Practice in the Western Phoenician and Punic World" Part Six: The Aegean, Bronze Age and HistoricalIntroduction John Prag—"From the Caves of the Wind to Mycenae Rich in Gold: the faces of Minoan and Mycenaean women" John Younger—"Minoan Women" Stephanie Lynn Budin—"Maternity in the Bronze Age Aegean" Cécile Boëlle-Weber—"I-je-re-ja, ka-ra-wi-po-ro and others... Women in Mycenaean Religion" Cynthia Shelmerdine—"Women in the Mycenaean Economy" Brendan Burke—"Beyond Penelope: Women and the role of Textiles in Early Greece" Sherry Fox—"The Bioarchaeology of Women in Greek Antiquity" James Whitley—"Women in Early Iron Age and Archaic Greece: A View from the Grave" Yurie Hong—"Mothering in Ancient Athens: Class, Identity, and Experience" Matthew P. J. Dillon—""Chrysis The Hiereia Having Placed A Lighted Torch Near The Garlands Then Fell Asleep (Thucydides Iv.133.2)." Priestesses Serving The Gods And Goddesses In Classical Greece" Allison Glazebrook—"Prostitutes, Women, and Gender in Ancient Greece" Edward E. Cohen—"The Athenian Businesswoman" Gillian Ramsey—"Hellenistic Women and the Law: Agency, Identity and Community" Part Seven: Etruria and the Italian ArchipelagoIntroduction Fulvia Lo Schiavo and Matteo Milletti—"The Nuragic women: Facts and hypotheses on Bronze Age Sardinian women" Judith Swaddling—"Seianti: portrait of an Etruscan woman" Larissa Bonfante— "Motherhood in Etruria" Jean MacIntosh Turfa— "Health and medicine for Etruscan women" Gilda Bartoloni and Federica Pitzalis— "Etruscan marriage (matrimonio etrusco)" Gilda Bartoloni and Federica Pitzalis— "The wife of the prince (la donna del principe)" Ingrid Edlund-Berry— "Etruscan goddesses & worshipers: the place of women in the context of urban and non-urban sanctuaries" Margarita Gleba— "Women and textile production in pre-Roman Italy" Jacopo Tabolli and M. DeLucia Brolli— "Faliscan women" Camilla Norman— "Daunian Women: Costume And Actions Commemorated In Stone" Enrico Benelli— "Etruria: female slaves and slave-owners" Part Eight: Rome Lena Larsson Lovén— "Roman motherhood" Emily Hemelrijk—"Women's daily life in the Roman West" Fanny Dolansky—"Strained relations, gender differences, and domestic ideals: the significance of two Roman family festivals" Hilary Wills Becker— "Roman women in the urban economy: occupations, social connections, and gendered exclusions" Linnea Åshede—"A demanding supply: prostitution in the Roman World" Elizabeth Greene—"Identities And Social Roles Of Women In Military Settlements In The Roman West" Anna McCullough— "Female Gladiators in the Roman Empire" Part Nine: At the EdgesIntroduction Adrienne Mayor—"Warrior Women: The archaeology of Amazons" Lourdes Prados Torreira— "Women in Iberian Culture: 6th–1st centuries b.c." Miranda Aldhouse-Green—"Viragos and Virgins: Women in the Celtic World" Nancy Wicker— "Women In The Roman Iron Age (A.D. 0–400) In Scandinavia" Part Ten: Coda Kathy L. Gaca— "Continuities in Rape and Tyranny in Martial Societies from Antiquity Onwards"

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Book SynopsisCultural Heritage and the Future brings together an international group of scholars and experts to consider the relationship between cultural heritage and the future.Drawing on case studies from around the world, the contributing authors insist that cultural heritage and the future are intimately linked and that the development of futures thinking should be a priority for academics, students and those working in the wider professional heritage sector. Until recently, the future has never attracted substantial research and debate within heritage studies and heritage management, and this book addresses this gap by offering a balance of theoretical and empirical content that will stimulate multidisciplinary debate in the burgeoning field of critical heritage studies.Cultural Heritage and the Future questions the role of heritage in future making and will be of great relevance to academics and students working in the fields of museum and heritage Trade Review"This book is … about the various ways to engage with cultural heritage in the light of ‘futures thinking’. Through its carefully selected mix of theoretical and practical case studies, it will undoubtedly become a flagship text for anyone interested in exploring the interconnections between cultural heritage and the future." - Antiquity"The book is illuminating and provides a valuable compendium and a fascinating timeline for the last decade of thinking." - News in Conservation, International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic WorksTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction: Cultural heritage as a futuristic field; Section 1: The future in heritage studies and heritage management; 2. Heritage practices as future-making practices; 3. Heritage, thrift, and our children’s children; 4. Perceptions of the future in preservation strategies (Or: Why Eyssl von Eysselsberg’s body is no longer taken across the lake); 5. The future and management of ICH in China from a legal perspective; Section 2: The future in cultural heritage; 6. Decolonizing the future. Folk art environments and the temporality of heritage; 7. The spectre of non-completion: An archaeological approach to half-built buildings; 8. An archaeology of Cold War armageddonism through the lens of Scientology; 9. Future visions and the heritage of space: Nostalgia for infinity; Section 3: Re-thinking heritage futures; 10. What lies ahead? Nuclear waste as cultural heritage of the future; 11. The future in the past, the past in the future; 12. Radioactive heritage of the future: A legacy of risk; Section 4: Heritage and future-making; 13. Sustainability, intergenerational equity, and pluralism: Can heritage conservation create alternative futures?; 14. Palliative curation and future persistence: Life after death; 15. The future, atemporality, and heritage: "Yesterday´s tomorrow is not today"; 16. Heritages of futures thinking: Strategic foresight and critical futures; 17. Final reflections: The future of heritage

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Book SynopsisWitchcraft in Early Modern England provides a fascinating introduction to the history of witches and witchcraft in England from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. Witchcraft was a crime punishable by death in England during this period and this book charts the witch panics and legal persecution of witches that followed, exploring topics such as elite attitudes to witchcraft in England, the role of pressures and tensions within the community in accusations of witchcraft, the way in which the legal system dealt with witchcraft cases, and the complex decline of belief in witchcraft. Revised and updated, this new edition explores the modern historiographical debate surrounding this subject and incorporates recent findings and interpretations of historians in the field, bringing it right up-to-date and in particular offering an extended treatment of the difficult issues surrounding gender and witchcraft. Supported by a range of compelling primarTable of ContentsPart One: Witchcraft in Early Modern England: 1 Introduction; 2 Elite perspectives on witchcraft: demonology, the law, and educated culture; 3 Witch-trials, witchcraft accusations, and the problem of community; 4 Witch beliefs: the broader spectrum; 5 The decline of witchcraft; Part Two: Assessment: 6 Summing up; Part Three: Documents; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisThis new edition of Lucy Wooding's Henry VIII is fully revised and updated to provide an insightful and original portrait of one of England's most unforgettable monarchs and the many paradoxes of his character and reign. Henry was a Renaissance prince whose Court dazzled with artistic display, yet he was also a savage adversary, who ruthlessly crushed all those who opposed him. Five centuries after his reign, he continues to fascinate, always evading easy characterization. Wooding locates Henry VIII firmly in the context of the English Renaissance and the fierce currents of religious change that characterized the early Reformation, as well as exploring the historiographical debates that have surrounded him and his reign. This new edition takes into account significant advances in recent research, particularly following the five hundredth anniversary of his accession in 2009, to put forward a distinctive interpretation of Henry's personality and remarkable style of kingship. <Trade ReviewPraise of this edition: The best general biography of Henry VIII in nearly half a century: comprehensive in coverage, judicious in analysis, and pleasurable to read. - Peter Marshall, University of Warwick, UKAn excellent book that is up-to-date and wide-ranging, from policy-making and faction to visual display and material culture. It is packed with illuminating evidence and orientates the reader effectively through the complex historiographical debates. Dr Wooding provides a well-balanced biography of Henry, paying as much attention to his early years as to the 1530s and 1540s. Essential reading for students and other scholars. - Natalie Mears, Durham University, UK Praise of the first edition: As a primer in the key developments and personalities of the period … the book works excellently. As well as providing a reliable, conventional narrative … there are useful digressions into everything from Tudor food to Tudor climate. Most winningly of all, the book recognises that the central interpretative challenge for anyone writing about Henry is to explain how he mutated from a learned, attractive, doted-upon young king into someone regarded by many of his subjects - and many modern historians - as little more than a tyrant… – The TabletLucy Wooding’s readable one-volume study comprehensively updates J.J. Scarisbrick’s classic 1968 biography and deftly charts a middle way through ongoing controversies. Unlike some other discussions of the king, it gives due weight to the years 1509-1525. – History ReviewLucy Wooding covers the whole reign, necessarily drawing on others’ work, expounding and reviewing it in a way that students will greet with joy. A long afternoon in the company of her book, deftly used, will give them an air of easy familiarity with the great debates of the past few decades … She takes her own line at every point, formulates her judgments in fluent and pointed prose, and illustrates her case liberally with quotations from chronicles, letters and formularies of faith. – Times Literary SupplementAs the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's accession looms, a superabundance of judgments - scholarly and otherwise - on the king's life and times will bombard readers. This new offering in the Routledge Historical Biography series, however, is a most welcome addition to Henrician studies. – D.R. Bisson, Belmont University, CHOICE, Vol. 46, No. 11, July 2009The author does a wonderful job of telling a gripping story that also gives a sense of the complexity of the reign and the period … Readers will be well instructed about a very significant period of English history—and they will be entertained as well. – Anne McLaren, University of Liverpool, UKTable of ContentsList of Plates Acknowledgements Chronology Abbreviations Introduction 1. The education of a Christian Prince, 1491-1509 2. The foundations of kingship, 1509-1518 3. The lure of empire, 1518-1527 4. Dynasty and Supremacy, 1527-1533 5. The godly prince, 1533-1539 6. The closing years, 1539-1547 7. The legacy of Henry VIII Notes Suggestions for Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisThis impressive survey covers the early history of Ireland from the coming of Christianity to the Norman settlement. Within a broad political framework it explores the nature of Irish society, the spiritual and secular roles of the Church and the extraordinary flowering of Irish culture in the period. Other major themes are Ireland''s relations with Britain and continental Europe, the beginnings of Irish feudalism, and the impact of the Viking and Norman invaders. The expanded second edition has been fully updated to take into account the most recent research in the history of Ireland in the early middle ages, including Ireland's relations with the Later Roman Empire, advances and discoveries in archaeology, and Church Reform in the 11th and 12th centuries. A new opening chapter on early Irish primary sources introduces students to the key written sources that inform our picture of early medieval Ireland, including annals, genealogies and laws. Trade ReviewDáibhí Ó Cróinín’s Early Medieval Ireland is the only comprehensive treatment of the first centuries of Irish history up to the coming of the Normans. In its second revised and significantly updated edition, it surveys early medieval Irish landscape, society, culture, politics, and now also the written documents that inform the analysis. Its scholarly depth provides the specialist with new insights into an understudied age. Its lucid structure renders this volume an ideal textbook for students. Its engaging style makes it a compelling reading for anybody interested in one of the most fascinating periods of Ireland’s history.Immo Warntjes, Queen's University Belfast, UKTable of ContentsList of Maps Preface Early Medieval Ireland: Sources The Beginnings Of Irish History Kingdoms, Peoples and Politics, Ad 400–800 Kingdoms, Peoples and Politics, Ad 400–800 Land, Settlement and Economy Law, Family And Community The Consolidation Of The Church The First Christian Schools The Golden Age The Viking Age Bibliography

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Book SynopsisArchaeological Theory in the New Millennium provides an account of the changing world of archaeological theory and a challenge to more traditional narratives of archaeological thought. It charts the emergence of the new emphasis on relations as well as engaging with other current theoretical trends and the thinkers archaeologists regularly employ. Bringing together different strands of global archaeological theory and placing them in dialogue, the book explores the similarities and differences between different contemporary trends in theory while also highlighting potential strengths and weaknesses of different approaches. Written in a way to maximise its accessibility, in direct contrast to many of the sources on which it draws, Archaeological Theory in the New Millennium is an essential guide to cutting-edge theory for students and for professionals wishing to reacquaint themselves with this field.Trade Review"If you believe that theory is something you can ignore; if you believe that it is hopelessly relativist, post-processualist or, worse, post-modernist; if you seek a relatively short, refreshingly clear, and historically insightful overview of archaeological theory—and by that I mean social theory—since the 1980s; or if you teach a course on archaeological theory, then you need to read, and have your students read, this book. I say this because Archaeological Theory in the New Millennium is an engaging, concise, and forward-looking survey of theory in the field today, written by Oliver J. T. Harris and Craig N. Cipolla, that correctly targets the upcoming generation of archaeologists."- Timothy R. Pauketat, Illinois State Archaeological Survey and Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign."The manual is useful as it gathers the main set of fashionable ideas by which a section of the modern generation of archaeologists navigate their data, interpretations and thoughts. As such, it provides an excellent characterisation of the current state of this form of archaeological research, which deserves reflection." - Leo S. Klejn, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia"Archaeological Theory in the New Millennium reads easily. It is clear and simple even when addressing complex issues. It is a slender book with generous referencing, thoughtful illustrations, boxed digests of seminal thinkers which act as handy aidememoires and thematic cartoons amplifying the theories being discussed. The simplicity of delivery is deceptive. It is a book that can serve either the new student or the advanced theorist." - Pamela Armstrong, Journal of Skyscape ArchaeologyTable of Contents1. An introduction to contemporary archaeological theory: confronting dualisms 2. Beyond paradigms: a potted history of archaeological thought 3. Between thoughts and things: theorising practice and agency 4. Situating things in society: identity and personhood 5. Secret lives of things: object agency and biography 6. Things make people? Considering materiality, phenomenology, experience and entanglement 7. Mediating the world: archaeological semiotics 8. Finding symmetry: Actor-Network-Theory and new materialism 9. Multi-species archaeology: people, plants and animals 10. ‘Others’: postcolonialism, the ontological turn and colonised things 11. On breaking walls and building relations: a conclusion

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Book SynopsisConsuming History examines how history works in contemporary popular culture. Analysing a wide range of cultural entities from computer games to daytime television, it investigates the ways in which society consumes history and how a reading of this consumption can help us understand popular culture and issues of representation.In this second edition, Jerome de Groot probes how museums have responded to the heritage debate and how new technologies from online game-playing to internet genealogy have brought about a shift in access to history, discussing the often conflicted relationship between public' and academic history and raising important questions about the theory and practice of history as a discipline. Fully revised throughout with up-to-date examples from sources such as Wolf Hall, Game of Thrones and 12 Years a Slave, this edition also includes new sections on the historical novel, gaming, social media and genealogy. It conTrade Review"De Groot provides all students and practitioners of history with a fascinating overview of the diverse ways in which history is used by societies, and a nuanced understanding of both the rewards and challenges involved with representing the past to the public… The author’s intellectual engagement with these topics is untouched by other publications."Michael F. Dove, University of Western Ontario, Canada"This is the only book that seriously addresses the relationship between history and popular culture in Britain today, and does so in an engaging, thoughtful and accessible way… the range of coverage in Consuming History is excellent."Catherine Fletcher, University of Sheffield, UK"This empirically rich, well-documented book surveys an impressively wide range of topics that the author divides into six often overlapping categories. De Groot (Univ. of Manchester, UK) concentrates heavily on the British experience and, in this second edition of a book first published in 2009, offers new topics, updated examples, and revised analyses. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above."D. L. LeMahieu, Lake Forest College, USA, CHOICE Reviews"De Groot provides all students and practitioners of history with a fascinating overview of the diverse ways in which history is used by societies, and a nuanced understanding of both the rewards and challenges involved with representing the past to the public… The author’s intellectual engagement with these topics is untouched by other publications."Michael F. Dove, University of Western Ontario, Canada"This is the only book that seriously addresses the relationship between history and popular culture in Britain today, and does so in an engaging, thoughtful and accessible way… the range of coverage in Consuming History is excellent."Catherine Fletcher, University of Sheffield, UK"This empirically rich, well-documented book surveys an impressively wide range of topics that the author divides into six often overlapping categories. De Groot (Univ. of Manchester, UK) concentrates heavily on the British experience and, in this second edition of a book first published in 2009, offers new topics, updated examples, and revised analyses. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above."D. L. LeMahieu, Lake Forest College, USA, CHOICE ReviewsTable of ContentsList of figures. Acknowledgements. Preface to the Second Edition. Introduction. Part 1: The Popular Historian 1. The public historian, the historian in public. 2. Popular history in print. 3. The historian in popular culture. Part 2: Digital History 4. Genealogy and family history. 5. History online. Part 3: Performing and playing history. 6. Historical re-enactment. 7. Performing pastness, recycling culture and cultural re-enactment. 8. History games. Part 4: History on Television. 9. Contemporary historical documentary. 10. Reality, professional reality, celebrity and object history. 11. History on television around the world. Part 5: The ‘historical’ as cultural genre. 12. Historical television: Adaptation, original drama, comedy and time-travel. 13. Historical Film 14. Imagined histories: Novels, plays and comics. Part 6: Material Histories. 15. The everyday historical: local history, antiques, metal detecting. 16. Museums, tourism, gift shops and the historical experience. Conclusions. Index.

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Book SynopsisOral history is increasingly acknowledged as a key tool for anyone studying the history of the recent past, and Oral History Theory provides a comprehensive, systematic and accessible overview of this important field. Combining the study of theories drawn from disciplines ranging from linguistics to psychoanalysis with the observations of practitioners and including extensive examples of oral history practice from around the world, this book constitutes the first integrated discussion of oral history theory.Structured around key themes such as the peculiarities of oral history, the study of the self, subjectivity and intersubjectivity, memory, narrative, performance, power and trauma, each chapter provides a clear and user-friendly explanation of the various theoretical approaches, illustrating these with examples from the rich field of published oral history and making suggestions for the practicing oral historian. This second edition includes a new chapter on trauma and ethics, a preface discussing new developments in the field and updated glossary and further reading sections. Supplemented by a new companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/abrams) containing a comprehensive range of case studies, audio material and further resources, this book will be invaluable to experienced and novice oral historians, professionals, and students who are new to the discipline. Trade Review"Abrams introduces analytical theories, examines their application to oral history narratives, and provides "suggestions for how to translate theory into practice." Required reading for oral historians, the book belongs in every academic library. Summing Up: Essential." CHOICE"The first edition of Lynn Abrams' Oral History Theory uniquely provided a comprehensive overview of the theory underpinning the practice of oral history. This updated second edition, with new material on trauma, ethics, collaborative practice and the impact of digital technologies will be an essential read for students, researchers and interviewers."Andrew Flinn, University College London, UK "By explaining often complex theoretical constructs and debates in a user-friendly and understandable language, this newly updated edition will prove invaluable to oral history practitioners and students alike. Cutting-edge in its outlook and approach, this edition extends our understanding of on-going developments by focussing on the impact of new digital technologies, the growing interest in trauma or ‘crisis’ oral history, and the theoretical and practical implications of conducting collaborative oral history projects."Andrew Edwards, Bangor University, UK"Oral History Theory provides students and practitioners of oral history with an accessible introduction to complex ideas shaping the field. This well-organized text lays out a compilation of research and examples that fostered deeper understanding among students as they conducted their own interviews."Joanne Goodwin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA"In this book, Lynn Abrams speaks to a range of potential audiences interested in the practice and outcomes of oral history research. The text includes theoretical analysis, practical advice and reference to a range of case studies. This newly revised edition also includes consideration of dealing with ‘trauma’ and the ethical issues arising in oral history practice and analysis. The accompanying website now makes this an essential tool for teaching, learning and research in the field."Melanie Ilic, University of Gloucestershire, UK"The first edition of Lynn Abrams' Oral History Theory uniquely provided a comprehensive overview of the theory underpinning the practice of oral history. This updated second edition, with new material on trauma, ethics, collaborative practice and the impact of digital technologies will be an essential read for students, researchers and interviewers."Andrew Flinn, University College London, UK "By explaining often complex theoretical constructs and debates in a user-friendly and understandable language, this newly updated edition will prove invaluable to oral history practitioners and students alike. Cutting-edge in its outlook and approach, this edition extends our understanding of on-going developments by focussing on the impact of new digital technologies, the growing interest in trauma or ‘crisis’ oral history, and the theoretical and practical implications of conducting collaborative oral history projects."Andrew Edwards, Bangor University, UK"Oral History Theory provides students and practitioners of oral history with an accessible introduction to complex ideas shaping the field. This well-organized text lays out a compilation of research and examples that fostered deeper understanding among students as they conducted their own interviews."Joanne Goodwin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA"In this book, Lynn Abrams speaks to a range of potential audiences interested in the practice and outcomes of oral history research. The text includes theoretical analysis, practical advice and reference to a range of case studies. This newly revised edition also includes consideration of dealing with ‘trauma’ and the ethical issues arising in oral history practice and analysis. The accompanying website now makes this an essential tool for teaching, learning and research in the field."Melanie Ilic, University of Gloucestershire, UK"... This second edition reproduces the original text, all still relevant, with the addition of a ninth chapter entitled “Trauma and Ethics.” Abrams (Univ. of Glasgow, UK) explains that the additional chapter “treats trauma as a sub-field of oral history in its own right, one which has grown exponentially as narrative-based approaches to collective reconciliation and memorialisation and to the therapeutic treatment of individuals have gained widespread assent.” It both complements and expands the original text, focusing on “the collection and analysis of histories of extreme human experiences, sometimes termed crisis oral history.” Ethics and safety are emphasized. The second edition merits serious consideration for any collection that supports oral history courses or students and scholars using oral history in their research."B. M. Banta, Arkansas State University"... it outlines all of our current concerns, takes a wide purview of past and current work, provides a handy guide to relevant middle-level theories from a wide variety of perspectives, and yet leaves room for the engaged reader to explore beyond its boundaries."Ronald J. Grele, Oral History ReviewTable of ContentsPreface to the second edition: new directions in oral history. Acknowledgments. 1 Introduction: turning practice into theory. 2. The peculiarities of oral history. 3. Self. 4. Subjectivity and intersubjectivity. 5. Memory. 6. Narrative. 7. Performance. 8. Power. 9. Trauma and ethics. Glossary. Notes. Guide to further reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisOf all the sciences and social sciences, management is the one that most deliberately turns its back on the past. Yet management as we know it today did not spring into life fully formed. Management has more than just a present; it also has a past, and a future, and all three are inextricably linked. This book charts the evolution of management as an intellectual discipline, from ancient times to the present day.Contemporary management challenges, including sustainability, technology and data, and legitimacy are analysed through an historical lens and with the benefit of new case studies. The author helps readers understand how the evolution of management ideas has interacted with changes in society.By framing management''s history as one of challenge and response, this new edition is the perfect accompaniment for students and scholars seeking meaningful study in the business school and beyond. Essential reading as a core textbook in managementTrade Review'Witzel has done it again: enlivening every-day management with the almost tangible presence of thinkers from the past; suddenly we know ourselves to be companions of managers, philosophers and problem-solvers of all times and places. His acute analysis shows why we intuitively recoil from some, or feel a bond with others; His care for what it is to be a human being trying to organise and get things done is the red thread that spans the centuries. Big thinking on a human scale at its best.' - Jonathan Gosling, Professor Emeritus, University of Exeter, UK'This history illuminates. Witzel’s wonderfully-stuffed sourcebook shows business has always been about people and profit, unchanged in millennia. But old principles must suit new times. Business’s scale is now unprecedented. It is also increasingly separated from public purpose, its technologies and financialization problematic. The reader will learn a lot about the core challenge: harnessing peoples’ imagination and skill in the pursuit of profit.' - J.-C. Spender, Research Professor, Kozminski University, PolandTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Early Management Thought 3. Management Thought in the Age of Commerce 4. Management Thought in an Age of Enlightenment 5. Scientific Management 6. European Management Thought 7. Management Thought and Human Relations 8. The Divisionalisation of Management Thought 9. From Scientific Management to Management Science 10. The Age of the Management Gurus 11. Asian Management Thought 12. Management Thought in the twenty-first century 13. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the history and evolution of Title IX, a landmark 1972 law prohibiting sex discrimination at educational institutions receiving federal funding. Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and William Thro illuminate the ways in which the interpretation and implementation of Title IX have been transformed over time to extend far beyond the law''s relatively narrow statutory text. The analysis considers the impact of Title IX on athletics, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and, for a time, transgender discrimination. Combining legal and cultural perspectives and supported by primary documents, Title IX: The Transformation of Sex Discrimination in Education offers a balanced and insightful narrative of interest to anyone studying the history of sex discrimination, educational policy, and the law in the contemporary United States.Trade ReviewThis provocative view of Title IX by Busch and Thro provides a valuable examination of the statute’s origin and scope. From the law’s quest for gender equity in intercollegiate athletics through its development as the primary deterrent to sexual discrimination at the nation’s colleges and universities, the book indeed makes an important and timely contribution to the higher education community.- Oren Griffin, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Professor of Law, University of Mercer School of LawA thoroughly researched and well-written volume, Title IX: The Transformation of Sex Discrimination in Education is a must read for all interested in Title IX, whether students, faculty members, compliance officers, and/or attorneys. This is the most current book on Title IX; written in jargon-free language, it provides a comprehensive, cutting-edge analysis of the law’s applications from its earliest days through today’s controversies on from its earliest use as a mandate for equal opportunity in sports to its application to sexual harassment to contemporary disputes about sexual assault and campus disciplinary proceedings.- Charlie Russo, Director, Ph.D. Program in Educational Leadership and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Adoption of Title IX: A Ban on Sex Discrimination in EducationChapter 2: Title IX's Transformation into a mandate for Equal Representation in Athletics: The 1979 Three Part TestChapter 3: The Expansion of Title IX Liability to Sexual Harassment: The 1997 Sexual Harassment Guidance DocumentChapter 4: Title IX's Transformation Into A Mandate to Adjudicate Campus Sexual Assault: The 2011 Dear Colleague Letter.Chapter 5: The Politicization of Title IX Guidelines and its Implications

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Book SynopsisOrigins of the First World War summarizes the policies, issues and crises that brought Europe to war in 1914. Examining the strategic and political problems that confronted each of the great powers and the way in which social and economic factors influenced the decision-making process, Martel discusses the position of each power and their place in the system of alliances which dominated international politics. The fourth edition has been revised and updated throughout to incorporate the body of new scholarship that has appeared since the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of war. In a clear and accessible manner, it explains: how and why the alliance system was created how alliances led to a network of complicated strategic commitments how an escalating series of international crises from the turn of the century fuelled preparations for war why the peculiarities of the Balkan situation are essentiTrade Review"Martel has produced an excellent book; it is well-written, concise and balanced. His clear prose as well as the useful selection documents make difficult and still controversial historical events comprehensible to students and general readers alike. This is probably still the best introduction to the question of why peace failed in 1914." David Kaufman, University of Edinburgh, UK "Martel’s book, now in its fourth edition, was written with undergraduate readers in mind. Brief, eminently readable, well-researched, and laced with primary source documents, it serves as the perfect springboard for enhanced classroom discussions and student papers." Stewart Anderson, Brigham Young University, USA Table of ContentsList of figures Maps Chronology Who’s Who PART ONE ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT 1 THE PROBLEM The Outbreak of War Explaining Causes 2 THE GREAT POWERS TO 1900 The Triple Alliance The Dual Alliance Great Britain 3 THE EUROPEAN CRISIS The Diplomatic Revolution The Vortex of South-eastern Europe The July Crisis 4 ASSESSMENT PART TWO DOCUMENTS GLOSSARY FURTHER READING REFERENCES INDEX

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Book SynopsisThis volume, originally published in 1987, fills a gap in a neglected area. Looking at the entire war in the Mediterrean, the volume examines the war from the viewpoint of all the important participants, making full use of archives and manuscript collections in Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Austria and the United States. A fascinating mosaic of campaigns emerges in the Adriatic, Straits of Otranto and the Eastern Aegean. The German assistance to the tribes of Libya, the threat that Germany would get her hands on the Russian Black Sea Fleet and use it in the Mediterreanean, and the appearance and influence of the Americans in 1918 all took place against a background of rivalry between the Allies which frustrated the appointment of Jellicoe in 1918 as supreme command at sea in a role similar to that of Foch on land. Table of Contents1. The Mediterranean Naval Balance 2. The Beginning of the War in the Mediterranean and Adriatic 3. The Dardanelles Campaign 4. German Submarines Arrive and Italy Enters the War 5. Stalemate in the Adriatic and the Germans Build Up Their Submarine Strength 6. Macedonia, the End of the Dardanelles Campaign and the Submarine War Intensifies 7. The Allied Failure to Meet the Submarine Challenge in 1916 8. The Adriatic, the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean in 1916 9. The Submarine Crisis – 1917 10. The Otranto Action and the Introduction of Convoys 11. The Final Year of the War: Part One 12. The Climax of the War

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Book SynopsisTudor and Stuart Britain charts the political, religious, economic and social history of Britain from the start of Henry VII's reign in 1485 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714, providing students and lecturers with a detailed chronological narrative of significant events, such as the Reformation, the nature of Tudor government, the English Civil War, the Interregnum and the restoration of the monarchy.This fourth edition has been fully updated and each chapter now begins with an introductory overview of the topic being discussed, in which important and current historical debates are highlighted. Other new features of the book include a closer examination of the image and style of leadership that different monarchs projected during their reigns; greater coverage of Phillip II and Mary I as joint monarchs; new sections exploring witchcraft during the period and the urban sector in the Stuart age; and increased discussion of the English Civil War, of Oliver Cromwell and oTrade Review'Roger Lockyer’s Tudor and Stuart Britain, 1485-1714 has been a standard text for three editions. This fourth edition, revised by Peter Gaunt, retains the strengths of Lockyer’s clear prose and even-handed analysis, while incorporating much recent research. Peter Gaunt’s careful attention to recent scholarship is evidenced by the addition of important new material on the joint monarchy of Mary I and Philip II, witchcraft, the Civil Wars and the influence of Oliver Cromwell, and the significance of urban life during the Stuart era. Equally importantly, the 4th edition has new, short introductions to each chapter, which reinforce the most important points and situate them within the context of evolving historiographical debates. These are little gems of synthesis and analysis and add a very effective new dimension to the text. In explaining what historians have seen as important and which issues they debate, these introductory sections also show the reader what is interesting about each chapter. The 4th edition of Tudor and Stuart Britain updates a standard work for the next generation of students.'Cynthia Van Zandt, University of New Hampshire, USATable of ContentsPreface 1 The new monarchy; 2 King and cardinal; 3 The break with Rome; 4 Henry VIII’s government; 5 Edward VI and Mary I; 6 Tudor England; 7 Ireland and Scotland in the Tudor period; 8 Elizabeth I and the Church of England; 9 Roman Catholics and foreign policy under Elizabeth I; 10 Government, Parliament, and the royal finances under Elizabeth I; 11 James I: Finance and religion; 12 James I: the law and Parliament; 13 Charles I: Parliament and religion; 14 Charles I: the breakdown of prerogative rule; 15 The Civil War; 16 Commonwealth and Protectorate; 17 Early Stuart England; 18 Charles II; 19 James II, The Glorious Revolution, and the reign of William III; 20 Queen Anne; 21 Ireland, Scotland and overseas possessions in the seventeenth century; 22 Late Stuart England; Guide to further reading; Appendices; Index

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Book SynopsisIn this revised version of a ground-breaking global history of women and the First World War, Susan Grayzel shows the multiple ways in which women faced the enormous challenges the war presented, both the losses as well as the opportunities that the war provided.The First World War was a total war requiring the mobilisation of millions of both civilians and combatants. It decisively shaped the modern world. A century after the signing of the last peace treaty to end this conflict, its experiences and legacies for women continue to inspire debate and interest. With new evidence from the tremendous outpouring of scholarship on women in all participant states, including those in occupied territories, Europe and its overseas empires, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the United States over the last twenty years, this edition greatly expands the coverage of the war geographically while continuing to showcase diverse women's voices. Topical in its approach, it allows for a thoroughTrade Review'an innovative addition to the series...This book will prove invaluable for those seeking a comparitative analysis of the women's question in the early twentieth century.'Richard Brown, The Historical Association website'the broad range of topics, collection of documents, and bibliography make this a very useful starting point for undergraduate students.'Deborah D. Buffton, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, H-Women, H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsPart 1: FRAMEWORKS 1. INTRODUCTION Part 2: EXPERIENCES OF WAR 2. THE WAR BEGINS: PROPAGANDA, RECRUITMENT AND STATE SUPPORT OF FAMILIES 3. WOMEN’S WAR WORK: REMUNERATIVE, VOLUNTARY AND FAMILIAL 4. WOMEN IN THE LINE OF FIRE 5. MORALE, MORALITY AND SEXUALITY 6. ANTI-WAR PROTEST, DISSENT AND REVOLUTION Part 3: LEGACIES OF WAR 7. ASSESSING SOME OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR FOR WOMEN 8. CONCLUSION Part 4: DOCUMENTS

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Book SynopsisRecognising the fundamental role both of shipping communities and the technologies crafted and shared by them, this book explores the types of ships, methods of navigation and modes of water-borne trade in the Indian Ocean region and the way they affected the development of distinctive settlements against a changing but strong sense of regional consciousness and identity.Table of Contents1: Shipping in the Indian Ocean: An Overview; 2: Seafarings, Ships and Ship Owners: India and the Indian Ocean ( ad 700–1500); 3: Seafaring in Peninsular India in the Ancient Period: Of Watercraft and Maritime Communities; 4: Archaeological Evidence on Shipping Communities or Sri Lanka; 5: Pre-Modern Sri Lankan Ships; 6: Classifying Vessel-Types in Ibn Ba????a's Ri?la; 7: Navigational Methods in the Indian Ocean 1; 8: The Rise and Fall of Hadhrami Shipping in the Indian Ocean, c.1750 – c.1940; 9: Continuity and Adaptation by Contemporary Swahili Boatbuilders in Kenya; 10: The Historical Context of the Construction of the Vattai Fishing Boat and Related Frame–First Vessels of Tamil Nadu and Beyond; 11: Yami Boats and Boat Building in a Wider Perspective

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Book SynopsisCovering the development of the Cold War from the mid-twentieth century to the present day, The Cold War 19492016 explores the struggle for world domination that took place between the United States and the Soviet Union following the Second World War. The conflict between these two superpowers shaped global history for decades, and this book examines how this conflict developed into a nuclear arms race, spurred much of the wider world towards war and eventually resulted in the collapse of the Soviet empire. In this accessible yet comprehensive volume, Martin McCauley examines not only the actions of the United States and the Soviet Union but also the effects upon and involvement of other regions such as Africa, Central America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Key themes include the Sino-Soviet relationship and the global ambitions of the newly formed People's Republic of China, the rise and fall of communism in countries such as Cuba, Angola and Ethiopia, the US defeTrade Review"The Cold War 1949–2016 is the most readable, comprehensive, knowledgeable narrative of the Cold War. No one can read this book without learning something new, unusual and thought-provoking."Christopher Read, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsList of Maps List of Illustrations Foreword 1. ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR 2. COLD WAR: 1949–53 3. TO THE BRINK AND BACK: 1953–62 4. THE US AND THE SOVIET UNION IN THE THIRD WORLD 5. THE SINO-SOVIET SCHISM 6. CUBA, VIETNAM AND INDONESIA 7. THE WAR OF CULTURES 8. THE PRAGUE SPRING 9. DÉTENTE: 1969–79 10. THE ISLAMIC CHALLENGE TO GDÁNSK: IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN 11. CAMBODIA-KAMPUCHEA 12. POST-DÉTENTE: 1979–85 13. GORBACHEV AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR 14. THE JUDGEMENT 15. THE POST–COLD WAR WORLD Further Reading References

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Book SynopsisThe extraordinary untold story of how Irish and Jewish immigrants worked together to secure legitimacy in America.Popular belief holds that the various ethnic groups that emigrated to the United States at the turn of the twentieth century regarded one another with open hostility, fiercely competing for limited resources and even coming to blows in the crowded neighborhoods of major cities. One of the most enduring stereotypes is that of rabidly anti-Semitic Irish Catholics, like Father Charles Coughlin of Boston and the sensationalized Gangs of New York trope of Irish street thugs attacking defenseless Jewish immigrants.In Opening Doors, Hasia R. Diner, one of the world's preeminent historians of immigration, tells a very different story; far from confrontational, the prevailing relationships between Jewish and Irish Americans were overwhelmingly cooperative, and the two groups were dependent upon one another to secure stable and upwardly mobile

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Book SynopsisBrian Box Brown brings history and culture to life through his comics. In his new graphic novel, he unravels how marketing that targeted children in the 1980s has shaped adults in the present.Powered by the advent of television and super-charged by the deregulation era of the 1980s, media companies and toy manufacturers joined forces to dominate the psyches of American children. But what are the consequences when a developing brain is saturated with the same kind of marketing bombardment found in Red Scare propaganda?Brian Box Brown's The He-Man Effect shows how corporate manipulation brought muscular, accessory-stuffed action figures to dizzying heights in the 1980s and beyond. Bringing beloved brands like He-Man, Transformers, My Little Pony, and even Mickey Mouse himself into the spotlight, this graphic history exposes a world with no rules and no concern for results beyond profit.

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Book SynopsisSupporting great history teaching: developing confident, articulate and successful historians. Our new resources* include 16 Student Books – one for every option in the Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History specification – for first teaching from September 2016.

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Book SynopsisSupporting great history teaching: developing confident, articulate and successful historians. Our new resources* include 16 Student Books – one for every option in the Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History specification – for first teaching from September 2016.

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Book SynopsisA new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the AQA 2015 A/AS Level History.Table of ContentsPart 1. The Fall of the House of Lancaster, 1450-1471; 1. The Origins of Conflict,1450-1459; 2. The War of the Barons, 1459-1461; 3. The Triumph of the Yorkists, 1461-1471; Part 2. The Fall of the House of York, 1471-1499; 4. 'The Sun in Splendour': The Reign of Edward IV, 1471-1483; 5. The Downfall of the Yorkist Monarchy, 1483-1486; 6. The end of the Yorkist Dynasty, 1486-1499.

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Book SynopsisThis accessible textbook examines political, social, and cultural developments in the Soviet Union - from the revolution, through the years of the New Economic Policies, and into the Stalinist order and the post-Soviet period. The third edition includes substantial new material, discussing the challenges Russia faces in the era of Putin.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The revolution, 1917–21; 3. New Economic Policies, 1921–9; 4. The first five-year plan; 5. High Stalinism; 6. A great and patriotic war; 7. The nadir: 1945–53; 8. The age of Khrushchev; 9. Real, existing socialism; 10. Failed reforms; 11. Leap into the unknown; 12. Illiberal democracy; 13. Putin returns.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the spatial experiences of Indian indentured labourers in Mauritius and Fiji and reveals previously unexplored labour movements across the so-called Indentured Archipelago. It offers a historical geographical perspective of the lives of these labourers in Mauritius and Fiji, situating their experiences in the wider context of spatial mobility and subaltern agency. The concept of re-migration - labourers moving between these colonies, and beyond - is explored, and the scale of this facet of indentured life is revealed, in a way which has not been done to date. It brings to the fore a debate on subaltern agency, and role of geography in exploring the lives of these labourers both within and between colonies. The book also brings to light the numerous proposals for the use of Indian indentured labour across the globe, highlighting the centrality of Indian indenture to the post-abolition labour discourse.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Indentured Spaces: Mauritius; 3. Indentured Spaces: Fiji; 4. Subaltern Careering; 5. Innovation and New Migration Routes; 6. Conclusion: Space, Agency, Mobility, Geography; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisBureaucratic Archaeology is a multi-faceted ethnography of quotidian practices of archaeology, bureaucracy and science in postcolonial India, concentrating on the workings of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). This book uncovers an endemic link between micro-practice of archaeology in the trenches of the ASI to the manufacture of archaeological knowledge, wielded in the making of political and religious identity and summoned as indelible evidence in the juridical adjudication in the highest courts of India. This book is a rare ethnography of the daily practice of a postcolonial bureaucracy from within rather than from the outside. It meticulously uncovers the social, cultural, political and epistemological ecology of ASI archaeologists to show how postcolonial state assembles and produces knowledge. This is the first book length monograph on the workings of archaeology in a non-western world, which meticulously shows how theory of archaeological practice deviates, transforms and genTrade Review'This book breaks completely new grounds in shifting attention from the history of archaeology in colonial India to the bureaucratic infrastructure and the epistemological landscape of the field in post-colonial India. It undertakes a rigorous ethnography of the inner workings of the gargantuan, state-sponsored edifice of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), to uncover the deep entanglements of the ideology of Hindu nationalism in determining its policies of excavations and the nature of the evidences it has produced on the nation's ancient pasts. Avikunthak's focus on this single institution, its controversial Saraswati Heritage Project, and its excavations of Harappan sites in western India allows for a thick description of materiality and practice - of sites and trenches, of digging and documentation protocols, of the transformation of artifacts into facts, of the hierarchy of personnel, and (not least of all) of the absence of reports. All of this comes together in a gripping narrative that acts as an expose' on the compromised state-sponsored discipline in contemporary India. Unsparing in its criticism of the institution and the archaeology it performs at the commands of the state, this book offers a hitherto-untold ground-level account of the workings of the ASI and its modes of excavating pasts for the present. This is a powerful study whose implications go beyond the domain of archaeology to a larger critique of the institutional apparatus of the nation-state and the politics of knowledge-production.' Tapati Guha-Thakurta, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta'In this meticulously researched and elegantly written, hard-hitting ethnography of archaeology, Ashish Avikunthak examines what he calls the 'largest archaeological bureaucracy in the world,' the Archaeological Survey of India, in the seemingly 'postcolonial' period. He demonstrates that through the protocols and habitual practices of bureaucracy, this apparatus produces 'facts on the ground' while the regime of coloniality remains intact and maintains oppression and corruption. At the same time, it becomes the vehicle for advocating and enforcing extreme nationalist discourses and practices, with deadly consequences. This is a rare book and an important contribution to the field of archaeological ethnography, the politics of archaeology, and the ethnography of the state, and it deserves to be read widely. I expect that it will be an inspiration for many other researchers around the world.' Yannis Hamilakis, Brown University'A curious feature of postcolonial studies in archaeology is how scholars from the very countries involved in colonial enterprises dominate its discourse. Avikunthak's brilliant book not only counters that dominance but also provides an extraordinary analysis of the micro-politics of archaeological practice unmatched by his western peers. Through meticulous study of the bureaucratic intricacies and tentacles of the ASI we are presented with an account of a postcolonial scholarly reality rarely acknowledged. By following the entire assembly line of meaning production from the artefacts uncovered in ASI excavation trenches to their transformation into published facts and court evidence, he painstakingly uncovers the convoluted and mediating networks between archaeology as a scientific discipline and nationalistic fundamentalism. He argues that the epistemology of archaeology in India is a symptom of a postcolonial bureaucratic rationality where science, state, and religion are contrived to manufacture a nation with a seemingly empirical past.' Bjørnar Julius Olsen, The University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of NorwayTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Anthropology of archaeology; 2. Making of the Indus-Saraswati civilization; 3. Bureaucratic hierarchy in the ASI; 4. Spatial formation of the archaeological field; 5. Epistemological formation of the archaeological site; 6. Theory of archaeological excavation; 7. Making of the archaeological artifact; 8. Performance of archaeological representations; 9. The absent excavation reports; Conclusion; Index.

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Book SynopsisMarking the third centenary of the office of Prime Minister, this book tells its extraordinary story, explaining how and why it has endured longer than any other democratic political office in world history. Sir Anthony Seldon, historian of Number 10 Downing Street, explores the lives and careers, loves and scandals, successes and failures, of all our great Prime Ministers. From Robert Walpole and William Pitt the Younger, to Clement Attlee and Margaret Thatcher, Seldon discusses which of our Prime Ministers have been most effective and why. He reveals the changing relationship between the Monarchy and the office of the Prime Minister in intimate detail, describing how the increasing power of the Prime Minister in becoming leader of Britain coincided with the steadily falling influence of the Monarchy. This book celebrates the humanity and frailty, work and achievement, of these 55 remarkable individuals, who averted revolution and civil war, leading the country through times of peace,Trade Review'A tremendous, magisterial book, informed and underpinned by brilliant historical and political insight. A triumph.' William Boyd, author of Trio, Restless and Any Human Heart'Anthony Seldon enriches our understanding of what it takes to run Britain, with some intriguing ideas for improving the Premiership.' Camilla Cavendish, former Head of No. 10 Policy Unit, and author of Extra Time: Ten Lessons for Living Longer Better'A brilliant, panoramic survey of the fifty-five individuals who have been prime minister since Robert Walpole - and their families too. The most moving sentence is right at the end. On the evening of David Cameron's resignation, his daughter asks him at bedtime: 'Daddy, when are we going back home?' By then, you feel you know many of the holders of the office of prime minister intimately, how they changed it and it and how it changed them. A must read.' Andrew Adonis, former transport minister, education minister and Head of No. 10 Policy Unit, and author of Ernest Bevin, Labour's Churchill'Three hundred years of one of the world's most difficult jobs is worth some reflection - and there is no better way to go about that than to read this excellent book. With a rich knowledge of our prime ministers and the eye of an expert historian, Anthony Seldon has produced a stimulating and enjoyable study of the unceasing development of their power and role. There is much here to inform everyone from the general reader to the political addict, and some important indicators of what the future may hold.' William Hague, former Leader of the Opposition, First Secretary of State, Foreign Secretary, and Leader of the House of Commons'A fascinating review of the role of the prime minister and those who have filled it. How were they constrained, how did they change the role, and how did it change them and the country. Anthony Seldon also suggests some improvements including making No. 10 more streamlined, agile and diverse and ensuring that prime ministers and those around them understand the role. Reading this book would give them a good start.' Jacqui Smith, former Home Secretary'Anthony Seldon has a brilliant ability to capture the humanity of prime ministers as well as their role in history which is why this fascinating account is so readable as well as authoritative. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand both how Downing Street works and the extraordinary characters of those who have lived there.' Rachel Sylvester, The Times'A good guide to the constitutional position of the Sovereign's Minister.' Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph'… an intelligent and insightful account of the evolution of the role.' Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer (Book of the Week)'… chockful of fascinating Prime Ministerial history …' Paul Donnelley, Daily Express'The author [is to be] congratulated on producing a readable, lively, amusing, and serious account of the office of prime minister.' Michael Wheeler, Church Times'We need some answers, and Anthony Seldon is one of the few prime ministerial biographers to seek to provide them. He does so insightfully and mischievously …' Steve Richards, Literary Review'… a readable, lively, amusing, and serious account of the office of prime minister.' Michael Wheeler, Church Times'… a remarkable and important work.' John Bartle, Department of Philosophy'Over the last 30 years, Seldon has established himself as the court historian of Downing Street. Here he provides a history of the premiership and its antecedents and an analysis of the challenges, potentialities, and 'constraints' of an office 53 men and two women have held so far … the anecdotes about the prime ministers, their families, and their colleagues are engaging … Recommended.' D. R. Bisson, Choice ConnectTable of ContentsPreface; 1. The Bookend Prime Ministers: Walpole and Johnson; 2. A Country Transformed, 1721–2021; 3. The Liminal Premiership: From the Saxons to 1806; 4. The Transformational Prime Ministers, 1806–2021; 5. The Powers of the Prime Minister, 1721–2021; 6. The Constraints on the Prime Minister, 1721–2021; 7. The Falling Power of the Monarchy, 1660–2021; 8. The Rise and Fall of the Foreign Secretary, 1782–2021; 9. The Rise, and Rise of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1660–2021; 10. The Impossible Office: The Prime Minister by 2021.

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Book SynopsisMyles Burnyeat (19392019) was a major figure in the study of ancient Greek philosophy during the last decades of the twentieth century and the first of this. After teaching positions in London and Cambridge, where he became Laurence Professor, in 1996 he took up a Senior Research Fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, from which he retired in 2006. In 2012 he published two volumes collecting essays dating from before the move to Oxford. Two new posthumously published volumes bring together essays from his years at All Souls and his retirement. The main body of Volume 3 presents studies written for a wide readership, first on Plato''s Republic and then on the reading and interpretation of Plato in subsequent periods, particularly in nineteenth-century Britain. The volume also includes hitherto unpublished lectures, ''The Archaeology of Feeling'', on the ancient origins of some key modern philosophical and psychological concepts.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. The Republic; 1. Plato on why mathematics is good for the soul; 2. Long walk to wisdom; 3. The truth of tripartition; 4. Plato and the dairy-maids: the distribution of happiness inside and outside the ideal city of the Republic; 5. Justice writ large and small in Republic IV; 6. Fathers and sons in Plato's Republic and Philebus; 7. By the Dog; 8. Culture and society in Plato's Republic; Part II. The Past in the Present; 9. Plato; 10. James Mill on Thomas Taylor's Plato; 11. What was 'the common arrangement'? An inquiry into John Stuart Mill's boyhood reading of Plato; 12. The past in the present: Plato as educator of nineteenth-century Britain; Appendix: The Archaeology of Feeling.

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Book SynopsisBased on previously untapped sources and innovative research methodologies, this book presents a vivid account of late Ottoman Gaza. It highlights the significance of the city as a hub for people, goods, and ideas, and explores the lives of Gazans, from the traditional Muslim elites to the commoners and minority communities of Christians and Jews.

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Book Synopsis''The empires of the future would be the empires of the mind'' declared Churchill in 1943, envisaging universal empires living in peaceful harmony. Robert Gildea exposes instead the brutal realities of decolonisation and neo-colonialism which have shaped the postwar world. Even after the rush of French and British decolonisation in the 1960s, the strings of economic and military power too often remained in the hands of the former colonial powers. The more empire appears to have declined and fallen, the more a fantasy of empire has been conjured up as a model for projecting power onto the world stage and legitimised colonialist intervention in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. This aggression, along with the imposition of colonial hierarchies in metropolitan society, has excluded, alienated and even radicalised immigrant populations. Meanwhile, nostalgia for empire has bedevilled relations with Europe and played a large part in explaining Brexit.Trade Review'Empires of the Mind is a uniquely valuable account of the fate of the French and British empires.' William Roger Louis, University of Texas'Accessibly written and genuinely comparative, Robert Gildea's new analysis of the lingering effects and bitter aftershocks of British and French colonialism is essential reading for anyone keen to understand where legacies of empire register in contemporary politics. A terrific read.' Martin Thomas, author of Fight or Flight: Britain, France and their Roads from Empire'Empires of the Mind is an exhilarating comparative survey of British and French self-regard from competitive collaboration in the hecatombs of slavery, through Suez in 1956, to responses to immigrants from ex-colonies, Islamic fundamentalism and Brexit. Among many startling quotes we read Nigel Farage claiming Brits are different from Europeans. Robert Gildea shows that we are too alike.' Anthony Barnett, founder of openDemocracy'The past never remains in the past, Robert Gildea skilfully reminds us as he recounts the brutal histories of both British and French colonial and neo-colonial ventures. This is a book that insists on the connections between what happens/ed 'out there' and what happens/ed 'in here' and helps us to think through that complex and dangerous entanglement, which continues to inform our contemporary politics today.' Catherine Hall, author of Civilising Subjects: Metropole and Colony in the English Imagination 1830–1867'Gildea uses a comparative approach to examine the legacy of empire in France and Britain … both countries desperately hoped to preserve their empires, fiercely resisted decolonization, and frequently intervened to keep former colonies as dependencies. … In France, the long shadow of the Algerian conflict, racism, and an emphasis on secular republican values led to a reassertion of colonial rule in the banlieues. Despite Britain's avowed multiculturalism, its formerly colonized subjects faced segregation, exclusion, and violence at the hands of former colonizers. Alienated from both their adopted nation and their country of origin and enraged by the US's neo-imperialist 'war on terror', many in Europe's immigrant community embraced Islam. A radicalized minority turned to jihad and terrorist violence. … the dubious but apparently widespread belief that Brexit would enable Britain to restore its free-trade empire supports Gildea's thesis that the past remains disturbingly present. Highly recommended.' P. C. Kennedy, Choice'A valuable and shaming book.' Lucy Beckett, The Tablet'… [Empires of the Mind] can … be profitably read for its extensive comparative account of the British and French empires and their afterlives … highly accessible.' Richard Toye, Journal of British Studies'A grand narrative that tracks the resurgence of imperial and neo-colonial thinking since the end of the Cold War, which has provoked increased military interventions in the global South, the growing stigmatization of immigrant populations in the West, and the delusions of grandeur that have accompanied our own debates around Brexit.' Sudhir Hazareesingh, Times Literary Supplement'… a stimulating and inspiring read …' Patricia Lorcin, Journal of Modern HistoryTable of ContentsList of illustrations; Introduction; 1. Empires constructed and contested; 2. Empires in crisis: two world wars; 3. The imperialism of decolonisation; 4. Neo-colonialism, new global empire; 5. Colonising in reverse and colonialist backlash; 6. Europe: in or out?; 7. Islamism and the retreat to monocultural nationalism; 8. Hubris and nemesis: Iraq, the colonial fracture and global economic crisis; 9. The empire strikes back; 10. Fantasy, anguish and working through; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThroughout American political history, the US government has formed alliances with militias, tribes, and rebels. Sometimes, these alliances have been successful, dramatically reshaping the battlefield. But these alliances have also risked creating larger wars in regions where the United States had no real interest. Understanding these alliances - and much of American political history - requires moving beyond our normal focus on traditional diplomats or social elites. Traders, missionaries, former slaves, and low-level government employees drove these alliances. These intermediaries used their relationships across borders to shape security politics, affecting American and thereby world history. Skillfully integrating political science with history and sociology, Eric Grynaviski provides a novel account of who matters and why in international politics. By developing broader views about political agency - how people come to make a difference in world politics - he brings into focus new hTrade Review'… well-written and impressively researched … filled with both theoretical and empirical innovations … Grynaviski provides a welcome critique of state- and leader-centric accounts of international politics.' Paul K. MacDonald, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Power from the margins; 2. Rebels or savages; 3. Pirates and hookahs; 4. Red, blue, or gray; 5. Pigs and papists; 6. Islands or canned goods; 7. The daredevil and his porter; 8. Joe and the Sheikh; Conclusion; Collections and government documents consulted; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe first stand-alone English translation of the Persian Wars, a work that not only describes the wars between Byzantium and Sasanian Persia, but also provides a detailed account of the Nika riot that nearly unseated Justinian and the first outbreak of bubonic plague in Constantinople.

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Book SynopsisThis first book-length study of Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the Byzantine Empire examines his use of classical Roman constructions of masculinity and honor. It will be important for the study of medieval gender, nobility, memory, historiography, rhetoric of warfare and political and military history of the eleventh and twelfth centuries.Trade Review'… elegantly written and persuasively argued … it rekindles the conversation about twelfth-century culture, politics, and historiography, aligning it with recent scholarship in the fields of Roman and Byzantine studies.' Dimitris Krallis, English Historical Review'… dazzling and insightful …' Mike Markowitz, The NYMAS ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Contexts: 1. Twelfth-century politics and the House of Komnenos; 2. Writing history in twelfth-century Constantinople; 3. Nikephoros' reading; 4. Sources for the Material for History; Part II. Reading in the Material for History: 5. Problems of the Empire: civil war and mercenaries; 6. The rise of Alexios; 7. Romans and their enemies; 8. Military virtue; 9. Roman family politics; 10. Religion and providence; 11. Roman heroes; 12. A Roman mother; 13. A bold young man; Part III. The Material for History in Twelfth-Century Politics and Culture: 14. The Material for History and imperial politics of the twelfth century; 15. Nikephoros and Anna; 16. Roman ideals and twelfth-century Constantinopolitan culture; Conclusions; Appendix 1; Appendix 2. Vocabulary of virtue.

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Book SynopsisThe Pro Milone numbers among Cicero''s most famous speeches. In it he defends his friend T. Annius Milo against the charge of murdering P. Clodius Pulcher, Cicero''s own archenemy. Clodius'' death, Milo''s trial, and their aftermath consumed Roman public life in 52 BC, involving every major political figure of the day. Although Cicero''s defense failed, the published speech remains one of his finest, a fascinating document from a turbulent time, full of interest both historical and rhetorical. This edition, aimed at students and scholars alike, provides readers with the help that they need to appreciate the speech as a literary masterpiece and a historical text. Including a comprehensive introduction and a newly constituted Latin text, it provides detailed treatment of Cicero''s language, style, and rhetorical techniques, as well as full discussion of the historical background and the larger social and cultural issues relevant to the speech.Trade Review'The text takes up roughly 30 pages; the commentary takes up 260 pages - over eight pages for each page of text. It is hardly necessary to say that K. has covered, often at length, every point, whether textual, grammatical, syntactical, prosodic, or historical that the student could seek guidance on… It is hard to imagine any need for another commentary on Pro Milone for many years.' Colin Leach, Classics for All'The book will also appeal to an audience with diverse scholarly interests due to its inclusion and excellent treatment of a variety of topics from historical context to rhetorical theory …' Georgina Longley, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; The Pro Milone and Cicero's career; Clodius' death, Milo's trial, and the aftermath; Historical background; Historical timeline; Argument and outline of the speech; Cicero's style; Revision and publication; Text and transmission; Text: Pro Milone; Commentary.

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