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Book SynopsisAfter the Scottish Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, nationalism in Scotland bloomed, and folklore, traditional songs, and ballads were collected as an important part of Scottish culture. Robert Chambers, a leading nineteenth-century publisher in Edinburgh (famous for Chambers Encyclopaedia and Dictionary), compiled and published various books of those traditional and popular songs of Scotland collected by his predecessors, together with the ones discovered in the nineteenth century. It became a valuable record of the traditional culture of Scotland. The present collection of four volumes consists of the three works of songs he published and—unlike various abridged versions published afterwards—this set includes all original editions in facsimile format, together with illustrations and scores of some of the songs. It provides scholars in the field with the most comprehensive source of Scottish songs and ballads.

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Book Synopsis--This is the first part of a new facsimile series which reprints The Modern Traveller , originally published in 30 volumes between 1825 and 1829.--Edited by Josiah Conder, known as the editor of journals like The Eclectic Review or The Patriot, The Modern Traveller was a successful series of travel books published just prior to Britain’s transport revolution which saw the development and rapid expansion of roads and railways.--Reflecting Britain’s imperial ambitions and the expansion of its Empire around the globe, the series had global range, including coverage of the Middle East, Africa, North & South America, and Asia. It provided general readers with the latest information on each country’s geography, history, political situation, culture, customs, major cities, travel routes along historic sites, scenic spots, and so on. --Each volume contains illustrations and foldout maps which are all faithfully reproduced in the reprint.--Important primary source for researchers and students of tourism, history of the British Empire, and Orientalism.

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Book SynopsisThis is the second part of a new facsimile series which reprints The Modern Traveller , originally published in 30 volumes between 1825 and 1829.Table of ContentsContents of part 2Vol. 7: India 1, c. 367 p. Vol. 8: India 2, c. 378 p. Vol. 9: India 3, c. 404 p. Vol. 10: India 4, c. 396 p. Vol. 11: Birmah, c. 387 p.Vol. 12: Persia 1, c. 376 p.Vol. 13: Persia 2 & China, c. 356 p.Already Available in the same series:The Modern Traveller: A Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe, By Josiah Conder, Part 1 (Volume 1 – 6): Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, Egypt, Nubia, & AbyssiniaPUBLICATION DETAILS6 volumes | £690.00128 x 182mm | c. 2,300pp. illus. b/w & foldout mapsset isbn: 978-4-902454-67-3publication date: May 2012Forthcoming:-Part 3: Turkey, Greece, Russia, Spain, & Portugalc. 2,185 p. (incl. 20 plates & 3 folded maps) / ISBN: 978-4-902454-69-7Vol. 14: Turkey, c. 368 p. / Vol. 15: Greece 1 & The Morea, c. 382 p. / Vol. 16: Greece 2 (The Morea & Hellas), c. 352 p. / Vol. 17: Russia, c. 348 p. / Vol. 18: Spain 1, c. 379 p. / Vol. 19: Spain 2 & Portugal, c. 352 p.Part 4: Africa & North Americac.1,820 p. (incl. 16 plates & 3 folded maps) / ISBN: 978-4-902454-70-3Vol. 20: Africa 1, c. 384 p. / Vol. 21: Africa 2, c. 364 p. / Vol. 22: Africa 3, c. 336 p. / Vol. 23: North America 1, c. 383 p. / Vol. 24: North America 2, c. 342 p.Part 5: Mexico, Guatimala, Colombia, Peru, Brazil & Buenos Ayresc. 2,170 p. (incl. 19 plates & 4 maps) / ISBN: 978-4-902454-71-0Vol. 25: Mexico 1, c. 382 p. / Vol. 26: Mexico 2 & Guatimala, c. 332 p. / Vol. 27: Colombia, c. 366 p.Vol. 28 : Peru, c. 372 p. / Vol. 29: Brazil 1, c. 358 pp. / Vol. 30: Brazil 2 & Buenos Ayres, c. 354 p.

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Book SynopsisThe Industrial Revolution in Britain from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century had profound effects on social and economic conditions; the working conditions of women were not an exception. Trade for women which had been rather confined to a small area such as nurses or governesses changed and British society began to permit more opportunities for women to take jobs in trades which used to be dominated by male workers. They included not only the manual labour, but also the professions, such as medicine. We often see those women workers in Victorian novels, and authors like Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell and others treated the issue of the working conditions or vocational education of women as important topics for their works, and the subject is now being widely studied by literary scholars as well as historian on Victorian society.This set of facsimile reprints includes eleven key contemporary publications which cover a wide range of the issues of women and trade in nineteenth-century England from various different perspectives. A pamphlet by Josephine Butler and a collection of essays by Frances Cobb, James Stuart, and George Butler, handbooks and educational books for women looking for jobs, official reports and statistics etc. are collected here, as well as a rare guidebook for young women and men published by The Apprenticeship and Skilled Employment Association in the early twentieth century. All together, it represents a very useful primary source of information for scholars on Victorian social history, culture, and literature.

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Book SynopsisPRODUCT DESCRIPTION A collection of facsimile reprints of early books and pamphlets on women’s physical education and related subjects of health and sports published in the nineteenth- to early twentieth-century Britain. The collection totals eighteen items, including: exercise books; school textbooks; surveys and research on the health of female students, as well as handbooks of modern sports such as tennis, golf, hockey, cycling etc. Includes many illustrations and pictures. Arranged by category in five volumes. Including hard-to-obtain items, the collection offers a valuable source of information, not only on the history of female education, but also on gender studies, sexuality, and the body. Extracts from the Preface by Setsuko Kagawa--- In the past few decades historians have developed an interest in the human body, health and physical education, from the viewpoints of social class, gender and national efficiency. As to the history of women’s physical education and sport in nineteenth- to twentieth-century Britain, we already have pioneering works by feminist researchers like Sheila Fletcher, Kathleen McCrone, and Jeniffer Hargreaves. Quite recently Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska explored the emergence of modern male and female bodies and physical culture, within the wide context of debates about racial fitness and active citizenship from 1880s until 1939. However, we have much difficulty in investigating the actual state of early physical exercise and organized physical education for women in this period because of the lack and disparity of historical documents. Research will be much helped by having scattered contemporary literature brought together in these newly reprinted volumes.

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Book Synopsis This is a collection of primary-source materials on the International Exhibition in London or Great London Exposition, held from 1 May to 1 November 1862, beside the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington on a site that now houses museums including the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. Featuring over 28,000 exhibitors from 36 countries, it represented a wide range of industry, technology, and the arts and attracted about 6.1 million visitors. The collection includes facsimile reprints of official catalogues in four volumes together with a special edition of Cassell’s Family Paper published at the time of the Exhibition. Its many illustrations vividly recreate scenes from the Exhibition. Table of ContentsVolume 1-4：The Illustrated Catalogue of the International Exhibition of 1862, London Printed for Her Majesty's Commissioners Vol. 1 (c. 835 pp.) : The Illustrated Catalogue of the Industrial Department, British Division - Vol. I Grand Plans of Building and of Galleries A Concise History of the International Exhibition of 1862 The Illustrated Catalogue of the Industrial Department, British Division Class I: Mining, Quarrying, Metallurgy, and Mineral Products Class II: Chemical Substances and Products, and Pharmaceutical Processes Class III: Substances Used for Food Class IV: Animal and Vegetable Substances used in Manufactures Class V: Railways Plant, including Locomotive Engines and Carriages Class VI: Carriages not connected with Rail or Tram-roads Class VII: Manufacturing Machines and Tools Class VIII: Machinery in General Class IX: Agricultural and Horticultural Machines and Implements Official Illustrated Catalogue Advertiser Vol. 2 (c. 875 pp.): The Illustrated Catalogue of the Industrial Department, British Division - Vol. II Class X: Civil Engineering, Architectural, and Building Contrivances Class XI: Military Engineering, Armour, and Accoutrements, Ordnance and Small Arms Class XII: Naval Architecture - Ships' Tackle Class XIII: Philosophical Instruments, and Processes depending upon their Use Class XIV: Photographic Apparatus and Photography Class XV: Horological Instruments Class XVI: Musical Instruments Class XVII: Surgical Instruments and Appliances Class XVIII: Cotton Class XIX: Flax and Hemp Class XX: Silk and Velvet Class XXI: Woollen and Worsted, including Mixed Fabrics Generally Class XXII: Carpets Class XXIII: Woven, Spun, Felted, and Laid Fabrics, as Specimens of Printing or Dyeing Class XXIV: Tapestry, Lace, and Embroidery Class XXV: Skins, Furs, Feathers, and Hair Class XXVI: Leather, including Saddlery and Harness Class XXVII: Articles of Clothing Class XXVIII: Paper, Stationery, and Printing, and Bookbinding Class XXIX: Educational Works and Appliances Class XXX: Furniture and Upholstery, including Paper-hangings and Papier-mache Class XXXI: Iron and General Hardware Class XXXII: Steel, Cutlery and Edge Tools Class XXXIII: Works in Precious Metals, and their Imitations, and Jewellery Class XXXIV: Glass Class XXXV: Pottery Class XXXVI: Dressing Cases, Despatch Boxes, and Travelling Cases Index Vol. 3 (c. 560 pp.): The Illustrated Catalogue of the Industrial Department, Colonial and Foreign Divisions Colonial Possessions Australia, South Australia, Western Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Borneo British Columbia Canada Cape of Good Hope Ceylon Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey) Dominica Hounduras, British Jamaica Malta Mauritius Natal New Brunswick Newfoundland New South Wales New Zealand Nova Scotia Prince Edward's Island Queensland St. Helana St. Vincent Tasmania Trinidad Vancouvre Victoria A Classified and Descriptive Catalogue of the India Department The Illustrated Catalogue of the International Exhibition, Foreign Division Africa, Central Africa, Western Belgium Brazil China Costa Rica Denmark Ecuador France France, Colonies of Vol. 4 (c. 780 pp.): The Illustrated Catalogue of the Industrial Department, Foreign Division Germany: Austria at the International Exhibition of 1862 Hanse-Towns Mecklenburg-Schwerin Special Catalogue of the Zollverein-Department, First Division Special Catalogue of the Zollverein-Department, Second Division Greece Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands Hayti Ioneian Islands Italy Japan Liberia Madagascar Netherlands, The Norway Peru Portugal Rome Russia Siam Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United States Uruguay Venezuela Volume. 5 (c. 315 pp.): Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper Exhibitor - containing About Three Hundred Illustrations, with letter-press descriptions of all the principal objects in The International Exhibition of 1862 Published by Cassell, Peter, & Galpin, London, 1862

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Book SynopsisPUBLISHED BY EUREKA PRESS, TOKYO, AND DISTRIBUTED BY ROUTLEDGE OUTSIDE JAPAN.The scholar and diplomat Sir Ernest Satow was the best-known Westerner who lived in Meiji Japan. Although he rose to become British Minister to Japan, the most interesting part of his career was the start of it, when he witnessed, and in a small way influenced, the fall of the bakufu and the Meiji Restoration. He wrote an account of this in a memoir called A Diplomat in Japan in 1921, which was based on the diaries transcribed in this volume. These diaries, hitherto unpublished, reveal the original material from which he crafted his memoir, as well as the material (about one-third of the diaries in total) he omitted. In various respects, the memoir is a sanitized account, written partly in Bangkok in the 1880s, and completed in retirement at the urging of younger relatives. In A Diplomat in Japan, Satow comes across as an assured young statesman, who, with his excellent Japanese and ability to make contact with the key players, was able to perceive the direction that the turbulent and confused events he witnessed was taking. In the diaries, he is a little less assured and not quite so percipient and interspersed with tales of meeting the likes of Saigō Takamori and Sakamoto Ryōma, are stories such as that of the paternity claim against him by a Japanese woman in Nagasaki. The part of the diaries relating to Satow’s stay in China (Shanghai and Peking from January to August 1862) has never before been transcribed or published, and is the most interesting part on a human level. It was an environment in which Satow, aged just 18, was forced to grow up fast, and we see him and his fellow student interpreters behaving badly on numerous occasions. Yet we also see the breadth of his intellect in the books he was reading and his informed interest in everything he saw around him. The editors have added extensive annotations and explanations to these diaries, making this book an indispensable reference work for students of bakumatsu Japan, and indeed anybody who wants to understand the story of how a very young, very clever, but rather awkward Englishman could have penetrated the very highest levels of the Japanese hierarchy to witness the transformation of the country from a feudal, inward-looking society to one that would become a major industrialized power to shock the world.Table of ContentsForeword by Sir David Warren Introduction by Robert Morton & Ian Ruxton Select Bibliography ERNEST MASON SATOW’S DIARIES Shanghai: 4 November 1861 – 16 March 1862 Peking: 25 March – 24 August 1862 Japan: 2 September – 2 December 1862 / 5 April – 15 October 1863 / 26 March – 10 October 1864 / 2 October – 30 November 1865 / 26 November – 31 December 1866 / 1 January – 31 December 1867 / 1 January – 22 December 1868 / 2 January – 18 April 1869 Index

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Book SynopsisThe Princess's Novelettes was a successful Victorian ‘penny’ magazine aiming at the market of mainly working class young women. The weekly was launched by Edwin J. Brett, known as publisher and editor of the popular magazine The Boys of England. Each issue featured one short novel as well as a small column on gossips of royals and/or celebrities and included many illustrations and plates. Most of the novels are by unknown authors and contain sensational stories of romance or mystery. The title The Princess's Novelettes appears in various primary sources of history of Victorian women. It was believed to be circulated widely, not only in London, but also in regional towns and even parts of rural England. However, despite its importance, the number of academic libraries holding the original volumes of the periodical is extremely limited. This is the first time that the early volumes (1-6) in complete issues have become available.Providing easy access to primary materials on working class society of the Victorian period, which, compared to the rich historical source material available on the middle classes, can often be hard to locate, this facsimile reprint is particularly vital for any scholars in the field of Women’s history and literature of 19th century England. Table of ContentsVol. 1: March 9, 1886 - August 31, 1886 (Vol. I # 1-26, incl. A Summer Number), 432 pp.Vol. 2: September 7, 1886 - February 22, 1887 (Vol. II # 27-51, incl. A Christmas Number), 416 pp.Vol. 3: March 1, 1887 - August 9, 1887 (Vol. III # 52-75, incl. A Summer Number), 416 pp.Vol. 4: August 16, 1887 - January 31, 1888 (Vol. IV # 76-100, incl. A Christmas Number), 416 pp.Vol. 5: February 7 - July 24, 1888 (Vol. V # 101-125, incl. A Summer Number), 416 pp.Vol. 6: July 31, 1888 - January 22, 1889 (Vol. VI # 126 – 151, incl. A Christmas Number), 432 pp.

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Book SynopsisThe scholar and diplomat Sir Ernest Satow was the best-known Westerner who lived in Meiji Japan. Although he rose to become British Minister to Japan, the most interesting part of his career was the start of it, when he witnessed, and in a small way influenced, the fall of the Bakufu and the Meiji Restoration. He wrote an account of this in a memoir called A Diplomat in Japan, published in 1921.Satow was, however, both Japanophile and Sinophile. In 1906 at the age of 63 he was ready to retire, although he would have accepted a return to Tokyo if it had been offered. The Peking post had been a demanding job with long and arduous hours. He chose to reside at Beaumont House, Ottery St. Mary, near Exeter partly because it reminded him of family holidays in nearby Sidmouth, and partly to distance himself from London and the Foreign Office. Though he was not offered another post, the Foreign Office appointed him one of Britain’s representatives at the Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907. He was careful not to discuss his service with journalists, and gave the Rede lecture at Cambridge in 1908 on an historical subject, the career of the Austrian diplomat Hübner. Satow’s participation at the Hague helped to launch his second career in retirement as a specialist in international law, which was very much tempered with history in his case. Satow found time post-retirement to join in local activities such as magistrate, at both local and county levels. He put down deep roots in the Ottery community and was buried in the churchyard. He often saw old Japan friends and his English family came to stay frequently. He was careful of his health, and went for frequent walks with his dog, and took holidays when he could. The editor has added extensive annotations and explanations to these diaries, making this book an indispensable reference work for students of Satow’s life and times, as well as a snapshot album of rural England just after the turn of the century. Table of ContentsCONTENTSForeword by Professor Ian NishPreface by Ian RuxtonSelect BibliographyIllustrationsERNEST MASON SATOW’S DIARIESJune 17 – December 31 1906/ 1 January – 31 December 1907/ 1 January - 31 December 1908/ 1 January – 31 December 1909/ 1 January – 31 December 1910/ 1 January – 31 December 1911Appendices Index

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Book SynopsisPUBLISHED BY EUREKA PRESS, TOKYO, AND DISTRIBUTED BY ROUTLEDGE OUTSIDE JAPAN.The scholar and diplomat Sir Ernest Satow was the best-known Westerner who lived in Meiji Japan. Although he rose to become British Minister to Japan, the most interesting part of his career was the start of it, when he witnessed, and in a small way influenced, the fall of the Bakufu and the Meiji Restoration. This volume of his diaries continues the story up to the time when Satow leaves Japan for subsequent appointments in Bangkok, Montevideo and Tangier, before returning to Tokyo as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in 1895. Although the years 1870-1883 were an interlude between the exciting years of the Bakumatsu and the promotion to Consul General in Bangkok, they give much detail of Satow’s journeys under difficult conditions including appalling weather in the interior of Japan, and a firsthand account of the Satsuma Rebellion which was beginning as Satow returned to Japan from Europe in January 1877. There is also an account of a visit to Korea in late 1878, and of the visit to Japan of the British royal princes Arthur and George in 1881. His two leaves in Europe reflect his cultural interests, though Japan is mentioned only occasionally. The editor has added extensive annotations and explanations to these diaries, making this book an indispensable reference work for students of early Meiji Japan, and indeed anybody who wants to understand the story of how a very young, very clever, but rather awkward Englishman could have penetrated the very highest levels of the Japanese hierarchy to witness the transformation of the country from a feudal, inward-looking society to one that would become a major industrialized power to shock the world.Table of ContentsForeword by Sir Hugh CortazziPreface by Ian RuxtonSelect BibliographyChronologyIllustrations and MapERNEST MASON SATOW’S DIARIES7 December 1870/ 27 May – 22 December 1871/ 17 January – 31 December 1872/ 1 January – 27 November 1873/ 24 September – 4 October 1874/ 23 July – 30 December 1875/ 1 January – 31 December 1876/ 1 January – 28 November 1877/ 9 January – 5 December 1878/ 6 April – 31 December 1879/ 1 January – 30 December 1880/ 1 January – 27 December 1881/ 16 January – December 1882/ 1-5 January 1883Index

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Book SynopsisThe scholar and diplomat Sir Ernest Satow was the best-known Westerner who lived in Meiji Japan. Although he rose to become British Minister to Japan and China, the most interesting part of his career was the start of it, when he witnessed, and in a small way influenced, the fall of the Bakufu and the Meiji Restoration. He wrote an account of this in a memoir called A Diplomat in Japan, published in 1921.While Satow’s appointment as Minister to Tokyo in 1895 was understandable in terms of his background and skills, he was not the obvious choice for the Beijing (Peking) Embassy in 1900. He was also well aware that the China post would be more challenging, given Britain’s large commercial interests in the country, the large number of British residents and their dominance at the treaty ports. Satow arrived in China in late September 1900. After a brief stop in Shanghai, he moved up to Peking and began work. He was at first unable to present his credentials as minister, because the allies considered themselves at war with the court. So from September 1900 until January 1902 he was technically not the British minister but rather the British High Commissioner for negotiations leading to the settlement of claims arising from the Boxer uprising. Many issues of substance are to be found in these diaries: the negotiations for the Boxer Protocol of 1901, the status of the Peking Legation Quarter, the stationing of foreign troops in China for protection purposes, and the Chinese indemnity etc. Later Russo-Japanese tension over the Russian presence in Manchuria, and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, receive much attention. Other important issues included missionary matters, railways and railway concessions, the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, and the British China Consular Service. The editor has added extensive annotations and explanations to these diaries, making this book an indispensable reference work for students of China at the start of the 20th century. For this edition Satow’s separate diary for the cottage at Ku-miao-tsun has also been included and annotated. Table of ContentsVOLUME ONEIntroduction by Dr. James E. HoarePreface by Ian RuxtonSelect BibliographyIllustrationsERNEST MASON SATOW’S DIARIES4 May – 26 December 1900/ 10 January – 30 December 1901/ 2 January – 29 December 1902/ 5 January – 31 December 1903VOLUME TWOIllustrations & MapsERNEST MASON SATOW’S DIARIES1 January – 31 December 1904/ 2 January – 31 December 1905/ 1 January – 25 July 1906/ Cottage Diary: 10 August 1902 – 8 April 1906Index for both volumes

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Book SynopsisThe National Trust, which protects—and makes accessible—over 350 historic houses, gardens, and monuments for the benefit of the public, is a charity, totally independent of Government. The Trust relies for its income on membership fees and donations. It is now one of the most successful organizations dedicated to the protection of the environment and national heritage, with over 3.6 million members and 55,000 volunteers.The Trust was founded in 1895 by three philanthropists, Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter, and Hardwicke Rawnsley. Concerned about the impact of uncontrolled development and industrialization, these three Victorians founded the organization to act as a guardian for the nation in the acquisition and protection of threatened countryside, coastline, and historical buildings.This five-volume collection brings together for the first time the most important texts written by or about the three founders. These major works are reproduced as facsimile reprints of the contemporary editions with many illustrations, and are supplemented by useful introductions newly written by the editors.

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Book SynopsisPublished by EPM in Japan and distributed outside of Japan by Routledge- The first major reprint collection of African-American music, including negro spirituals, slave songs, and African-American folk songs: crucial cultural artefacts for those seeking to understand the development of African-American culture and its acceptance by mainstream American society.- The collection brings together nine publications published from the Civil War to the early twentieth century when interest in African-American music started rapidly to develop outside its own milieu.- Indispensable source of information to research the development of African-American culture, music, religion, and social movement.

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Book SynopsisIn the rolling hills of the Limburg Province, near the village of Margraten, they slowly loom up, row after row: thousands of white marble crosses and Stars of David. They mark the final resting place of American soldiers who died fighting to liberate the Netherlands during World War II. While the headstones provide the names and ages of those lost, they cannot tell us who these soldiers were, what their lives were like, or who they left behind. Nor can the peace and quiet at the only American military cemetery in the Netherlands reflect the harrowing experience and violent final moments of the men and women who forever rest here. Through hundreds of personal photographs and more than 250 stories, The Faces of Margraten gives these soldiers faces and voices again, telling not only the history of World War II and the ending of the German occupation of the Netherlands, but also revealing how and why the Dutch people have never forgotten their liberators. Concluding with a list of all the soldiers’ names, this commemorative book stands as a testament to the service and sacrifice of the more than 10,000 Americans buried or memorialized as missing in Margraten.Table of ContentsA lasting monument in print The American war effort in northwestern Europe: Uncle Sam comes to the rescue The only American Cemetery in the Netherlands The stories behind the names Epilogue: Singing birds Forever Grateful: Honor Roll Glossary Acknowledgements They remember Sources

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Book SynopsisFarquhar, Crawford, Cavenagh, Thomson, Anderson, Napier, Fullerton, Henderson, MacRitchie, MacPherson, Outram, Purvis, Spottiswoode. These are some of the Scots who have played a part in making Singapore.Guthrie, Fraser & Neave, Rodyk & Davidson, Sime Darby, Swan & Maclaren, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Straits Trading Company. These are just a few of the numerous companies with Scottish founders who continue to play an active role in the economy of Singapore.The old Parliament House, Raffles Institution, Raffles Hotel, Stamford House, Goodwood Park Hotel, Cairnhill, Horsburgh Lighthouse, MacDonald House. All these places and more have Scottish connections in one way or another.Written in a popular style, this book tells the story of the Scots - administrators, engineers, traders and various professionals- who helped to develop early Singapore and lay some of the foundations for its undoubted growth and success.The first book on the subject, it appeals to not only those who are interested in the history of the Scottish, but also all who are interested in the history and heritage of Singapore.

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Book SynopsisVictoria Williams, PhD, is an independent writer and researcher living in London. Her published works include Food Cultures of Great Britain: Cuisine, Customs, and Issues (Bloomsbury, 2024); Weird Sports and Wacky Games around the World: From Buzkashi to Zorbing (ABC-CLIO, 2015), winner of the 2016 RUSA Outstanding Reference Source Award; Celebrating Life Customs around the World: From Baby Showers to Funerals (ABC-CLIO, 2016); Indigenous Peoples: An Encyclopedia of Culture, History, and Threats to Survival (ABC-CLIO, 2020); and London: Geography, History and Culture (ABC-CLIO, 2022).

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Book SynopsisIn the face of relentless attacks on antiracist education, an urgent call to defend students' freedom to learn the truth about our history and the struggle for a better world. In recent years, numerous states and school districts have enacted policies or laws mandating teachers lie to students about systemic racism and oppressionpolicies that impact nearly half of all students in the US. Thousands of books have been banned from schools. Teachers face termination, attacks, and disciplinary action. In Florida, where the official state curriculum declares slavery was of personal benefit to Black people, possessing a banned book can result in up to five years in jail. Jesse Hagopian, a long-time organizer, writer, and K-12 teacher, shows how the playbook being used by the right today has roots in McCarthyism's Red Scare and Lavender Scare. At stake is our ability to access systems of knowledge that challenge injustice. Yet the fight for liberatory education has a rich legacy, from resi

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Book SynopsisThe fourth volume of the history of Somerset contains the histories of the parishes in the three ancient hundreds of Crewkerne, Martock, and South Petherton. Lying near the middle of the southern edge of the county, there are, inall, 21 parishes (including Wambrook, transferred to Somerset from Dorset in 1896), and they range in size from Martock, containing nine separate settlements and over 7,000 acres, to Seavington St. Michael, with less than 300 acres. While agriculture predominates, there is considerable variation between the fertile arable of the Yeovil Sands to the north and the woodlands and pastures around Windwhistle ridge to the south; manufacturing industry, moreover,was represented not only by the works in Mar-tock but also by the making of coarse cloth and rope at Lopen. The three market towns of Crewkerne, Martock, and South Petherton, which give their names to the hundreds, probably allhad Saxon minster churches: the name of Misterton parish records its dependence on the minster at Crewkerne. The smaller places also have much historical interest. New interpretations are offered, for example, of the building of Hinton house in Hinton St. George, the seat of the earls Poulett, with a park stretching into neighbouring Dinnington, and of Barrington Court. Other manor-houses featured are Avishays (in Chaffcombe), Cricket St. Thomas, Wayford,and Whitestaunton. Among the many re-markable parish churches not only the larger ones but also the smaller are discussed and illustrated, including those of Chilling-ton, Cudworth, Knowle St. Giles, and Shepton Beauchamp. The people who figure in the parish histories include, besides members of noble families and the landed gentry, humbler people like John Scott the 'orchardist' of Merriott, the followers of Joanna Southcott at Dowlish Wake, and the village carpenter and wheelwright of Seavington St. Mary.

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Book SynopsisChalke and Dunworth hundreds are in south-west Wiltshire on the Dorset border. The parishes of Chalke hundred were united by being part of Wilton abbey's estate before the Norman Conquest, but most of the hundred is homogeneous. Long and narrow parishes lie north and south across the river Ebble and are characterized by extensive chalk downs. Until farmsteads were built on the downs in the 19th cen-tury, nearly all settlement was in small riverside villages. From the Reformation to the 19th century the earls of Pembroke owned most of the eastern parishes. Sheep--and-corn husbandry and more recently arable and dairy farming was the pattern of agriculture in all the parishes except Semley where there is a remarkable survival of common pastures. Dunworth hundred is largely in the Vale of Wardour, and land in most of its parishes belonged to the Barons Arundell of War-dour as successors to Shaftesbury abbey. It is an area of broken landscape and mixed farming in which only Tisbury has grown larger than an ordinary village. Except at Tisbury, there has been little manufactur-ing in the area, but Portland stone has been extensively quarried at Chilmark, Teffont Evias, and Tisbury, and greensand stone has been quarried at the Donheads. Partly because of its stone, Dunworth hundred is notable for its secular buildings. The castle at Wardour is the only one to survive in Wiltshire; Fonthill Abbey in Fonthill Gifford was the most remarkable house of its day in England. Among the many farm-houses of local stone which survive from the Middle Ages is Place Farm at Tisbury, which was frequently visited by the abbess of Shaftesbury and has the largest medieval barn in England. Except for Sedgehill parish and part of Donhead St. Mary parish both hundreds are in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: the exceptions are in aSpecial Landscape Area.

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Book SynopsisThe volume is the second to cover parts of Middlesex which lay from 1889 until 1965 within the administrative county of London, and contains histories of the parishes of Hampstead and Paddington. Before their inclusion in GreaterLondon the parishes embraced the metropolitan borough of Hampstead and most of that of Paddington, with a total population of over 200,000. Queen's Park, built in a detached part of Chelsea parish, is included in the account of Paddington. Hampstead rose northward from Chalk Farm to the heath and Finchley and, less steeply, north-eastward from Kilburn High Road. Hampstead town encroached upon the heath, which was waste of the medieval manor. There was roadside settlement at Kilburn and piecemeal building elsewhere on the heath. The town's healthy elevation attracted rich Londoners before and after its spell as a fashionable spa in the early 18th century. Narrow and hilly streetshelped to preserve it in the 19th, as fields and parkland were covered by mainly middle- and upper middle-class suburbs, including Belsize Park and Swiss Cottage. The heath, protected by influential residents, became a playgroundfor Londoners. In the 20th century Hampstead was also noted for its artistic and intellectual life. Paddington, smaller but more populous, lay between Edgware Road and Bayswater Road, which converged at Tyburn gallows near MarbleArch. Early settlements were Paddington Green, Westbourne Green, and Bayswater. Northern and southern halves became separated by lines of road, canal, and railway. Systematic house-building began soon after 1800 in Tyburnia and Bayswater, before spreading beyond the industrial belt to form Maida Vale and a humbler district towards Queen's Park. Parts of southern Paddington, near Hyde Park, rivalled Belgravia, while Whiteley's stores made Westbourne Grovea busy shopping centre. Institutions included the G.W.R. termi-nus, St. Mary's hospital, and the Metropolitan music hall. By 1900 lodging houses and small hotels had multiplied, as had canalside slums, which were cleared only after war damage and further decay. Both parishes today contain residential areas that have remained expensive and others where redevelopment has given way to refurbishment. Hampstead retains a compact centre including 18th-century buildings, with large later houses in the avenues to the south and west. Paddington, urbanized and with more municipal housing, retains its ambitious layout of streets and squares, where many stuccoed terraces s

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Book SynopsisThe immensely rich archives emerging from the parochial administration of the English poor law before 1834 include letters to the overseers of the poor that came from the poor themselves. As personal testimonies of people claiming relief, which are often written in a stunningly ''private'' tone, pauper letters allow deep insights into the living conditions, experiences and attitudes of the labouring poor in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Some 750 of these pauper letters, all those presently known to survive in the county of Essex, are contained in this volume. The historical apparatus draws on material from other sources (overseers'' correspondence, overseers'' accounts and vestry minutes), to put the letters in context. The documents reveal the strong belief of the poor in their right to relief, and their surprisingly powerful position in negotiating their case with the overseers.The Introduction demonstrates the immense importance of this largely neglected sourceTrade ReviewSokoll is the first historian to have used pauper letters on a large scale ... The editing is excellent and scrupulous and the production is a model of its kind ... Dr Sokoll has produced a number of most interesting publications and in doing so can only be encouraged to continue mining these histories. * London Journal *This is a most valuable collection, which takes us as close to the 'voices of the poor' as we are ever likely to get, and provides an invaluable tool for both teaching and research. * Local Population Studies *... this is a wonderfully high quality edition of all of the 758 Essex pauper letters extant from the period of the Old Poor Law, dating from 1731 to 1837. * Local Population Studies *Breaks new ground ... Archivists and local historians in Essex must feel gratified that so distinguished a volume has been devoted to their county ... fine example of innovative scholarship. * Journal of the Society of Archivists *Dr Sokoll is to be congratulated on his pioneering work, while his publishers deserve the highest praise for such a handsome book. * Local Historian *The letters have been edited with the greatest expertise by Sokoll, and all poor-law historians will be in debt to him for such a magisterial work. * The Economic History Review *This is a quite exceptional editorial achievement, which deserves the very highest praise. The result is an extraordinarily illuminating book, that brings into sharp relief the lives of the labouring poor and their social relationships. * The Economic History Review *This valuable book has been exceptionally well edited by Sokoll ... Nothing like this exists in print, and so the book is a very welcome addition to the literature ... The 758 letters are printed as written and as such they represent an enormous resource and insight into the minds, expressions, and activities of the labouring poor. This is the ultimate in 'history from below'. * The Economic History Review *Thomas Sokoll and his research assistant have performed a very thorough and painstaking task in rescuing those missives from the Essex overseers' records, in organising them, and providing indexes, explanatory notes and a clear introduction to the volume ... This is a resource of considerable importance to social and economic historians. * English Historical Review *

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Book SynopsisSt Paul''s was the principal church of London from its foundation in A. D. 604. This volume is an edition of all the surviving documentary material from St Paul''s from the seventh century to 1066, with expert analysis and commentary on the history of the bishops and the cathedral community within the city and diocese, considered against the background of London''s history during this period. The medieval archives of St Paul''s suffered at times from neglect, and as a result the majority of the Anglo-Saxon charters of the bishop and chapter are preserved only as fragments in the notebooks of two seventeenth-century scholars who studied a crucial manuscript before it disappeared at the time of the Commonwealth. These excerpts are here edited with full diplomatic and historical commentary, which makes it possible to resurrect to some extent the full documents. The edition of the charters is prefaced by an extended introduction which provides an important new synthesis of the history of L

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Book SynopsisPresents the 170 acta that provides one of the best records of the structuring of a new diocese and the establishment of a cathedral chapter. William de Longchamp was effective regent of England, while King Richard I was on Crusade - and the acta issued in connection with these duties shed light on the delegation of royal power.Trade ReviewThis is a major work of scholarship, on which Nicholas Kern deserves to be warmly congratulated. * P.N.R. Zutshi, The English Historical Review *

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Book SynopsisProvides a detailed picture of late fourteenth-century England. This title contains the poll tax records of 1377, 1379 and 1381, containing information about the individuals, their occupations, and their relationships.Trade ReviewThis is a volume of great value, and no historian of fourteenth-century Yorkshire should fail to use it. * D.M. Palliser, Northern History *

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Book SynopsisIn this volume, leading modern economic historians show how analysis of past experiences contributes to a better understanding of present-day economic conditions; they offer important insights into major challenges that will occupy the attention of policy makers in the coming decades. The seventeen essays are organised around three major themes, the first of which is the changing constellation of forces sustaining long-run economic growth in market economies. The second major theme concerns the contemporary challenges posed by transitions in economic and political regimes, and by ideologies that represent legacies from past economic conditions that still affect policy responses to new ''crises''. The third theme is modern economic growth''s diverse implications for human economic welfare - in terms of economic security, nutritional and health status, and old age support - and the institutional mechanisms communities have developed to cope with the risks that individuals are exposed to Table of ContentsPART ONE: DRIVERS OF LONG-TERM ECONOMIC GROWTH ; PART TWO: CHANGES IN ECONOMIC REGIMES AND IDEOLOGIES ; PART THREE: WELFARE, WELL-BEING AND INDIVIDUAL ECONOMIC SECURITY

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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary book investigates spaces for music-making in Early Modern France and Italy. Spaces specifically designed for music began to appear in private dwellings. While elite music-making became more specialised through the employment of paid musicians, music printing allowed new compositions to be diffused down the social scale.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent and much-needed book. * Early Music, *Table of Contents1. THE VISUAL DIMENSION ; 2. THE SPATIAL DIMENSION ; 3. THE AURAL DIMENSION ; 4. THE INTELLECTUAL DIMENSION ; 5. COURTLY CONTEXTS ; 6. THE DEVELOPMENT OF PURPOSE-BUILT SPACES FOR MUSIC

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Book SynopsisThe 300 letters written by members of the Jeake family create a narrative of business and family life in 17th and 18th century England. They reveal the importance of kinship in ensuring business and family survival during religious and political upheavals, and provide a rare glimpse into the life and work of 'middling-sort' woman, Elizabeth Jeake.

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses developments in the history of British house names from the earliest written evidence (Beowulf''s Heorot) to the twentieth century. Chapters 1 and 2 track changes from medieval naming practices such as Ceolmundingchaga and Prestebures, to present-day house names such as Fairholme and Oakdene: that is, the shift from recording the name of the householder (Sabelinesbury, ''Sabeline''s manor''), the householder''s occupation (le Taninghus, ''the tannery'') and the appearance of the house (le Brodedore, ''the broad door''); to the five main categories still in use today: the transferred place-name (Aberdeen House), the nostalgically rural (Springfield), the commemorative (Blenheim Palace), the upwardly mobile (Vernon Lodge), and the latest fashion (Fernville). The development and demise of pub names and shop names such as la Worm on the Hope and the Golden Tea Kettle & Speaking Trumpet are detailed, and the rise of heraldic names such as the Red Lion is explained. ChaptTrade ReviewReview from previous edition There are books that wrap up a subject, and books that send the mind wandering serendipitously. Laura Wright's Sunnyside does both ... meticulously researched with respect to both the origins and the occurrences of houses called Sunnyside ... This is a provocative and enticing history of the now sadly neglected custom of naming one's house. * Christina Hardyment, Times Literary Supplement *[...] this is an informative and enjoyable book. Any linguist who lives in a Sunnyside (there is at least one) will undoubtedly be keen to read it, and so will many others. * Geoffrey Sampson, Linguist List *A select bibliography presents the wide array of manuscripts, printed and on-line sources used in compiling this intriguing book that moves from medieval London to branches of non-conformism and Victorian villas, then back to historic solskifte and forward again to house names in our own time. This remarkable work of erudition is not for the faint hearted. The Sunnyside journey taken by Laura Wright is complicated, even labyrinthine, but sharing it with her is well worth the effort. * Hugh Clout, Cercles *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Acknowledgements List of illustrations Introduction 1: The Earliest London House Names 2: Victorian Villas 3: London's First Sunnysiders 4: Religion, Fame, and Sunnyside 5: Sunnyside and the North Appendix 1 Pre-1400 London House Names Appendix 2 House Names from William Porlond's Book Appendix 3 Stagecoach Names Sunnyside Gazetteer References Index

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