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The History Press Ltd The Struggle for Democracy
Book SynopsisFurthermore, not only did voting take place in public, so landlords could and did evict tenants who voted against their wishes, but voting qualifications also differed from place to place. All the major reforms are covered: Catholic Emancipation, further Reform Acts, the end of the House of Lords veto and, of course, votes for women.
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The History Press Ltd My Family and Other Scousers
Book SynopsisThis evocative memoir recalls the long, heady days of Liverpool in the summer of 1969, as seen through the eyes of eleven-year-old Deejay.
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The History Press Ltd Great War Britain Hull and the Humber Remembering
Book SynopsisThe First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain Hull & the Humber offers an intimate portrayal of the city and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'.
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The History Press Ltd Bournemouth in the 1950s and 60s
Book SynopsisBournemouth in the 1950s & ’60s offers a rare glimpse of life in the town during a fascinating period, which started with post-war austerity and ended with Britain becoming the music and fashion capital of the world.
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The History Press Ltd Speakers Corner
Book SynopsisSpeakers’ Corner is a unique look at the people who come to argue, discuss and preach at Speakers’ Corner in London’s Hyde Park, regarded worldwide as the home of free speech.
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The History Press Ltd The Baby Boomer Generation
Book SynopsisDo you remember washing in a tin bath by the fire, using outside lavatories and not having a television? Did you grow up in the 1950s and were you a teenager in the swinging sixties? If the Festival of Britain, food rationing and the Queen's coronation are among your earliest memories then you belong to the post-war baby boomer generation.How did we end up here, in the second decade of the twenty-first century, when it all just seems like yesterday?In this fascinating new trip down memory lane, Paul Feeney remembers what it has been like to live through the eventful second half of the twentieth century. This nostalgic journey through an era of change will resonate with anyone who began their innocent childhood years in austerity and has lived through a lifetime of ground-breaking events to the much changed Britain of today. There are also some wonderful pictures to help jog our memories of bygone days.
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The History Press Ltd Basingstoke Workhouse
Book SynopsisIt covers the problems of administration and oversight, the stresses and strains suffered by the new, untrained and inexperienced officers who had to make it work, and the sometimes excruciating difficulty of getting every detail sanctioned by London.
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The History Press Ltd Nelsons Spyglass
Book SynopsisEach of these 101 strange and curious objects from British history has an extraordinary story to tell.
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The History Press Ltd War in 100 Events
Book SynopsisHere renowned military historian Martin van Creveld has compiled a concise guide to the history of war in 100 key events. With intriguing facts and a worldwide range, War in 100 Events is an immensely entertaining volume for military buffs and laymen alike.
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The History Press Ltd Votes for Women
Book SynopsisThe first book to investigate the fight for votes in the Cotswolds
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The History Press Ltd Slippery Tipples
Book SynopsisFrom European favourites such as Mastichato Chios, which saved 2,000 Greeks from a bloody massacre at the hands of vengeful Turks, to legendary drinks such as Amarula, invented by African elephants; from classic cocktail ingredients like Midori, the bright green Japanese melon drink launched at the wrap party for Saturday Night Fever at Studio 54, to student stalwart Jägermeister, dreamt up by a confidant of Herman Göring and hugely popular among senior Nazis, Slippery Tipples tells the stories behind the word's most extraordinary drinks. Alongside a country-by-country guide to murky and mysterious booze and dozens of cocktail recipes is a series of easy to follow recipes for making your own liqueurs and spirits. If you would like to concoct your own fruit brandies or make a drop of traditional full-strength Pimms then this is the book for you. Joseph Piercy was born in Brighton. After spending far too long at univer
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The History Press Ltd Fitzrovia The Other Side of Oxford Street
Book SynopsisThe first history of the ‘other side’ of Fitzrovia: the working-class and ‘outsider’ voices
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The History Press Ltd Dark City
Book SynopsisDark City is the first book to explore how London became a criminals' paradise during the Second World War
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The History Press Ltd Cinderella Soldiers
Book SynopsisThe first book to recover the narrative of Liverpool’s Irish exiles during the Great War
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The History Press Ltd Tasting the Past Recipes from Antiquity
Book SynopsisThis is a beautiful study of the rich history of our food, its fads and its fashions to be combined with a practical cookbook of over xxx recipes from antiquity
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The History Press Ltd The End of the Line
Book SynopsisAn active-participant account of the final ten years of Swindon Works – bringing to an end 147 years of railway engineering
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The History Press Ltd A New History of England
Book SynopsisA New History of England
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The History Press Ltd Islam and the West
Book SynopsisThe widely held belief that a deep historical and ideological gulf exists between Islam and the West is turned on its head in this thought-provoking book
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The History Press Ltd The Mitford Girls Guide to Life
Book SynopsisHow would the Mitford girls cope with the pressures and turmoil of modern life? Whether it is Pamela’s guide to throwing a jubilee party, Nancy's guide to fashion or Diana’s tips on how to stay young, this quirky and fact-filled book draws on rare and unpublished interviews and information to answer that question.
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The History Press Ltd Final Journey
Book SynopsisHow and why trains were used to transport coffins across the British Isles for functional and ceremonial purposes, from the early days of the Victorian railways until the present day
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The History Press Ltd Woods and People
Book SynopsisBritain's great cloak of natural forest disappeared mostly in prehistoric times. Over the passage of time and by the industrial revolution, Britain's economy had become almost entirely dependent on timber imports from abroad. Shipping blockades in the First World War meant a frantic search for woodlands that could be cut down to make vital pit props and sawn wood for wartime construction. After the war, Britain's tree cover was near to an all-time low. Only since 1919 have practical measures been taken to reverse the long history of forest decline, and a hundred years of tree planting has seen the forest cover of Britain more than double. Today, tree planting in Britain is motivated more by environmental and social concerns than purely timber production.In Woods and People, David Foot reveals the story of twentieth-century forest creation, and the eureka moment in the 1980s that challenged foresters and conservationists to work together on new ideas.Trade Reviewan enjoyable, well-researched, well-written and thought-provoking bookvery interesting, informative and a pleasure to read . . . hard to put down -- George Holmes
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The History Press Ltd My Grandfathers Knife
Book SynopsisA book of everyday objects which unlock the secrets of the pastTrade ReviewExtraordinary … History at its most sensitive and evocative. Pearson’s astonishing detective work has uncovered stories so poignant and original that they cannot fail to leave an indelible mark. A remarkable book that takes us to the very core of human experience -- Julia Boyd, author of Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism Through the Eyes of Everyday PeopleJoseph Pearson has found an exceptional approach to narrate a time that has become increasingly difficult to write about. By looking at objects that shaped the Second World War, My Grandfather’s Knife uses an original, unideological angle to approach historical truth. Literary non-fiction at its best -- Norman Ohler, author of Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi GermanyMy Grandfather’s Knife is that important and genuinely insightful work that comes along all too infrequently. Through his deft employment of artefacts as touchstones of history, Pearson links the past with the present in a most emotive and tactile fashion, which sweeps the reader down a harrowing yet sentimental path of war, history and fickleness of human memory -- David O'Keefe, author of One Day in August: Ian Fleming, Enigma and the Deadly Raid on DieppeI hugely enjoyed My Grandfather's Knife, which is both sophisticated and accessible, an engrossing and moving story of global entanglements which still resonate today. Pearson strips back each layer of the past with the forensic skill of the detective. He also writes extremely well -- Brendan Simms, author of Europe: The Struggle for SupremacyJoseph Pearson invites us to ponder what rich hidden stories can be gleaned from seemingly ordinary inanimate objects and how this can help us better understand the complexities of history, particularly that of the Second World War ... My Grandfather’s Knife makes a powerful case for those who wish to study the Second World War to become ‘material historians’, too, and use objects as hooks to uncover hidden strands of this vast and overwhelmingly complex part of 20th-century history ... Its original approach makes My Grandfather’s Knife an intriguing addition to the vast field of literature on the Second World War -- Katja Hoyer, Engelsberg Ideas
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The History Press Ltd Two Thousand Years in Exeter
Book SynopsisExeter is one of the oldest cities in Britain: people have lived here without a break for more than two thousand years. The High Street has been in continuous use as a thoroughfare throughout that long period. For centuries Exeter was one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the kingdom and has always been the mother city of the South West.In this book, first published in 1960 and acclaimed as a small masterpiece', the author traces the essential historic development and character of a leading provincial centre. He describes its adventure from a Roman camp to a modern city, with particular reference to its social history, to the lives and surroundings of ordinary people, to the buildings and landscapes of the past. Above all, he is concerned with the recent past and devotes three thorough chapters to the 19th and 20th centuries.W. G. Hoskins died in 1992. The task of bringing the work up to date and preparing text and illustrations for this new edit
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The History Press Ltd Britains Slave Empire
Book SynopsisDescribes the history of how the ''Africa Trade'' formed the backbone of the British Empire. This book retells the story of how the international commodity market in Africans operated, how transportation of millions of Africans over thousands of miles developed and how the experience affected slaves both in bondage and then in freedom.
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The History Press Ltd Pleasures Pastimes in Tudor England
Book SynopsisHow did the Tudors enjoy themselves? For the men and women of Tudor England there was, just as there is today, more to life than work. Four hundred years before the invention of television and radio, they did not lead boring or mundane lives. Indeed, in many ways the richness of Tudor entertainment shames us.While continuing the medieval tradition of tournament and pageantry, the Tudors also increasingly read and attended the theatre. Dancing and music were also popular, and were considered just as important as hunting and fighting for an ambitious Tudor''s social skills. Church festivals provided the perfect excuse for revelry, and christenings and weddings were, as they are today, great social occasions. Here, Alison Sim explores the full range of entertainments enjoyed at that time covering everything from card games and bear baiting to interior design.
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The History Press Ltd The Nile and its People
Book SynopsisThe Nile and its People is an ambitious title, covering 7000 years of Egyptian history, from the time of the first settlers in Egypt through to the modern day, with the Nile being the constant element throughout. Changes through history of the culture and people are reflected in how the river was seen and used. As their manipulation and exploitation of the Nile improved so did their economy. Follow the journey of the Nile thus far: from the attraction it held for early settlers and how it affected their living methods; through the pharaonic period and how it was used politically; to the nineteenth-century industrial age and its role as a centre for tourism. Speculate as to what changes will shape the future of Egypt and her culture. Whatever the age, this important and peaceful body of water will be a constant presence through the centre of the landscape forever.
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The History Press Ltd Bronze Age Warfare
Book SynopsisThe Bronze Age, so named because of the technological advances in metalworking and countless innovations in the manufacture and design of tools and weapons, is among the most fascinating periods in human history. Archaeology has taught us much about the way of life, habits and homes of Bronze Age people, but as yet little has been written about warfare. What was Bronze Age warfare like? How did people fight and against whom? What weapons were used? Did they fortify their settlements, and, if so, were these intended as defensive or offensive structures? This detailed and fully illustrated study of warfare in Bronze Age Europe, aims to answer these and many other questions.
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The History Press Ltd Londons Disasters From Boudicca to the Banking
Book SynopsisFrom AD 61, when Queen Boudicca outraged at her treatment at the hands of the Romans marched on the city and burned it to the ground, London has been hit by wave upon wave of destruction. This fascinating and unique book tells the story of over 2000 years of disaster fire, water, disease, pollution, accident, storm, riot, terrorism and enemy action. It chronicles well-known episodes like the Great Plague of 1665 and the Blitz, as well as lesser-known events such as whirlwinds and earthquakes. This new edition also includes the recent terrorist attack on 7 July 2005, as well as a new section on the crises which have plagued the financial City, including the near-collapse of Britain's banks during 2008 and 2009. London's Disasters ultimately celebrates the spirit of the people of London who have risen above it all and for whom London is still a great city in which to live and work.
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The History Press Ltd Underground to Everywhere
Book SynopsisSince Victorian times, London's Underground has made an extraordinary contribution to the economy of the capital and has played a vital role in the daily life of generations of Londoners.
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The History Press Ltd A 1950s Holiday in Bognor Regis
Book SynopsisBognor Regis is situated on the south coast of Britain, overlooking the English Channel. On 18 January 1787 the resort’s founder, Sir Richard Hotham, laid the first stone marking the town as a ‘public bathing place’, a description that Bognor Regis has enjoyed ever since.
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Ebury Publishing Believable Lies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd An Age of Equipoise Reassessing midVictorian
Book SynopsisThe Age of Equipoise by W.L Burn was published in 1964 and became a central text in the canon of interpretations of the Victorian period. The book subsequently fell out of favour but recent claims to establish a new interpretative standard have, paradoxically, prompted reviewers to cast back to Burn's work as the orthodox standard against which such claims should be judged. The essays in this volume by British and American contributors all engage, to varying degrees, with the notion of 'equipoise' and how it can help to illuminate the mid-Victorian period in ways which alternative formulations cannot. Some of the chapters develop arguments embedded in Burn's own book; others take up issues largely absent in The Age of Equipoise, such as the position of children, Britain's interaction with the wider world, and the threats the period experienced to its concept of masculine identity. Together the essays demonstrate the intricacy and turbulence of the forces of cohesion in Victorian society, along with the success of that culture in achieving a working, if shifting, modus vivendi. Moreover, they substantiate the argument that, whatever the limitations of Burn's work, 'equipoise' deserves rehabilitation as a powerful conceptual framework for making sense of mid-Victorian Britain. About the Editor: Martin Hewitt is Director of the Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies and editor of the Journal of Victorian Culture. With Robert Poole he has recently produced an edition of The Diaries of Samuel Bamford, 1858-61 (Sutton, 2000).Trade Review'... a probing introductory essay...' AlbionTable of ContentsContents: Prologue: re-assessing The Age of Equipoise, Martin Hewitt; Equipoise and its discontents: voices of dissent during the international exhibitions, Peter H. Hoffenberg; Equipoise and the object: the South Kensington Museum, Tim Barringer; Spectacular failures: Thomas Hopley, Wilkie Collins and the reconstruction of Victorian masculinity, Sheila Sullivan; Democracy and the mid-Victorians, Roland Quinault; Equipoise and the myth of an open élite: new men of wealth and the purchase of land in the equipoise decades, 1850-69, David Brown; Domesticity: a legal discipline for men?, Martin J. Wiener; Helps and Ruskin in the age of equipoise, Stephen L. Keck; ’The hand of the Lord is upon the cattle’: religious reactions to the cattle plague, 1865-67, Matthew Cragoe; Sensational imbalance: the child acrobat and the mid-Victorians, Brenda Assael; Harbouring discontent: British imperialism through Brazilian eyes in the Christie affair, Ross G. Forman; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd European Theatre Performance Practice 14001580
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together important records of medieval theatre practice between 1400 and 1580. The records are drawn from a wide range of spheres including civic, ecclesiastical, trade and guild records and consist of payments for materials, techniques and services; also included are some eye witness accounts. Alongside these records is a selection of the best contemporary research conducted into medieval performance practice, which features ground-breaking analysis and challenges current understanding, knowledge and authority in this field. These contributions of rigorous scholarship complement and support the work of the well-known Records of Early English Drama project and help to further illuminate contemporary fifteenth and early sixteenth-century theatre performance practice.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Records: St John’s College register of inventories (1548-9), Trinity College Inventory (1550), Alan H. Nelson; Cordwainers’ and shoemakers’ accounts (1549-50), Smiths’, cutlers’, and plumbers’ accounts (1560-61), Bowyers’, fletchers’, coopers’, and stringers’ accounts (1571), Painters’, glaziers’, embroiderers’, and stationers’ accounts (1571), Elizabeth Baldwin, Lawrence M. Clopper and David Mills; Cappers’ records (1540), Drapers’ accounts (1563), Smiths’ accounts (1584), R.W. Ingram; Corporation chamberlains’ accounts (1573-4) (Elizabeth’s visit), Willis’ description of a play at Gloucester (1570s), Audrey Douglas and Peter Greenfield; Chamberlains’ accounts (New Romney, 1483-6 and 1560-61), James M. Gibson; Grocers’ Guild records (1564-5), David Galloway; Mercers’ pageant documents (1433) (indenture), Mercers’ pageant documents (1461) (expenses), Alexandra F. Johnston and Margaret Rogerson; Of perspective, Sebastiano Serlio; Third dialogue, Leoni di Somi. Part II Pageant Vehicle Staging: The York Mercers and their pageant of Doomsday, 1433-1526, Alexandra F. Johnston and Margaret (Dorrell) Rogerson; The development of the York Mercers’ pageant waggon, Peter Meredith; The manner of these playes, John Marshall; The Coventry pageant waggon, Reg Ingram. Part III Other Forms of Staging: Criteria for a popular repertory, David Bevington; La festa d’Elx: the Festival of the Assumption of the Virgin, Elche (Alicante), Pamela M. King and Asunción Salvador-Rabaza; Drama and the city: city parades, Katie Normington; Moving encounters: choreographing stage and spectators in urban theatre and pageantry, Tom Pettitt. Part IV Costume, Mask and Stage Effects: Apparell comlye, Meg Twycross; Gunnepowdyr, fyre and thondyr, Philip Butterworth; Mystery plays, Meg Twycross and Sarah Carpenter; Magic through sound: illusion, deception and agreed pretence, Philip Butterworth. Part V Playing: ’Look at
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Taste Trade and Technology The Development of the
Book SynopsisFocusing on the interactions of producers, sellers and consumers of meat across the world, Richard Perren elucidates aspects of the evolution of the international economy and the part played by the investment of capital and the enterprise of individuals. The study utilises the government reports and papers issued by all countries involved in the meat trade, including North and South America, Australia, New Zealand and Britain. Beginning in the nineteenth century allows a comprehensive analysis of how an efficient meat exporting industry was built. The industry required investment, which was part of the general process of economic development. Perren focuses on the nature of the firms involved with the trade, the part played in the industry's development by foreign investment and the encouragement given by governments. Close attention is also paid to the stimulus of war, the impact of animal health and food hygiene regulations on producers and the competing demands of interest groups involved in the food businesses. By taking an historical as well as a contemporary approach, the book contributes to the current discussion on the effectiveness of animal and meat inspection in identifying farm livestock diseases such as tuberculosis and BSE. This study advances our knowledge of the process of food distribution in the industrialising and post-industrial economies, and leads to a comprehensive understanding of an important component of the international food chain.Trade Review'Here is a specialist at work, with satisfying results, although the book cannot have been easy to write because of its vast compass... This book will become and indispensable reference on the international meat trade because it is the only single volume to paint on such a wide canvass.' Economic History Review ’Taste, Trade and Technology is a major contribution to economic history in general and to agricultural and commercial history in particular. It is a masterful synthesis of interdisciplinary research and could only have been written by someone with a deep and clear understanding of both the history of meat processing and the workings of the international economy... there is something for any historian who want to find out how industrializing and post-industrial nations managed to satisfy demands for meat when domestic supplies were inadequate.’ Agricultural History Review ’... Perren does a remarkable job of pointing out global shifts without losing sight of the national politics and business conerns among the four important overseas sources of meat... Rather than simply describing the rise of a global trade, he provides a detailed picture of the fluctuations in the meat industry offset by war, population shifts, economic and industrial development, and the changing tastes of consumers... Perren has produced an important work, one that, at last, presents a broad and carefully detailed study of a dynamic industry characterized by multiple turns from scarcity to plenty, from necessity to distrust.’ Business History ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Introduction. Part 1 1840 to 1914: New suppliers; Technical advance; Capital and markets. Part 2 1914 to 1945: War and depression; Production and output; Government and business. Part 3 1945 to the Present: Shortages and plenty; Tastes and incomes; Government and questions of welfare. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Jane Leade Biography of a SeventeenthCentury
Book SynopsisJane Leade (1624-1704) is probably the most prolific woman writer and most important female religious leader in late seventeenth-century England, yet, she still remains relatively unknown. By exploring her life and works as a prophetess and mystic, this books opens a fascinating window into the world of a remarkable woman living in a remarkable age. Born in Norfolk into a gentry family, Jane Leade enjoyed a comfortable childhood, married a distant cousin, who was a merchant, and had four children. However, she found herself totally destitute in London when he died, his fortune having been lost abroad. As a widow, she proclaimed herself to be a `Bride of Christ'', and eventually became a prolific author and a respected blind, elderly leader of a religious group of well-educated men and women, known as the Philadelphian Society. The structure of this book is informed by the chronological events that happened during her life and is complemented by examining some of the material she publTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Norfolk's child to 'Bride of Christ'; John Pordage: a spiritual mate; Searching for GO(L)D: spiritual alchemy; Visions of Sophia; Mystical marriage; The Philadelphians' prophetess; The second coming; The healing angel; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd European Aristocracies and Colonial Elites
Book Synopsis''Aristocracies'', ''Old Regime colonial elites'' - from Adam Smith to Karl Marx and beyond, scholars have discussed their role in the rise of the modern world, in economic development and capitalism. Generally speaking and with the exception of the English landlords, the verdict has been always negative. Furthermore, historians have usually viewed the Ancien régime aristocracies and colonial elites as social groups with entirely irrational or completely apathetic attitudes towards the management of their estates. This book constitutes the first attempt to analyse the question in a more critical and historical way. It takes a directly comparative approach, covering countries from Peru to Russia and from Naples to England in the early modern period and up to the end of the 18th century. The rationale of how these elites administered their patrimonies, its political, social and sometime moral dimensions, and the real effects of all this on economic development are considered here as keyTrade Review'... [a] magnificent collection of essays written by experts in the field'. EH.Net Book ReviewsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction, Paul Janssens & Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla; Old regime aristocracies, colonial elites and economic development: a reconsideration, Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla. Northern Europe: Landlords and economic development in England, 1450-1800, Robert C. Allen; The characteristics of an aristocratic economy in France, 16th-18th centuries, Jean Duma; The economic role of the Belgian aristocracy in the 17th and 18th centuries, Karel Degryse and Paul Janssens. Southern Europe: From political and social management to economic management? Castilian aristocracy and economic development, 1450-1800, Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla; the aristocratic estates in Portugal and their management, 1600-1834, Nuno Gonçalo Monteiro; The structure of aristocratic patrimonies in the kingdom of Naples: management strategies and regional development, 16th-18th centuries, Giovanni Muto. Central and Eastern Europe: Two ages of seigniorial economy in Brandenburg-Prussia: structural innovation in the 16th century, productivity gains in the 18th century, William W. Hagen; Entrepreneurship and management on the estates of the Austrian nobility, 1550-1780, Herbert Knittler; Economic activity of the Polish nobility and its consequences: the manorial system in the early modern times, Jerzy Topolski; Early modern Russian estate management and economic development, Richard Hellie. Colonial America: The role of aristocratic management strategies in the economic development of the British North American Chesapeake, Lorena S. Walsh; Ephemeral splendor and a lengthy tradition: the Peruvian aristocracy of the late colonial period, Juan F. Marchena; Brazilian sugar planters as aristocratic managers, 1550-1825, Stuart B. Schwartz; Final considerations: Aristocracies and economic progress under the Ancien Régime, Patrick Karl O'Brien. Selected bibliography; Index.
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Headline Publishing Group Our Liverpool Disappearing Britain Memories of
Book SynopsisOUR LIVERPOOL is an oral history about the real Liverpool - about the city before its slick transformation to European City of Culture and about the spirit that remains at its heart. Here, at last, is Liverpool''s grievous and glorious past. And here, through the people''s voices, we find old Liverpool, without the gift-wrap. Itsstories pulsate with the rhythms of an alternately funny, flippant, belligerent, stubborn and warm heart, and they broadcast the values of a community, which are the city''s true legacy to the modern world. Piers Dudgeon has listened to dozens of people who remember the city as it was, and who have lived through its many changes. They talk of childhood and education, of work and entertainment, of family, community values, health, politics, religion and music. Their stories will make you laugh and cry. It is people''s own memories that make history real and this engrossing book captures them vividly.Trade Review'These are stories told by those who remember life in Liverpool long before its transformation and vividly reveal its heart, humour, enduring strength and spirit' * Choice Magazine *'An enchanting book. A glorious triumph! I took it to bed the night I received it and wallowed for hours. A must for the book shelf' * Anne Robinson *It brings back clear memories of the Liverpool that was still there in my childhood but which has now disappeared' * Cherie Blair *'This is warts and all Liverpool... the heart of Liverpool, becasue the people's voice is at the centre of it' * Roger Phillips, BBC Radio Merseyside *
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) State and Society in Communist Czechoslovakia
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Ossetes
Book SynopsisRichard Foltz is Professor of Religions and Cultures at Concordia University, Canada.Trade ReviewIn strategic matters small does not mean insignificant. In the Caucasus, the small nation of the Ossetes occupies the centre of the Caucasus, a strategically crucial region for the Kremlin. This book gives the most extensive and penetrating account of these people, from their origins as survivors of the ancient Scythians to their folklore and modern social dynamics. Anyone dealing with Russia should read this book. * John Colarusso, Professor, Anthropology, Linguistics and Languages, McMaster University, Canada *Anyone asking ‘The Ossetes? Who are they?!’ need look no further. Scythian-Sarmatian-Alan nomadic Aryan tribes ranged across the whole Eurasian steppe in the 2nd millennium BC, and the processes that confined their Indo-Iranian speaking Ossete descendants within a central Caucasian homeland, divided between North Ossetia (Russian Federation) and South Ossetia across the mountains, are explored, alongside examination of mythology (notably the national Nart epic), religion, customs and inter-ethnic relations (N. Ossetian-Ingush, S. Ossetian-Georgian), whilst today’s internal economic-political situation attracts trenchant criticism. The S. Ossetian-Georgian conflict occasioned the 5-day Russo-Georgian war of August 2008 – reason alone why ignorance of the Ossetes needs to be dispelled, and Folz makes an essential contribution to raising their profile. * George Hewitt, Emeritus Professor, Caucasian Languages, SOAS, UK *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Historical Timeline A Note on Transcriptions Introduction: The Ossetes: Caucasians, Iranians, or Both? 1. The Scythians: Mounted Archers of the Steppes 2. From Sarmatians to Alans: An Iranian Element in the History of Europe 3. The Nart Epic: A Neglected Treasure of Indo-European Mythology 4. The Ossetes and Russia: A Special Relationship 5. Religion and National Identity: The Uatsdin 6. South Ossetia: A Fragile Independence 7. Life in Ossetia Today Appendix: A Popular Ossetian Love Song Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Contest for Rule in EighteenthCentury Iran
Book SynopsisCharles Melville is Professor Emeritus of Persian History at the University of Cambridge, UK, President of the British Institute of Persian Studies and Director of the Shahnama Project, at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is the author and editor of numerous books and articles on the history of Iran, including Every Inch a King, The Mongols' Middle East and Persian Historiography (I.B.Tauris).Table of ContentsIntroduction, Charles Melville, University of Cambridge, UK Nader Shah’s Idea of Iran, Ernest Tucker, United States Naval Academy, US Dismembering the Corporate: The Single Portraits of Nader Shah and the Changing Body Politic in Post-Safavid Iran, Janet O’Brien, Courtauld Institute of Art, UK ‘The Persian State’ and the Safavid Inheritance: Views from the Caspian, 1722–1781, Kevin Gledhill, Yale University, US Safavid Nostalgia in Early Qajar Chronicles, Assef Ashraf, University of Cambridge, UK From Chehel-Sotun to Golestan Palace: The Evolution of Royal Wall Painting during the Reign of Fath-‘Ali Shah, Kianoosh Motaghedi, Independent Russian–Persian Gift Exchange in the early Qajar Period, Firuza Abdullaeva, University of Cambridge, UK Proto-Nationalism in Early Modern Iran and Afghanistan, Sajjad Nejatie, University of Toronto, Canada Fraying at the Edges: Iran and the Khanates of Central Asia, Fatema Soudavar, Independent Sir William Jones and the Migration of the Idea of Iran to India, John Perry, University of Chicago, US
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Scent Colour and Glitter in the Ancient World
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Running Press,U.S. Jailed for Freedom
Book Synopsis The 100th-anniversary special edition of Jailed for Freedom, the essential history and first-person account of the courageous and militant suffragists who fought for their right to vote. First published in 1920, Jailed for Freedom is the courageous, true story of the militant suffragists who organized some of the first-ever, large scale demonstrations and protests on Washington. At a time when President Woodrow Wilson''s administration refused to acknowledge women''s voting rights as a tangible issue, the National Woman''s Party coalesced, organized, and fought a fierce battle for the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment with heroism, bravery, and radical vigilance. What makes Jailed for Freedom especially compelling and such an important contribution to women''s history is that it is a personal testimony from a suffragist who persevered through it. With depth and clarity, Doris Stevens
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Black Dog and Leventhal In Light and Shadow
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Damsels in Design
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Crown The Apache Wars The Hunt for Geronimo the Apache
Book SynopsisIn the tradition of Empire of the Summer Moon, a stunningly vivid historical account of the manhunt for Geronimo and the 25-year Apache struggle for their homeland. They called him Mickey Free. His kidnapping started the longest war in American history, and both sides--the Apaches and the white invaders—blamed him for it. A mixed-blood warrior who moved uneasily between the worlds of the Apaches and the American soldiers, he was never trusted by either but desperately needed by both. He was the only man Geronimo ever feared. He played a pivotal role in this long war for the desert Southwest from its beginning in 1861 until its end in 1890 with his pursuit of the renegade scout, Apache Kid. In this sprawling, monumental work, Paul Hutton unfolds over two decades of the last war for the West through the eyes of the men and women who lived it. This is Mickey Free's story, but also the story of his contemporaries: the great Apache leaders Manga
£17.09
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Happiness A History
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£14.99
University of Nebraska Press Dispossession by Degrees Indian Land and
Book SynopsisWhy did New England settlers believe that the Native peoples had vanished? This work reveals that, in the late eighteenth century, the Natick tribe experienced a process of "dispossession by degrees" that rendered them invisible within the larger context of the colonial social order, thus enabling the construction of the myth of Indian extinction.Trade Review“Readers will discover an astounding story of how Native peoples from different tribal backgrounds came together, adjusted to European concepts about land ownership, created a town, interacted with their non-Indian neighbors in land and other disputes, and still managed to maintain a sense of Indian identity. There is the clear perception that the Native Americans in the ‘Praying Town’ of Natick, Massachusetts, controlled their own destinies so far as possible.”—Choice"An invaluable, informative, insightful contribution, Dispossession by Degrees is an original and very highly recommended addition to Native American Studies reading lists and American History reference collections."—Wisconsin Bookwatch
£25.19
