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Clarendon Press The Empire of the Tetrarchs Imperial Pronouncements and Government AD 284324 Oxford Classical Monographs
Book SynopsisExamines the government of the Roman empire at an important period of administrative and religious change. Drawing together material from a wide variety of sources, the book studies the vast range of documents issued by the emperors and their officials, and assesses how effectively the machinery of government matched imperial ambitions.Trade ReviewWith its undoubted authority and clear organisation, many will be tempted to use The Empire of the Tetrarchs as a reference book; they should not. Corcoran marshals important arguments carefully and quietly, and The Empire of the Tetrarchs deserves to be read from cover to cover. * Roger Rees, Edinburgh University, Hermathena *A general index and an index locorum complete a thorough and thoroughly impressive work. * Roger Rees, Edinburgh University, Hermathena *Corcoran enjoys the enviable ability to mine in the murky depths some of Late Antiquity's most impenetrable unaccommodating material - to unearth diamonds ... The Empire of the Tetrarchs is scintillating, valuable and, I'd wager, very durable. * Roger Rees, Edinburgh University, Hermathena *
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Clarendon Press Early Irish and Welsh Kinship
Book SynopsisAn analysis of the interplay of tradition and innovation in the development of kinship from the prehistoric to the medieval period. Kinship was, and remains, a central element in all human societies. This is an historical account of the forms it took in Celtic societies.Trade Review'Charles-Edwards's erudition is formidable and constantly illuminating ... his vindication of the pioneering scholarly achievement of Eoin MacNeill is striking ... Charles-Edwards's work raises questions and offers insights that should command the attention of students of early medieval societies less well documented than Ireland and Wales.' Times Literary Supplement'The fruit of many years of labour, this is undoubtedly a substantial contribution to early medieval studies.' Colmán Etchingham, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, EHR Jun. 94'authoritative study' Matthew Stout, History Ireland, Winter 1994this erudite book is the fruit of painstaking study, over manyu years, of the relevant legal texts of the two countries ...it makes an important contribution to the study of the laws of the Irish and the Welsh, and it will be a standard work of reference for years to come on the many topics with which it deals * Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, Harvard University, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies, Number 33 Summer 1997 *Table of ContentsList of maps; List of genealogical tables; Note on terminology; Part I. Irish Kinship: The structure of Irish kinship; Irish ruling kindreds; Part II. Welsh Kinship: The shape of Welsh kinship; The Gwely and the Gafael; Part III. Claims to Land by Virtue of Kinship: Irish Tellach; Welsh Dadannudd; Part IV. Kin and Lord; The half-free in Ireland; Irish clientship; Kinship and lordship in Wales; Part V. Kinsman and Neighbour: Kinship and neighbourhood in Ireland; Kinship and neighbourhood in Wales; Conclusion and further reflections; Appendices; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.
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Oxford University Press The First World War
Book SynopsisThis is a completely new interpretation of the First World War. Dr Offer weaves together the economic and social history of the English-speaking world, the Pacific Basin, and Germany, with the development of food production and consumption. He argues that the roots of Germany''s defeat went back to the late-Victorian decline of British agriculture and the development of Canada, Australia, and the United States as agrarian exporters, while the agrarian interests of America and Australia were crucial in shaping the peace. The book examines the relation between economic and military power, and legal and moral questions of selecting civilians as a strategic target.Trade ReviewOffer has opened up a rich seam of enquiry, as well as producing a masterly and fascinating book...a magnificently original piece of research * Economic History Review *Dr Offer's breadth of vision is remarkable, his scholarship is challenging and his eye for the telling detail is keen. In range and depth this book would be hard to equal; and its style and structure make it something of a rarity, for it is as enjoyable as it is important. * Times Higher Educational Supplement *a brilliant, deeply disturbing and intellectually restless account... For students of the period, this book is full of insights... Offer has no competition at all in his marvellous discussion of the imperial dimension of agrarian history, or of its poltiical and diplomatic meaning. Overall, this book will open a new debate... It is historical writing of the highest order: shrewd, compassionate, occasionally moving, always alive. * Rural History *This is a superb piece of historical writing. * Journal of Economic History *Offer has opened up a rich seam of enquiry, as well as producing a masterly and fascinating book...a magnificently original piece of research * Economic History Review *Dr Offer's breadth of vision is remarkable, his scholarship is challenging and his eye for the telling detail is keen. In range and depth this book would be hard to equal; and its style and structure make it something of a rarity, for it is as enjoyable as it is important. * Times Higher Educational Supplement *a brilliant, deeply disturbing and intellectually restless account... For students of the period, this book is full of insights... Offer has no competition at all in his marvellous discussion of the imperial dimension of agrarian history, or of its poltiical and diplomatic meaning. Overall, this book will open a new debate... It is historical writing of the highest order: shrewd, compassionate, occasionally moving, always alive. * Rural History *This is a superb piece of historical writing. * Journal of Economic History *Table of ContentsList of plates; List of tables; List of figures; Introduction: Economic and social interpretation of the First World War; Part I: How was Germany defeated?: Society under siege: Germany, 1914-1918; Food reform and food science; Did Germany really starve?; Food and the German State; Collapse; Part II: The Agrarian Bond: The United States, Canada, and Australia: Late-Victorian Britain - an import economy; Causes of the Agricultural Depression, 1870-1924; The sod House against the manor house; `Like rats in a trap' - British urban society and overseas opportunties; Coast, interior, and metropolis; Wheat and Empire in Canada; Asian labour on the Pacific rim: The struggle for exclusion, 1860-1907; Part III: The Atlantic ori entation: Fear of famine in British war plans, 1890-1908; Power and plenty: Naval mercantilism, 1905-1908; The dominion dimension; Morality and Admiralty: `Jacky' Fisher, economic warfare, and International law; Blockade and its enemies, 1909-1912; Preparation and action, 1912-1914; Part IV: The other side of the North Sea: Economic development and national security in Wilhelmian Germany; Germany: Economic preparation and the decision for war; `A second decision for war' - The U-boat campaign; Neither dominion nor peace: Germany after the Armistice; Conclusion; List of sources cited; Index
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Clarendon Press The Holy Household
Book SynopsisThis is a fascinating study of the impact of the Reformation idea of `civic righteousness'' on the position of women in Augsburg. Lyndal Roper argues that its development, both as a religious credo and as a social movement, must be understood in terms of gender. Until now the effects of the Reformation on women have been regarded as largely beneficial: this book argues that such a view of the Reformation''s legacy is a profound misreading, and that the status of women was, in fact, worsened.The Holy Household is the first scholarly account of how the Reformation affected half of society. It greatly advances our understanding of the Reformation, of feminist history, and of the place of women in European society.Trade ReviewThis is clearly one of the most significant works of recent years on the urban Reformation and women in the sixteenth century and it is set to have a lasting impact on the study of the period. * History Today *a challenging and interesting analysis of the impact of the Reformation on marriage, morals and the role of women * Sheila Anderson, Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure *Table of ContentsThe Domestication of the Reformation; The Politics of Sin; Prostitution and Moral order; Weddings and the Control of Marriage; Discipline and Marital Disharmony; The Reformation of Convents; The Holy Family.
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Clarendon Press Poverty and Piety in an English Village Terling 15251700 Clarendon Paperbacks
Book SynopsisThis classic study of a single community in early modern England has had a major influence on the interpretation of the social dynamics of the period. It opens with a chapter establishing this small Essex parish in the national context of economic and social change in the years between 1525 and 1700. Thereafter the chapters examine the economy of Terling; its demographic history; its social structure; the relationships of the villagers with the courts of the church and state; the growth of popular literacy; the impact of the reformation, and the rise in puritanism. The overall process of change is then characterized in a powerful interpretive chapter on the changing pattern of social relationships in the parish.This revised edition has a new chapter, ''Terling Revisited'' which addresses the debate occasioned by the book, notably over kinship relations in early modern England, and the impact of puritanism on local society. In both cases a new interpretive synthesis is attempted and the argument of the first edition is defended, elaborated, and advanced in the light of subsequent research.Trade ReviewFrom reviews of the hardback: `This book is one of the best of its kind. Wrightson and Levine have produced a powerful model to which all later studies will refer.' American Historical Review
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Oxford University Press The Rise of Magic in Early Medieval Europe
Book SynopsisThis is a study of magic in western Europe in the early Middle Ages. Valerie Flint explores its practice and belief in Christian society, and examines the problems raised by so-called `pagan survivals'' and superstition''. She unravels the complex processes at work in the early medieval Christian church to show how the rejection of non-Christian magic came to be tempered by a more accommodating attitude: confrontation was replaced by negotiation, and certain practices previously condemned were not merely accepted, but actively encouraged. The forms of magic which were retained, as well as those the church set out to obliterate, are carefully analysed. The `superstitions'' condemned at the Reformation are shown to be, in origin, rational and intelligent concessions intended to reconcile coexisting cultures.Dr Flint explores the sophisticated cultural and religious compromise achieved by the church in this period. This is a scholarly and challenging book, which makes a major contributionTrade ReviewFlint's thesis is both significant and provocative ... a big, beautifully written, and wonderfully learned book. * The Higher *Table of ContentsPART I. INTRODUCTION: THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY ; PART II. THE MAGIC OF THE HEAVENS ; PART III. THE MAGIC OF THE EARTH ; PART IV. THE MAGUS
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Oxford University Press, USA The Saints of Cornwall
Book SynopsisCornwall is unique among English counties, though similar to other Celtic lands, in its religious history. Its churches, chapels, and place-names commemorated not only the major saints of Christendom, but also many minor ''Celtic'' ones, unique to single churches. This book breaks new ground by considering them all, comprehensively and in detail. The introduction explains how the cults came into existence, and how they shed light on early Christianity in the county. It follows their history up to the Reformation, and shows how popular devotion to the saints lingered even in the eighteenth century. The main part of the book provides a history of every known religious cult in Cornwall from the sixth century AD to the Reformation, with relevant information about its later history down to the present day. Every known site is identified (church, chapel, altar, image, holy well, or other outdoor feature), and every written source is discussed (saint''s Life, liturgical commemoration, and calTrade ReviewMeticulously researched and presented entries for each cult encompass all cults, whether or not associated with particular sites, and permit the reader to see in an impressively detailed way the history of references to a cult, from the earliest to modern times ... a considerable achievement as a source of reference for the history of Cornwall. * The Journal of Ecclesiastical History *The thoroughness and value of Orme's work can be seen by comparing his wonderfully full entries on St Neot and St Petroc with the comparable entries in D. H. Farmer's excellent Oxford Dictionary of the Saints. Orme not only offers us something like five or six times as much detail, but packs his entries with information which allows an almost complete mapping of the cults concerned ... this book is a model of its kind, illuminating a wide range of issues from the evolution of the parochial structure of the region to the eighteenth-century survival of healing wells, popular customs and local festivals. * History *Splendid, unpretentious, but deeply learned book ... he [Orme] has provided historians of Cornwall, and of medieval popular religion more generally, with a fascinating and indispensable research tool. * History *Rigourous textual-historical catalogue, using the best linguistic advice, and a model for one well-defined region that could now profitably be followed for any other part of Atlantic Britain and Ireland ... the entries read well, are concise and contain a mass of new or little-known material.The introduction could stand on its own as an unrivalled essay. All relevant libraries and concerned individuals should acquire The Saints fo Cornwall. * Charles Thomas, Times Literary Supplement *This book is a useful guide for those studying various facets of hagiography. It will be a helpful reference work that local historians, literary scholars, and a host of other interested students will consult for quite some time. * H-Net Book Review *The study tells us a very great deal about the invention of tradition at the parochial level and the universal desire of communities of whatever size, and of whatever historical period, to attach meaning to the salient features of their spiritual and physical environment * English Historical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction : Early Cornish History ; Dictionary of Saints ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press English Pasts
Book SynopsisIn this collection of engaging and readable essays, Stefan Collini shows how much can be gained from bringing a rigorous historical perspective to some of the most contentious issues in contemporary culture. Whether he is asking what it means to inhabit and possess a `national past'', or reflecting on the role of the historian as social critic, whether he is scrutinizing the claims of Cultural Studies or challenging the assumptions about academic research whether he is pondering the future of literary biography or reassessing some of the leading minds in modern British culture, Collini writes with a rare blend of sympathy, sharpness, and wit. Explicitly addressed to the `non-specialist'', these essays attempt to make some of the fruits of detailed scholarly research in various fields available to a wider audience. The book will interest (and delight) readers interested in history, literature, and contemporary cultural debate.Trade Reviewfresh and topical. At his best - and these essays show him at his best - Collini is one of the sharpest observers and most mordant critics in English academic life. * Felipe Fernandesz-Armesto, Weekend Review, The Independent *Table of ContentsPART I: HISTORIES ; PART II: MINDS ; PART III: ARGUMENTS
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Clarendon Press Death in Childbirth An International Study of Maternal Care and Maternal Mortality 18001950
Book SynopsisAn international study of maternal care and maternal mortality. Since about 1800, different countries have developed quite different systems of maternal care, and this book provides an analysis, grounded in statistics, of the evolution and the effectiveness of those systems in various countries.Trade Review`Loudon's acute awareness of his subject's complexity and his sensitivity give the writing a wonderful suppleness and restraint. ... An expensive book worth every penny, it is one which lactation consultants and all those interested in maternal and child health issues today should own, read, and ponder.' J Hum Lact 9(4) 1993`Thanks to this work we can now begin to question many common assumptions about the causes of maternal mortality. Death in Childbirth surely deserves to become the standard reference work on the subject.' Ornella Moscucci, British Medical Journal`Given the complexity of the subject, it is inevitable that this carefully researched book should still raise many questions. Loudon marshals the facts with confidence and skill; his lucid and lively style is captivating, and even the numerically illiterate will have no difficulty in understanding the statistical arguments. Death in Childbirth surely deserves to become the standard reference work on the subject.' Ornella Moscucci, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, British Medical Journal`Death in Childbirth is a major achievement, and should be read by anyone interested in the history of women's relations with the medical profession ... it is a great advantage to have so much material brought together and presented in such an elegant style.' Times Literary Supplement`Loudon's impressive volume explores the causes and trends of maternal mortality...we need hard statistics. Loudon provides these in abundance, in a feat of dexterity and clarity that continues through some 600 pages..."Death In Childbirth" without doubt magnificently achieves its goal of comparing rates and causes of maternal mortality internationally...Representing the best sort of history, his book provides us with a mountain of carefully presented evidence and leaves us with much food for thought' Times Higher'This is a complex book, which would be an essential reference for anyone attempting to under-take serious work in the field: it is also a text worth browsing through, however, since Loudon writes with a conviction that is persuasive and engaging.' Nursing Times'splendid study ... Loudon marshals the facts with confidence and skill; his lucid and lively style is captivating, and even the numerically illiterate will have no difficulty in understanding the statistical arguments. Death in Childbirth surely deserves to become the standard reference work on the subject.' Onella Moscucci, British Medical Journal, Volume 306, May 1993'This is a complex book, which would be an essential reference for anyone attempting to undertake serious work in the field; it is also a text worth browsing through, however, since Loudon writes with a conviction that is persuasive and engaging. The book would certainly be very well worth including in all nursing, midwifery and medical libraries. Soo Downe, Nursing Times, June 1993`...splendid study of maternal mortality in various countries from 1800 to 1950.'^ `...carefully researched book...'^ `Thanks to this work we can now begin to question many common assumptions about the causes of maternal mortality. Loudon marshals the facts with confidence and skill; his lucid and lively style is captivating, and even the numerically illiterate will have no difficulty in understanding the statistical arguments. Death in Childbirth surely deserves to become the standard reference work on the subject' British Medical Journal'Irvine Loudon's study is both an informative compendium of information about maternal mortality, and a sensitive and persuasive analysis of statistical evidence, medical opinion from the past, and life histories. For a social historian, this hefty "read" of more than six hundred pages was sometimes shocking but always engrossing and enlightening. This is an impressively complete and passionately written book that presents a tragic story, well told.' Louise A. Tilly New School for Social Research BHM 1994 68'This is a monumental study of an extremely important subject. No future study of the history of childbirth anywhere in the world will be able (or will want) to ignore the wealth of material presented within these pages... this study will form the benchmark for the next generation of scholars. Judith Walzer Leavitt, Social History of Medicine, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1994Louden's focus is much wider than materanl mortality: he uses mortality as a lens through which to explore the history of childbirth. Loden opens with a dramatic and moving individual story, thus rightly establishing personal maternal experience as the context in which to situate materanl mortality and its medical interpretation...no summary can do this book justice. * Gender and History *This is a wholly satisfying book, judicious, comprehensive and passionate ... This book should be required reading for all medical students. * Isis *Table of ContentsPART I. THE MEASUREMENT OF MATERNAL MORTALITY ; PART II. THE CAUSES OF MATERNAL MORTALITY ; PART III: MATERNAL CARE AND MATERNAL MORTALITY IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES
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Oxford University Press Migration and Empire
Book SynopsisMigration and Empire provides a unique comparison of the motives, means, and experiences of three main flows of empire migrants. During the nineteenth century, the proportion of UK migrants heading to empire destinations, especially to Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, increased substantially and remained high. These migrants included so-called ''surplus women'' and ''children in need'', shipped overseas to ease perceived social problems at home. Empire migrants also included entrepreneurs and indentured labourers from south Asia, Africa, and the Pacific (together with others from the Far East, outside the empire), who relocated in huge numbers with equally transformative effects in, for example, central and southern Africa, the Caribbean, Ceylon, Mauritius, and Fiji. The UK at the core of empire was also the recipient of empire migrants, especially from the ''New Commonwealth'' after 1945.These several migration flows are analysed with a strong appreciation of the commonality and thTrade ReviewReview from previous edition Migration and Empire is both thoroughly engaging and very readable. I recommend it to anyone wanting, not only to understand a central element of our heritage, but also the current migration streams to this country. * Michael Drake, Family and Community History *This study, in addition to being a major work of historical scholarship, also taps our contemporary consciousness. * Donald M. MacRaild, Times Higher Education *The scholarship is splendid, with wide-ranging temporal and spatial coverage and original research. * David Northrup, English Historical Review *This book marks something of a landmark in surveys of migration within the British Empire ... a quite staggering scope and depth of research ... a model for survey texts, innovative in its own right; it should be indispensable for teachers, students and scholars for years to come. * A. James Hammerton, H-Soz-u-Kult *Migration and Empire is the result of an enormous amount of work conducted by two well-respected scholars in the field of British emigration history. The depth and breadth of their combined knowledge is clearly evident in this book. * Lisa Chilton, Victorian Studies *an important addition to the Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series ... a narrative that awes us with the scope of movement through the British imperial world but also touches us with the diverse human stories behind the demographic trends. * Tilman W. Nechtman, History *[a] comprehensive overview ... Both authors approach the subject having already published a large number of books and articles on emigration from the British Isles. They bring this expertise to the present volume in the form of highly detailed statistical data and a familiarity with the wider literature that makes possible a survey of such scope and ambition. * Bryan Glass, British Scholar Society *It is a highly readable and deeply researched introduction to the topic that ought to be within arm's reach of anyone working on the subject ... Migration and Empire is a meaningful contribution to the series, full of useful statistics for the teacher and researcher and fascinating anecdotes about the experience of the British migrant. * Charles V. Reed, H-Net *Table of Contents1. Introduction: The British Empire and Empire Migration, 1815 to the 1960s ; 2. Crossing the Atlantic: Migrants and Settlers in Canada ; 3. A Land of Perpetual Summer: Australian Experiences ; 4. Sheep and Sunshine: New Zealand ; 5. Africa South of the Sahara ; 6. Exile into Bondage? Non-White Migrants and Settlers ; 7. Immigration and the Heart of Empire ; 8. A Civilizing Influence? The Female Migrant ; 9. Children of the Poor: Child and Juvenile Migration ; 10. The Emigration Business ; 11. The Homecoming Migrant ; 12. Afterword: The Politics of Migration and the End of Empire
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Oxford University Press A Country Merchant 14951520
Book SynopsisAround 1500 England''s society and economy had reached a turning point. After a long period of slow change and even stagnation, an age of innovation and initiative was in motion, with enclosure, voyages of discovery, and new technologies. It was an age of fierce controversy, in which the government was fearful of beggars and wary of rebellions. The ''commonwealth'' writers such as Thomas More were sharply critical of the greed of profit hungry landlords who dispossessed the poor. This book is about a wool merchant and large scale farmer who epitomises in many ways the spirit of the period. John Heritage kept an account book, from which we can reconstruct a whole society in the vicinity of Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. He took part in the removal of a village which stood in the way of agricultural ''improvement'', ran a large scale sheep farm, and as a ''woolman'' spent much time travelling around the countryside meeting with gentry, farmers, and peasants in order to buy their woolTrade Review[A] rich work ... greatly enhances our appreciation of the more dynamic elements typical of the period. * R. B. Peberdy, Oxoniensia *Dyer is scrupulous in sticking to his sources, and in doing so provides us with a fresh, deep and measured understanding of rural society at the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. * Paul Warde, History *Christopher Dyer's most recent book shows his characteristic impeccable scholarship and ability to illuminate the lives of otherwise obscure people. ... I am a great fan of Dyer's work and can wholeheartedly recommend this book to other readers. * Kathleen Troup, Parergon *a significant work of scholarship about a Gloucestershire wool merchant and large-scale farmer. ... Highly informative and a pleasure to read, with much more than local importance. * Northern History *This is a dense, detailed and highly scholarly book which can be read with pleasure, as well as for enlightenment. * Paul Stamper, Journal of Medieval Archaeology *Throughout his long and distinguished career, Dyer's work has been characterized by clear presentation of arguments and accessible prose, and this book is no exception. The publisher has sought to broaden the book's appeal to a general readership by including a large number of photographs of places discussed in the text and providing other useful ancillary material. * James Masschaele, Agricultural History Review *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Living in 1495-1520 ; 2. Family and household: John Heritage and his Contemporaries ; 3. John Heritage's Country ; 4. John Heritage's Wool Business ; 5. Pasture, Sheep, Wool, and People ; 6. Beyond the Account Book: Changing the Countryside ; 7. Individuals and Communities ; 8. Conclusion ; Appendix 1: Sample pages from the account book ; Appendix 2: Tables of gathered wool, Heritage's own wool, and wool prices ; Appendix 3: Deserted Villages ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press Seeing Justice Done
Book SynopsisFrom the early Middle Ages to the twentieth century, capital punishment in France, as in many other countries, was staged before large crowds of spectators. Paul Friedland traces the theory and practice of public executions over time, both from the perspective of those who staged these punishments as well as from the vantage point of the many thousands who came to ''see justice done''. While penal theorists often stressed that the fundamental purpose of public punishment was to strike fear in the hearts of spectators, the eagerness with which crowds flocked to executions, and the extent to which spectators actually enjoyed the spectacle of suffering suggests that there was a wide gulf between theoretical intentions and actual experiences. Moreover, public executions of animals, effigies, and corpses point to an enduring ritual function that had little to do with exemplary deterrence. In the eighteenth century, when a revolution in sensibilities made it unseemly for individuals to take Trade ReviewSeeing Justice Done would be a worthwhile addition to any academic law library or other library seeking to enhance its legal history collection and to provide its users with a unique and educational book selection ... It is highly recommended. * Susan Gualtier, Law Library Journal. Volume 105:3. *Highly recommended. * Choice Reviews *This thoughtful and thought-provoking book is filled with interesting, arcane information. The argument is clear and the research admirable. * The Journal of Interdisciplinary History *Paul Friedland's book provides a scholarly, coherent and lucid analysis of legal change, social attitudes and the mechanics of crime and punishment in France during the late middle ages and the early modern period, focusing on capital punishment.Anyone wanting to understand how capital punishment developed in the first place, both in France and on the wider European stage, and how the move towards its diminution and abolition began, should read this book. * Hugh Gough, English Historical Review *This book's impressive timespan provides the reader with access to an extraordinary range of interrelated material, which Friedland astutely juggles into a cohesive whole. * Alex Fairfax-Cholmeley, French History *"By concentrating on the history of capital punishment when it was performed publicly in France, Friedland hopes to provoke reflection on the continued use of the death penalty in the United States today... [Friedland] has written a sweeping intellectual and cultural history that challenges a number of prevailing explanations about the rise and fall of public executions in France." * H-France *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Reading and Writing a History of Punishment ; PART I: THE ROOTS OF MODERN PUNISHMENT IN PRE-MODERN EUROPE ; 1. The Fall and Rise of Rome: Compensation, Atonement, and Deterrence in the Early Middle Ages ; 2. Criminal Intent and Spectacular Punishment: The Infiltration of Roman Legal Theory and Practice into French Customary Law ; PART II: EXECUTIONERS AND THE RITUAL OF EXECUTION ; 3. Extraordinary Beings: The Life and Work of Executioners ; 4. The Execution of Justice: The Ritual of Punishment in Medieval and Early Modern France ; PART III: SPECTATORS & SPECTACLE ; 5. From Ritual to Spectacle: The Rise of the Penal Voyeur in Early Modern France ; 6. Executions, Spectator Emotions, and the Naturalization of Sympathy ; 7. A Spectacular Crisis: Watching Executions in the Age of Sensibilite ; PART IV: A DEATH PENALTY FOR THE MODERN AGE ; 8. Theorizing a New Death Penalty: Penal Reform on the Eve of the Revolution ; 9. Legislating the New Death Penalty: The Simple Deprivation of Life ; 10. Executing the New Death Penalty: The Invisible Spectacle of the Guillotine ; Epilogue: The Play Over, The Actors (Slowly) Leave the Stage (1794-1939) ; Conclusion: Punishment Past and Present
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Oxford University Press Knowing Their Place
Book SynopsisHistorians have traditionally seen domestic service as an obsolete or redundant sector from the middle of the twentieth century. Knowing Their Place challenges this by linking the early twentieth-century employment of maids and cooks to later practices of employing au pairs, mothers'' helps, and cleaners. Lucy Delap tells the story of lives and labour within British homes, from great houses to suburbs and slums, and charts the interactions of servants and employers along with the intense controversies and emotions they inspired.Knowing Their Place also examines the employment of men and migrant workers, as well as the role of laughter and erotic desire in shaping domestic service. The memory of domestic service and the role of the past in shaping and mediating the present is examined through heritage and televisual sources, from Upstairs, Downstairs to The 1900 House. Drawing from advice manuals, magazines, novels, cinema, memoirs, feminist tracts, and photographs, this fascinating booTrade ReviewAn ambitious study, which corrects a number of easy assumptions... contains wonderful material and much insight. * Alison Light, Times Literary Supplement *Knowing Their Place is that rare historical monograph that is a pleasure to read from beginning to end. It has the potential to be valuable in different ways at many levels of scholarship: to researchers in the fields of labor history and of womens history, in graduate seminars, and in the undergraduate classroom. * Jamie Bronstein, Journal of British Studies *[a] richly nuanced account ... excellent * Laura Schwartz, History Workshop Journal *Delap's book, dense with image and insight, helps us to think about these questions - who cleans, cooks, does the washing and childcare, how much are they paid and valued without turning away. * Sally Alexander, Twentieth Century British History *this is a marvellous book â deftly researched and adroitly argued â that offers a new image of the relationship between domestic service and British culture in the twentieth century. It shows the richness and depth that cultural history can achieve if written with an eye to emotional experience as well as popular representation. Its particular triumph lies in the way that it successfully thinks through the relationship between experience and culture â showing the connections between the real and imagined worlds â and how these are inextricably interlinked. * Jane Hamlett, Labour History Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Twentieth Century Servants ; 2. Servant-Keepers and the Management of Servants ; 3. 'Doing for Oneself': the Evolving Servantless Home ; 4. Kitchen-Sink Laughter: Domestic Service Humour ; 5. 'The Good, the Bad, and the Spicy': Servants in Pornography and Erotica ; 6. Heritage Nostalgia: Domestic Service Remembered and Performed ; Conclusion ; Bibliography
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Oxford University Press Top Incomes over the Twentieth Century A Contrast between continental European and EnglishSpeaking Countries A Contrast Between European and EnglishSpeaking Countries
Book SynopsisBased on pioneering research on top incomes, this volume uses data from income tax records in 10 OECD countries over the past century to cast new light on the dramatic changes that have taken place among top earners. The volume provides rich material for exploring inequality, taxation, the impact of wars, and executive compensation.Table of Contents1. Top Incomes over the Twentieth Century: A Summary of the Main Findings ; 2. Measuring Top Incomes: Methodological Issues ; 3. Income, Wage, and Wealth Inequality in France, 1901-1998 ; 4. The Distribution of Top Incomes in the United Kingdom, 1908-2000 ; 5. Income and Wage Inequality in the United States, 1913-2002 ; 6. The Evolution of High Incomes in Canada, 1920-2000 ; 7. The Distribution of Top Incomes in Australia ; 8. The Distribution of Top Incomes in New Zealand ; 9. Top Incomes in Germany throughout the Twentieth Century, 1891-1998 ; 10. Top Incomes in the Netherlands over the Twentieth Century ; 11. Income and Wealth Concentration in Switzerland over the Twentieth Century ; 12. Long Term Trends in Top Income Shares in Ireland ; 13. Towards a Unified Data Set on Top Incomes
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Oxford University Press Wealth and Welfare
Book SynopsisMartin Daunton provides a clear and balanced view of the continuities and changes that occurred in the economic history of Britain from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the Festival of Britain in 1951. In 1851, Britain was the dominant economic power in an increasingly global economy. The First World War marked a turning point, as globalisation went into reverse and Britain shifted to ''insular capitalism''. Rather than emphasizing the decline of the British economy, this book stresses modernity and the growth of new patterns of consumption in areas such as the service sector and the leisure industry.Trade Reviewa highly significant contribution to the discipline of economic and social history and goes far beyond what is conventionally understood as a textbook ... it is an object lesson in balanced judgement and incisive analysis. * Alan Booth, English Historical Review *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; PART I ; The Anatomy of the British Economy ; 2. Aristocrats, agriculture and the land ; 3. Industrialists and the urban economy ; 4. The service economy ; 5. The growth of the British economy ; PART II ; Globalization and Deglobalization ; 6. Free trade and protectionism ; 7. Capital exports ; 8. The rise and demise of the gold standard ; 9. Rebuilding the international economic order? ; PART III ; Poverty, Prosperity and Population ; 10. Births and marriages ; 11. Deaths and disease ; 12. Rich and poor ; 13. Cultures of consumption ; PART IV ; Public Policy and the State ; 14. Taxing and spending ; 15. Education ; 16. From the poor law to the Liberal social reforms ; 17. War, reconstruction and depression ; 18. Building a new Jerusalem
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Oxford University Press, USA International Systems In World History Remaking the Study of International Relations
Book SynopsisThis book tells the story of humanity's evolution from a scattering of hunter-gatherer bands to today's integrated global international political economy. It outlines the concept of international systems as a useful framework for all those interested in a big picture understanding of the evolution of human society from earliest times to the present.Trade Review'This is an outstandingly good book, which succeeds on many different levels.The book is exceptionally well structured and well written. There is so much in this book for so many types of scholars of International Relations. I am certain that this book will be seen over time not only as one of the most intellectually impressive mergers of theory and history in the field, but also as a massive advance on US-style neo-realism. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, not least because I became fascinated with the argument, and found myself nodding in admiration as the authors pulled off the feat of bringing all the elements together into a powerful and intellectually impressive discussion of the types of international system found in world history. This is one of the most important books published in the last decade and for intellectual sophistication it leave neo-realism US-style standing, but also drowning.' International Affairs 76:4 (2000) 833-4.Table of ContentsPART I: INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS, WORLD HISTORY, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY ; PART II: SYSTEMS IN PRE-INTERNATIONAL WORLD HISTORY ; PART III: THE RISE AND INTERLINKAGE OF MULTIPLE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS IN THE ANCIENT AND CLASSICAL WORLD ; PART IV: THE ESTABLISHMENT AND EVOLUTION OF A GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM ; PART V: SPECULATIONS, ASSESSMENTS, REFLECTIONS
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Oxford University Press, USA Political Traditions in Modern France
Book SynopsisThis integrated account of French political experience describes three key features: the role of political ideas; the nature of political movements; and the significance of history in creating and sustaining divisions among political groups.Trade Reviewthe book continually beguiles the reader by the skill and economy with which it explains complex matters in a way that is both intelligible to the relative newcomer to French politics and is a lesson to seasoned travellers on how to combine simplicity of exposition with fidelity to the subtleties of the subject ... this book is a valuable addition to the surprisingly lean list of works that successfully make sense of political traditions of the last two centuries in France without oversimplification or distortion. It would seem destined for a long life as staple student reading. * French History *`What Hazareesingh has managed is a work of real quality that engages the study of modern France in three distinctive keys. He selects and discusses, deftly and with illustration, what he sees as the main strands of modern French political culture; he locates these firmly in their history, using that history as a source of enlightenment without slipping into the trap of historicism; and he takes the opportunity to propose some subtle but succinct analyses of the political traditions in question. In short, his book lies at the difficult intersection of political science, intellectual history and political theory and combines the usually disparate approaches of these sub-disciplines with unusual confidence and success ... The result is impressive.' Tony R. Judt, New York Universitythe author is to be congratulated on the broad coverage he provides...a well written and entertaining book which will be of use to all those with an interest in the developmetn of France in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Always taking care to define his terms, the author presents an incisive and wide-ranging analysis of government, political movements and ideas. ..this is a stimulating work which deserves a wide readership. * The Historian *`This is a very clear and helpful book, penetrating and succinct.' Robert Gilda, Merton College`The only currently available book of its kind on the subject and succinctly-written.' B.J. Criddle, University of Aberdeen`A very interesting book and accessible enough for 1st/2nd year undergraduates.' Nick Hewlett, Oxford Brookes University`Excellent and well written study. Complements government and institutions oriented texts supremely well.' Raymond Kuhn, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London`This is an excellent book, written in a lively and interesting way. It should stimulate students at all levels.' Professor Malcolm Anderson, University of Edinburgh`Excellent background reading for the Politics strand in the School of Modern Languages.' David Curtis, University of Hull`This is a really interesting and rather different text on French politics.' Paul Webb, Brunel University`The book is extremely clearly written and covers areas not really discussed elsewhere.' Professor Anne Stevens, University of Kent`An excellent, intelligent and up-to-date analysis of complex political themes that form the bed-rock of modern French political culture.' Dr J.F.V. Keiger, University of Salford`An unusually lucid book on French history, culture and thought.' B. Boyce, University of LiverpoolShould help to illuminate some of the specifies of French political culture and stimulate further interest. * Times Literary Supplement *A refreshing and distinctive approach to the unravelling of the complexities of the French political system ... a clearly defined overview of the state of France today ... an important contribution to any study of modern French political history, and there is much of interest to whet the reader's appetite ... a stimulating book. * Modern and Contemporary France *A series of essays, all of which contain interesting insights ... we must be grateful for what is here. For those already familiar with the evolution of modern France, Sudhir Hazareesingh's study should help to illuminate some of the specifies of French political culture and stimulate further interest. * Times Literary Supplement *...the most interesting parts of the book deal with particular traditions. The appeal of this book lies in its being well written, in a constant willingness to challenge accepted orthodoxies, and in its preference for tackling large and difficult problems rather than more easily posed trivial ones. * Political Studies *It is necessary ... to have at least some background knowledge to both French history and French government to obtain the most from reading this book ... those with that background ... should find that this book gives them a different slant and approach to their studies, which should make the reading of it a stimulating exercise. * Talking Politics *A well written and entertaining book which will be of use to all those with an interest in the development of France in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Always taking care to define his terms, the author presents an incisive and wide-ranging analysis of government, political movements, and ideas ... this is a stimulating work which deserves a wide readership. * The Historian *
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Oxford University Press, USA Emancipation of Biblical Philology in the Dutch Republic 15901670
Book SynopsisThe Emancipation of Biblical Philology in the Dutch Republic, 1590-1670 argues that the application of tools, developed in the study of ancient Greek and Latin authors, to the Bible was aimed at stabilizing the biblical text but had the unintentional effect that the text grew more and more unstable. Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) capitalized on this tradition in his notorious Theological-political Treatise (1670). However, the foundations on which his radical biblical scholarship is built were laid by Reformed philologists who started from the hermeneutical assumption that philology was the servant of reformed dogma. On the basis of this principle, they pushed biblical scholarship to the centre of historical studies during the first half of the seventeenth century.Dirk van Miert shows how Jacob Arminius, Franciscus Gomarus, the translators and revisers of the States'' Translation, Daniel Heinsius, Hugo Grotius, Claude Saumaise, Isaac de La Peyrère, and Isaac Vossius all drew on techniques developed by classical scholars of Renaissance humanism, notably Joseph Scaliger, who devoted themselves to the study of manuscripts, (oriental) languages, and ancient history. Van Miert assesses and compares the accomplishments of these scholars in textual criticism, the analysis of languages, and the reconstruction of political and cultural historical contexts, highlighting that their methods were closely linked.Trade ReviewVan Miert has done an excellent job placing biblical philology in its broader context. The study is clearly underpinned by meticulous research... * William A. Ross, The Catholic Biblical Quarterly *This is a valuable analysis of a time when the Bible was at the forefront of daily life and politics. * George J. Brooke, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament *This wonderful study was written in the context of the research project Biblical Criticism in the Seventeenth Century, led by Henk Nellen and Piet Steenbakkers. * Jan Bloemendal, Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands / Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Renaissance Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Biblical Philology in the Sixteenth Century 1: Joseph Scaliger: The Power of Philology (1590-1609) 2: Biblical Philology: Nothing Radical (1609-1619) 3: Mobilizing Biblical Philology: The States' Translation (1619-1637) 4: The Biblical Philology of Daniel Heinsius (1619-1640) 5: Grotius's Annotationes on the Bible (1619-1645) 6: Claude Saumaise and the 'Hairy War' (1640-1650) 7: Radical Philology: Isaac de La Peyrère (1643-1660) 8: On the Eve of Spinoza: The Rise of Biblical Philology (1650-1670) Conclusion: The Emancipation of Biblical Philology (1590-1670) Bibliography
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Oxford University Press Medieval Rome Stability and Crisis of a City 9001150 Oxford Studies in Medieval European History
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Oxford University Press ReWriting History
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Oxford University Press The Prospect of Global History
Book SynopsisThe Prospect of Global History takes a new approach to the study of global history, seeking to apply it, rather than advocate it. The volume seeks perspectives on history from East Asian and Islamic sources as well as European ones, and insists on depth in historical analysis. The Prospect of Global History will speak to those interested in medieval and ancient history as well as modern history. Chapters range from historical sociology to economic history, from medieval to modern times, from European expansion to constitutional history, and from the United States across South Asia to China.Trade ReviewThe Prospect of Global History has much to offer those in the field, and I have no doubt that Osterhammel's chapter alone will be mandatory for all students of global history to read in years to come. * Alexandra Leonzini, Global Histories *Table of ContentsPart I 1: James Belich, John Darwin, Chris Wickham: Introduction 2: Jürgen Osterhammel: Global History and Historical Sociology 3: Kevin O'Rourke: The Economist and Global History Part II 4: Nicholas Purcell: Unnecessary Dependences: Illustrating Circulation in Pre-Modern Large-Scale History 5: Robert I. Moore: A Global Middle Ages? 6: James Belich: The Black Death and European Expansion 7: Matthew W. Mosca: The Qing Empire and Early Modern Global History Part III 8: Francis Robinson: Global History from an Islamic Angle 9: Anthony G. Hopkins: The Real American Empire 10: Linda Colley: Writing Constitutions and Writing World History 11: John Darwin: Afterword
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Literary Culture Oxford Handbooks
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis
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Oxford University Press, USA The Church in AngloSaxon Society
Book SynopsisFrom the impact of the first monasteries in the seventh century, to the emergence of the local parochial system five hundred years later, the Church was a force for change in Anglo-Saxon society. It shaped culture and ideas, social and economic behaviour, and the organization of landscape and settlement. This book traces how the widespread foundation of monastic sites (''minsters'') during c.670-730 gave the recently pagan English new ways of living, of exploiting their resources, and of absorbing European culture, as well as opening new spiritual and intellectual horizons. Through the era of Viking wars, and the tenth-century reconstruction of political and economic life, the minsters gradually lost their wealth, their independence, and their role as sites of high culture, but grew in stature as foci of local society and eventually towns. After 950, with the increasing prominence of manors, manor-houses, and village communities, a new and much larger category of small churches were foTrade Review...an impressive study of the English church before the Norman Conquest which sheds much new light on its structures and place in society * Contemporary Review *A powerful and compelling synthesis...Blair's skilful integration of archaeological and historical evidence is second to none. His synthesis and assessment of the most recent archaeological research conveys all the excitement of this fast unfolding field... * John Nightingale, Magdalen College, Oxford *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ; 1. The English and their Christian Neighbours, c.550-650 ; 2. Minsters in Church and State, c.650-850 ; 3. Church and People, c.650-850 ; 4. The Church in the Landscape, c.650-850 ; 5. Monastic Towns? Minsters as Central Places, .650-850 ; 6. Minsters in a Changing World, c.850-1100 ; 7. The Birth and Growth of Local Churches, c.850-1100 ; 8. From Hyrness to Local Parish: The Formation of Parochial Identities, c.850-1100 ; EPILOGUE ; APPENDIX: THREE MINOR MINSTERS IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX
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Oxford University Press Writings on the Poor Laws
Book SynopsisIn the essays presented in this volume, Bentham lays down the theoretical principles from which he develops his proposals for reform of the English poor laws in response to the perceived crisis in poor relief in the mid-1790s. These ideas were to be a significant influence on the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834.Trade ReviewTo finally have access to these original writings in as close a form as possible to their author's original intent will be of great service to all scholars working on the history of ideas about social welfare. English Historical ReviewTable of ContentsEditorial Introduction; Table of Cases Calling for Relief; Essays on the Subject of the Poor Laws; Pauper Systems Compared; Observations on the Poor Bill; Appendices; Index of Subjects; Index of Names
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Oxford University Press The Reformation of the Landscape
Book SynopsisThe Reformation of the Landscape is a richly detailed and original study of the relationship between the landscape of Britain and Ireland and the tumultuous religious changes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It explores how the profound theological and liturgical transformations that marked the era between 1500 and 1750 both shaped, and were in turn shaped by, the places and spaces within the physical environment in which they occurred. Moving beyond churches, cathedrals, and monasteries, it investigates how the Protestant and Catholic Reformations affected perceptions and practices associated with trees, woods, springs, rocks, mountain peaks, prehistoric monuments, and other distinctive topographical features of the British Isles. Drawing on extensive research and embracing insights from a range of disciplines, Alexandra Walsham examines the origins, immediate consequences, and later repercussions of these movements of religious renewal, together with the complex but decisiTrade ReviewOne ends this impressive book wanting more and we can hope that a flotilla of new studies by other scholars will appear in its wake. * Kenneth Fincham, History Today *the most important book on the Reformation in Britain and Ireland. * Catholic Times *The overall picture is vivid, astoundingly detailed and deeply compelling in its conceptual range and its forthright analysis. This book moves with both grace and authority over a vast tract of time and space, giving a whole new dimension to the Reformation debate, and contributing to several other related discussions as it goes... Charting the topography of religious conviction and the panorama of magic and memory, [Walsham] has reconfigured a landscape of her own, contributing an outstanding landmark to the scholarly terrain. * Lucy Wooding, Times Higher Education *The interweaving of religious and local history in this book produces a most stimulating effect. Based on research as broad as it is deep, it conveys an understanding of the habits of belief and desire that drove generations of men and women all over these islands to feats of destruction and preservation in the cause of religion. * Graham Parry, The Guardian *This book draws on immense learning, wearing it lightly...Its grace and authority will commend it to theologians, anthropologists, geographers and a mass of general readers besides academic historians. Its compelling argument makes the book required reading for all concerned with early modern Britain and Ireland. The Reformation of the Landscape confirms Alexandra Walsham's place in the very front rank of British historians. * Anthony Fletcher, Times Literary Supplement *A superb work of synthesis, full of fascinating detail, animated by an astringent intelligence and abounding in original insights. * Keith Thomas, London Review of Books *Magisterial...[Walsham] cements her reputation as the finest Reformation historian of her generation...a landmark of Reformation studies. * Alec Ryrie, The Tablet *A fascinating study of the place of landscape in English religious sentiment during the century and a half after the Reformation, a work of stunning originality. * Jonathan Sumption, The Spectator *Brings an extraordinary breadth and depth of erudition, high literary gifts, and remarkable intellectual ambition... Colourful, complex, subtle, sophisticated, argumentative, and wide-ranging, Walshams book forces us to look anew at many familiar themes, besides pointing towards a host of unfamiliar places. * Wilfred Prest, Australian Book Review *Walsham presents an admirably complex rendering of the British and Irish landscape * Elizabeth Yale, Social History of Medicine *This book represents the crowning glory of a new turn in Reformation historiography. Rather than the customary focus upon the origins, speed, direction and popularity of England's sixteenth-century Reformations, Walsham illuminates their impact upon the landscape with unparalleled breadth, variety and sophistication. * Andrew Hopper, Rural History *The Reformation of the Landscape is an astonishing accomplishment ... This is not just a book for historians of the landscape, or even Reformation historians. It is a book for anybody with at least a passing interest in the history of Britain or its constituent parts, in its religion, its culture, its social practices, its memory or its national identity/identities. Within its pages the landscape is lovingly revealed, not as a backdrop for human actors, or an occasional participant in events, but as an active agent in our history, and a rich, multifarious and constantly evolving record of the past as experienced by all who lived in it. * Jonathan Willis, English Historical Review *This is an important book: of encouragement and example, as well as stimulation and provocation. * Paul Everson, Landscape History *Walsham has superbly told the story of the "rich, eclectic, and contradictory legacy which the Reformation...left upon the landscape" of Britain and Ireland. * Rudolph P. Almasy, The Sixteenth Century Journal *a delight, rich with evidence and ideas ... a fresh, interesting, and exciting read ... a historical blockbuster that will inspire a generation. * Adam Stout, Time & Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture *This enormously learned, rich book is a fascinating archaeology, revealing much about how that mental world came into being. * Carl Watkins, Magdalene College, Cambridge *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Loca Sacra: Religion and the Landscape before the Reformation ; 2. Idols in the Landscape: The Impact of Protestant Reform ; 3. Britannia Sancta: Catholicism, Counter Reformation and the Landscape ; 4. The Religious Regeneration of the Landscape: Ritual, Rehabilitation and Renewal ; 5. God's Great Book in Folio: Providence, Science and the Natural Environment ; 6. Therapeutic Waters: Religion, Medicine and the Landscape ; 7. Invented Traditions: Legend, Custom, and Memory ; Conclusion ; Bibliography of Primary Sources
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Oxford University Press The Oxford History of the British Empire Volume II The Eighteenth Century
Book SynopsisExamines the history of British worldwide expansion from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a crucial phase in the creation of the modern British Empire.Trade ReviewOxford University Press has recently published a wide variety of historical titles in paperback. Pride of place must go to the five volume Oxford History of the British Empire written under the general editorship of Professor William Roger Lewis and published in hardback in 1998. The five volumes, describe the history and effect of the Empire on world history. The scholars who contributed and the volumes' individual editors all deserve high praise for thie massive undertaking. * Contemporary Review *a set of authors with impeccable credentials ... provide ... systematic overviews. * Miles Ogborn, Journal of Historical Geography, 26, 3. *Review from previous edition readers can be assured of solid summaries of the state-of-play on the various specialist topics covered. This is a fine volume that gives British imperial historians plenty to consider. * Kenneth Morgan, Jnl of Imperial and Commonwealth History. *Table of ContentsList of Contributors; List of Maps; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations ; 1. Introduction ; 2. British Diaspora: Emigration from Britain 1680-1815 ; 3. Inseparable Connections: Trade, Economy, Fiscal State, and the Expansion of Empire 1688-1815 ; 4. The Imperial Economy 1700-1776 ; 5. The Anointed, the Appointed, and the Elected: Governance of the British Empire 1689-1784 ; 6. Religious Faith and Commercial Empire ; 7. Colonial Wars and Imperial Instability 1688-1793 ; 8. Sea-Power and Empire 1688-1793 ; 9. World-Wide War and British Expansion 1793-1815 ; 10. Empire and Identity from the Glorious Revolution to the American Revolution ; 11. Knowledge and Empire ; 12. 'This Famous Island Set in a Virginian Sea': Ireland in the British Empire 1690-1801 ; 13. Growth and Mastery: British North America 1690-1748 ; 14. The American Colonies in War and Revolution 1748-1783 ; 15. Britain and the Reovlutionary Crisis 1763-1791 ; 16. Native Peoples of North America and the Eighteenth-Century British Empire ; 17. British North America ; 18. The Formation of Caribbean Plantation Society 1689-1748 ; 19. The British West Indies in the Age of Abolition 1748-1815 ; 20. The British Empire and the Atlantic Slave Trade 1660-1807 ; 21. The Black Experience in the British Empire 1680-1810 ; 22. The British in Asia: Trade to Dominion 1700-1765 ; 23. Indian Society and the Establishment of British Supremacy 1765-1818 ; 24. British India 1765-1813: The Metropolitan Context ; 25. The Pacific: Exploration and Exploitation ; 26. Britain without America; A Second Empire? ; Chronology; Index
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Oxford University Press The Wealth of AngloSaxon England
Book SynopsisHow did the Anglo-Saxons obtain the treasure that tempted Vikings to raid England frequently in the ninth century and again between 980 and 1018? As Britain then had no gold mine and its lead mines yielded very little silver, this treasure must have been imported. Some may have been given, but most was obtained by trade. Until the ninth century the main source was Francia where there was a lively demand for English produce. Cross Channel trade flourished, much of it passing through the major ports, or wics, that developed in the seventh century. The rapid decline of this trade in the ninth century was caused, not by the Vikings, but by a general shortage of new silver in western Europe after c. 850, reflected in the debasement of the Frankish and Anglo-Saxon coinages. Silver was, however, imported to England by the Danes who settled there in the late ninth century. A very important source of new silver was discovered in the 960s in Germany. This led to a rapid expansion of the German eTrade ReviewSawyer handles the evidence masterfully and his work is as engaging and thought-provoking as ever. * BBC History Magazine *For nearly fifty years, Professor Sawyer has expounded on the riches of late Anglo-Saxon England ... It is a mark of the quality of Sawyer's scholarship that, nearly half a century later, his central argument not only stands, but has been bolstered. * Alex Burghart, Times Literary Supplement *It is testimony to the strength of Sawyer's original ideas that so much has not only survived decades of research, including his own extensive contributions, but has been corroborated by it. * Scott Ashley, English Historical Review *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Tempore Regis Edwardi ; 3. From solidi to sceattas ; 4. The Eighth and Ninth Centuries ; 5. From Edward the Elder to Edward the Confessor ; 6. 'Whoever has cash can acquire anything he wants' ; Appendix: Estimating dies, coins, and currency ; References
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Oxford University Press, USA Denmark 15131660
Book SynopsisOne of the largest states in Europe and the greatest of the Protestant powers, Denmark in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was at the height of its influence. Embracing Norway, Iceland, portions of southern Sweden and northern Germany, the Danish monarchy dominated the vital Baltic trade. However, its geopolitical importance far exceeded its modest resources. Paul Douglas Lockhart examines the short and perhaps unlikely career of Denmark as the major power of northern Europe, exploring its rise to the forefront of European affairs and its subsequent decline in fortunes following its disastrous involvement in the Thirty Years'' War. Using the latest research from Danish and other Scandinavian scholars Lockhart focuses on key issues, from the dynamic role of the Oldenburg monarchy in bringing about Denmark''s ''European integration'', to the impact of the Protestant Reformation on Danish culture. The multi-national character of the Danish monarchy is explored in-depth, in particulTrade ReviewLockhart's book is based on a superb knowledge of Danish research. His work is empirical and analytical at a very high level.... Lockhart has written by far the best introduction in any language to the history of early modern Denmark. * Steffen Heiberg, The International History Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; PART I - THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSENSUAL STATE, 1513-96 ; 1. The End of the Medieval Monarchy, 1513-36 ; 2. The Rebirth of the Oldenburg Monarchy, 1536-96 ; 3. Reformation and Culture ; 4. Commerce, Rural Economy, and the Structure of Society ; 5. The Mistress of the Sound: Denmark and Europe, 1513-96 ; PART II - THE AGE OF CHRISTIAN IV, 1596-1660 ; 6. The Activist Monarchy of Christian IV ; 7. Baltic and German Hegemonies: Denmark and Europe, 1596-1629 ; 8. Church and Court: Culture in the Age of Christian IV ; 9. The Death of Government by Consensus, 1630-48 ; 10. State and Society, Centre and Periphery ; 11. War and Absolutism, 1648-60 ; 12. Epilogue ; Glossary ; Bibliographic Essay
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Oxford University Press Life and Society in the Hittite World
Book SynopsisIn dealing with a wide range of aspects of the life, activities, and customs of the Late Bronze Age Hittite world, this book complements the treatment of Hittite military and political history presented by the author in The Kingdom of the Hittites (OUP, 1998). It aims to convey to the reader a sense of what it was like to live amongst the people of the Hittite world, to participate in their celebrations, to share their crises, to meet them in the streets of the capital or in their homes, to experience the sights, sounds, and smells of a healing ritual, to attend an audience with the Great King, and to follow his progress in festival processions to the holy places of the Hittite land. Through quotations from the original sources and through the word pictures to which these give rise, the book aims at recreating, as far as is possible, the daily lives and experiences of a people who for a time became the supreme political and military power in the ancient Near East.Trade ReviewCombining lucidity with scholarly rigour and displaying an informed and thoughtful response to the topic, this well-written book will be of particular value to university students and ancient historians. It deserves also to find a place in the wider market. * Times Higher Education Supplement *Trevor Bryce is the most successful - and responsible - popularizer of Anatolian studies active today. An authority on the Luwians of the second millennium and Lycia of the first, he has already produced a highly readable history of the Hittites and has now presented us with a survey of Hittite culture. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Synopsis ; 1. King, Court, and Royal Officials ; 2. The People and the Law ; 3. The Scribe ; 4. The Farmer ; 5. The Merchant ; 6. The Warrior ; 7. Marriage ; 8. The Gods ; 9. The Curers of Diseases ; 10. Death, Burial, and the Afterlife ; 11. Festivals and Rituals ; 12. Myth ; 13. The Capital ; 14. Links across the Wine-Dark Sea
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Clarendon Press Fin de Siècle Beirut
Book SynopsisPostwar Beirut conjures up contradictory images of remarkable openness and inconceivable violence, of great antiquity and a bright future. The Lebanese capital stands for Arab cosmopolitanism and cultural effervescence but also for its tragedies of destruction. This book examines the historical formation of Beirut as a multiply contested Mediterranean city.Fin de Siècle Beirut is a landmark contribution to the growing literature in Ottoman studies, in Arab cultural history and on Mediterranean cities. Combining urban theory, particularly Henri Lefebvre''s work on cities and capitalism, with postcolonial methodology, the central thesis of this book is that modern Beirut is the outcome of persistent social and intellectual struggles over the production of space. The city of Beirut was at once the product, the object, and the project of imperial and urban politics of difference: overlapping European, Ottoman, and municipal civilising missions competed in the political fields of administraTrade ReviewThis is a fundamental work, based on research in Archives in Istanbul, Paris and Kew as well as extensive readings of newspapers, books and unpublished theses. * Philip Mansel, Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsPART I: CAPITALIZATIONS; PART II: MEDIATIONS; PART III: URBAN WORDS - URBAN WORLDS
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Oxford University Press Soviet Baby Boomers
Book SynopsisDonald Raleigh''s Soviet Baby Boomers traces the collapse of the Soviet Union and the transformation of Russia into a modern, highly literate, urban society through the fascinating life stories of the country''s first post-World War II, Cold War generation. For this book, Raleigh has interviewed sixty 1967 graduates of two magnet secondary schools that offered intensive instruction in English, one in Moscow and one in provincial Saratov. Part of the generation that began school the year the country launched Sputnik into space, they grew up during the Cold War, but in a Soviet Union increasingly distanced from the excesses of Stalinism. In this post-Stalin era, the Soviet leadership dismantled the Gulag, ruled without terror, promoted consumerism, and began to open itself to an outside world still fearful of Communism. Raleigh is one of the first scholars of post-1945 Soviet history to draw extensively on oral history, a particularly useful approach in studying a country where the boundTrade Reviewambitious and thought-provoking. * Stefan B. Kirmse, Europe-Asia Studies *This is the first known Soviet oral history study by a Western scholar. ... Raleighs study is fascinating, providing a unique and nostalgic portrayal of the everyday life of the Soviet post-Stalin generation from the late Khrushchev era to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The book is full of fresh insights and interesting ideas. * Sergei I. Zhuk, Slavonic and East European Review *[Donald J. Raleigh] has created a sophisticated and nuanced cultural history. His book, eschewing cliché about the necessary and inevitable stasis of Russian society or its long-term yen for authoritarianism, at the same time puts forward thought-provoking, and at times unexpected, material about the lasting and deep impact of the late Soviet era on the present day. * Catriona Kelly, English Historical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. The Real Nuclear Threat: Soviet Families in Transition ; 2. Overtaking America in School: Educating the Builders of Communism ; 3. "Unconscious Agents of Change": Soviet Childhood Creates the Cynical Generation ; 4. The Baby Boomers Come of Age ; 5. Living Soviet during the Brezhnev-Era Stagnation ; 6. "But then everything fell apart": Gorbachev Remakes the Soviet Dream ; 7. Surviving Russia's Great Depression ; Conclusion: "It's they who have always held Russia together" ; Notes ; Appendix ; Bibliography
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Oxford University Press A Nation of Outsiders
Book SynopsisAt mid-century, Americans increasingly fell in love with characters like Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye and Marlon Brando''s Johnny in The Wild One, musicians like Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan, and activists like the members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. These emotions enabled some middle-class whites to cut free of their own histories and identify with those who, while lacking economic, political, or social privilege, seemed to possess instead vital cultural resources and a depth of feeling not found in grey flannel America. In this wide-ranging and vividly written cultural history, Grace Elizabeth Hale sheds light on why so many white middle-class Americans chose to re-imagine themselves as outsiders in the second half of the twentieth century and explains how this unprecedented shift changed American culture and society. Love for outsiders launched the politics of both the New Left and the New Right. From the mid-sixties through the eighties, it flourishedTrade ReviewWide ranging and engagingly written, A Nation of Outsiders is one of the most provocative works in post-World War II U.S. history published in recent years. * Journal of American History *A Nation of Outsiders is smart, insightful, and politically astute. Grace Hale's analysis of the 'romance of the outsider' is necessary reading for anyone who has ever wondered about the meaning of our national obsession with 'authenticity'-as well as for anyone who might be curious about what Jerry Falwell and Holden Caulfield have in common. * Beth Bailey, Temple University *In addition to telling a wealth of perceptively rendered stories, Grace Hale understands, as do few historians, that American rebels should neither be understood simply, with empathy, on their own terms nor viewed, often condescendingly, by the mainstream social order. No one before has woven these individual narratives into a larger analysis of how white middle-class rebels both rejected, in romantic ways, what they took to be established, oppressive norms while also helping to generate a more flexible, more profitable consumer society. In so doing, Hale makes A Nation of Outsiders required reading for anyone curious about the role and definition of rebellion in recent U.S. history. * Michael Kazin, Georgetown University *A Nation of Outsiders provides a provocative and lively addition to the growing sense that postwar America was far less homogenous and consensual than the white bread postwar suburban stereotype suggests. Grace Elizabeth Hale carries her story forward to suggest how some of this 'rebellion' has cropped up in new and unexpected places in contemporary America. An important correction to the notion that the spirit of rebellion was limited to the 1960s or confined to those on the left. * Alexander Bloom, co-editor of Takin' to the Streets: A Sixties Reader *For a nation whose history is so deeply saturated by white supremacy, Americans have paid an awful lot of attention to the disaffections of a wide array of self-proclaimed white outsiders and underdogs. Grace Elizabeth Hale provides a rich and intelligent account of how alienated-often fully aggrieved-marginality became the mainstream in post-war U.S. culture, from Holden Caulfield, the Beats, and the new minstrelsy of rock 'n' roll, to William F. Buckley and the white grievances of the Moral Majority. It's as if white Americans across the political spectrum had been rehearsing responses to the Obama presidency for two generations. This is an important book, not only for what it says about our past, but what it suggests about our present and our future as well. * Matthew Frye Jacobson, author of Roots Too: White Ethnic Revival in Post-Civil Rights America *Table of ContentsPART I: LEARNING TO LOVE OUTSIDERS
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Oxford University Press Exodus and Liberation
Book SynopsisThe history of deliverance politics in Anglo-American history contains remarkable moments of achievement, but this is not a story of triumphal progress. Exodus was hotly contested, used by the powerful as well as the weak, and mobilized to support a host of rival causes. By writing themselves into the Protestant history of liberty, African Americans undercut complacent narratives of progress, injecting a powerful sense of unease into the tradition. The argument over who owns the biblical narrative has continued into the twenty-first century. If Barack Obama saw himself as an inheritor of Exodus politics, so too did George W. Bush. Many Christians - and many non-Christians too - remain understandably suspicious of those who read Israel''s history as political paradigm, especially when it underpins religious nationalism. This story is riddled with moral ironies. The Books of Moses could be used to justify anti-black racism and the dispossession of Native peoples as well as freedom from sTrade ReviewThis book, a tour de force of historical research and cultural analysis, demonstrates that a rhetoric of 'deliverance' grounded in several key biblical texts has been an under-appreciated but vitally important theme of political mobilization in Britain and American from the 16th century to the present. The argument is built on careful analysis of these texts from the Book of Exodus and elsewhere in Scripture, and of their surprisingly broad effect in different historical periods and national circumstances. The effect adds significantly to political understanding of religious history and religious understanding of the political. It is a noteworthy, but also surprisingly timely work. * Mark Noll, author of Protestantism: A Very Short Introduction *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ; Introduction: "Biblical Traditions that Call for Liberation" ; Part I: Reformations, Revolutions, and Political Slavery ; 1. "The Only Parallel": The Puritan Revolution as England's Exodus ; 2. "God's Favourite People": The Revolutions of 1688 and 1776 ; Part II: Abolitionists, African Americans, and Racial Slavery ; 3. "Pretended Votaries of Freedom": The Rise of Protestant Antislavery to 1807 ; 4. "Yours for the Jubilee": The Abolitionists' Scriptural Imagination, 1808-1865 ; 5. "When Israel was in Egyptland": Black Exodus Politics, 1808-1865 ; Part III: Exodus after Slavery ; 6. "I Have Seen the Promised Land": The Persistence of Deliverance Politics, 1865-2008 ; Conclusion: Sacred Texts, Godly Readers, and Historical Change ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
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OUP USA The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of the History of Iran proceeds chronologically through the history of Iran, from ancient times to the present. This reliable and accessible collection of essays can serve as an introduction to the field of Iranian studies and a useful review for practicing scholars.Trade ReviewA well-known scholar of pre-Islamic Iran, Daryaee...has edited the best single volume on the history of the Iranian world...This volume...provides the most accessible study of Iranian history available. Whether one's aim is to learn about the cultural complexity of Iranian people or the changing nature of politics in one of the most pivotal countries in the Middle East, this handbook is an excellent point of departure. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsContributors ; Maps ; Introduction, Touraj Daryaee ; 1. From Paleolithic Times to the Rise of the Achaemenid Empire, Kamyar Abdi ; 2. The Elamites, Daniel Potts ; 3. Avestan Culture, Prods Oktor Skjaervo ; 4. The Achaemenid Empire, Alireza Shapour Shahbazi ; 5. Iran at the time of Alexander the Great and the Seleucids, Evangelos Venetis ; 6. The Arsacids, Edward Dabrowa ; 7. The Sasanians, Touraj Daryaee ; 8. Iran in the Early Islamic History, Michael G. Morony ; 9. Medieval Iran, Neguin Yavari ; 10. The Mongols in Iran, George E. Lane ; 11. Timurid Iran, Ali Anooshahr ; 12. The Safavids in Iranian History (1501-1722), Kathryn Babayan ; 13. The Afghan Interlude and the Zand and Afshar Dynasties (1722-1795), Kamran S. Aghaie ; 14. The Qajars, Ettehadieh Nezam-Mafi ; 15. The Pahlavi Dynasty, Afshin Matin-Asgari ; 16. Iran after Revolution (1979-2009), Maziar Behrooz ; Ruling Dynasties of Iran ; Index
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Oxford University Press Orientalist Jones
Book SynopsisSir William Jones (1746-94) was the foremost Orientalist of his generation and one of the greatest intellectual navigators of all time. He re-drew the map of European thought. ''Orientalist'' Jones was an extraordinary man and an intensely colourful figure. At the age of twenty-six, Jones was elected to Dr Johnson''s Literary Club, on terms of intimacy with the metropolitan luminaries of the day. The names of his friends in Britain and India present a roll-call of late eighteenth-century glitterati: Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Priestley, Edmund Burke, Warren Hastings, Johannes Zoffany, Edward Gibbon, Oliver Goldsmith, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Charles James Fox, William Pitt, and David Garrick. In Bengal his Sanskrit researches marked the beginning of Indo-European comparative grammar, and modern comparative-historical linguistics, of Indology, and the disciplines of comparative literature, philology, mythology, and law. He did moreTrade ReviewAll in all, this is an excellent biography of an extraordinary eighteenth-century intellectual ... the author has succeeded in giving a very lively portrait of a man with a fascinating personality, and the book offers the right balance between detailed and accurate factual information, a sensitive psychological interpretation of William Jones the man, and a clear exposition of the importance of his contribution to linguistics and Orientalism. * Pierre Dubois, Graat *... intelligent and stimulating ... This is a splendid book - in the richness of its research and the depth of its empathy, in the subtle delineation of William Jones's character and the diligent unravelling of a multi-faceted subject. * David Arnold, Times Literary Supplement *Michael Franklin has written the definitive biography of this most polymathic of men, moving with ease between the many facets of his remarkable mind. * James Mather, The Spectator *[A] readable and thorough biography...of one of the greatest polymaths in history * Andrew Robinson, The Independent *Michael Franklin has absorbed a lot of the gravitas and scholarly attention to detail of his chosen subject. * Robert Irwin, Literary Review *well worth reading * John Brockington, Translation and Literature *dynamic and definitive biography ... Franklin's portrait of Jones as a radical, republican mediator of hitherto disparate cultures is long overdue * Kurt A. Johnson, The Review of English Studies *Franklin's new biography of Jones goes much further than previous biographies ... in relating his career and his intellectual ambitions to the social and political circumstances of his time. [It] brings out many new biographical and critical insights into Jones's work and career * William Crawley, Asian Affairs *[an] admirable and engrossing biography. * The India Site *Michael Franklin has written an engaging, sympathetic, and definitive new scholarly biography of the first great British orientalist, Sir William Jones ... an impressive achievement * Peter J. Kitson, Wordsworth Circle *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. Claiming Kin in Calcutta: Jones discovers the Indo-European family of languages ; 2. Persian Jones, London Welshman, surveys his roots ; 3. Druid Jones on the Carmarthen Circuit: Radicalization and Recreation on the Celtic Fringe ; 4. Impressive Patrons and Impressing Mariners ; 5. Republican Jones and the Poetry of Politics: Fragments of Liberty ; 6. Knowing India: Asiatic Researches/Recreations ; 7. Europe Falls in Love with Sakuntala ; 8. Life and Death in Calcutta: A Courtroom View of the Ethics of Empire ; 9. 'Indo-Persian' Jones and Indian Pluralism ; Select Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press A Journey Through Ruins
Book SynopsisA unique evocation of Britain at the height of Margaret Thatcher''s rule, A Journey Through Ruins views the transformation of the country through the unexpected prism of every day life in East London.Written at a time when the looming but still unfinished tower of Canary Wharf was still wrapped in protective blue plastic, its cast of characters includes council tenants trapped in disintegrating tower blocks, depressed gentrifiers worrying about negative equity, metal detectorists, sharp-eyed estate agents and management consultants, and even Prince Charles. Cutting through the teeming surface of London, it investigates a number of wider themes: the rise and dramatic fall of council housing, the coming of privatization, the changing memory of the Second World War, once used to justify post-war urban development and reform but now seen as a sacrifice betrayed. Written half a century after the blitz, the book reviews the rise and fall of the London of the post-war settlement. It remains Trade ReviewThe chapter on the national trust is among the best and most original writing...I've ever read. * Vera Rule, The Guardian *Table of ContentsGoing Back to Dalston: Preface to the Oxford Edition ; PART ONE: THE UNDEMOLISHED WORLD OF DALSTON LANE ; 1. Street-Corner Vision ; 2. Around the World in Three Hundred Yards ; 3. All Cats are Grey by Night ; 4. Down in the Dirt ; 5. Dalston Lane Becomes a Downland Track ; PART TWO: BRIDESHEAD AND THE TOWER BLOCKS ; 6. Brideshead Relocated ; 7. Abysmal Heights ; 8. Rodinsky's Place ; 9. An Unexpected Reprieve ; PART THREE: SCENES FROM THE PRIVATIZED CITY ; 10. The London Bus Queue Falls Apart ; 11. The Vandalized Telephone Box ; 12. The Man with a Metal Detector ; 13. Drinking Water in a Toxic State ; PART FOUR: TALES OF CONVERSION ; 14. The Park that Lost its Name ; 15. Remembering London's War ; 16. The Bow Quarter: Six Hundred and Seventy Luxury Flats in an Old Victorian Hell-House ; PART FIVE: VISIONS OF THE NEW DAWN ; 17. Excellence: From Fifth Avenue to Hackney Town Hall ; 18. Refounding the City with Prince Charles ; AFTERWARDS... ; 19. Down Among the Gentrifiers ; 20. A Night to Remember ; 21. Brick Lane's Day of Killing ; 22. Don Giovanni (and Business Planning) Come to the Hackney Empire ; 23. Siraj Izhar's public lavatory ; Notes ; Index
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Oxford University Press Finding a Role The United Kingdom 19701990 New Oxford History of England
Book SynopsisAn impressively detailed but also unusually wide-ranging analysis of post-war Britain from 1970 to the end of Mrs Thatcher's term as prime minister in 1990, covering everything from international relations to family life, the countryside to manufacturing, religion to race, cultural life to political structures.Trade Reviewthere is a hugely impressive breadth of reference and eye for detail on display here. * Lawrence Black, Journal of Modern History, on Seeking a Role and Finding a Role? *No historian is better equipped to tackle a study of modern Britain in its wondrous complexity than Harrison... Finding a role?... is a major achievement * Frank Prochaska, Times Literary Supplement *A brilliant work of modern history... [with] a range and depth, which should ensure that it... is regarded as a classic for years to come * Richard Weight, History Today *Harrison's narrative is rich in both the range of the subjects he discusses and the detail in which they are analysed * John Callaghan, British Scholar *These two magisterial volumes [Seeking a Role and Finding a Role?] ... offer a consistently stimulating and formidably well-informed analysis of then condition of England since 1950, as it was shaped both by the wider world and its own internal development. * Richard Whiting, History *This is a great and virtuosic work, an essential book that enriches our understanding and never fails to reward its reader time and time again * Sean Moran, History, Reviews of New Books *A sweeping assessment of British history... Comprehensive and thorough...the definitive starting point for any student or academic wishing to engage with this complex and fascinating period. * LIMINA: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies, on Seeking a Role and Finding a Role? *Lucidly written, meticulously researched, and comprehensive in scope, the book stands out as a work of rare depth and sophistication. It is a landmark attempt to come to terms with Britain's contemporary history... Harrison has written a formidable book, replete with significance and interest. Scholars and students of modern Britain will be returning to it again and again in the years to come, both as an unrivalled source of information and as an eloquent contribution to a historiographical debate that will run and run * Ben Jackson, English Historical Review *a major achievement of modern historical analysis * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD ; 2. THE FACE OF THE COUNTRY ; 3. THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE ; 4. FAMILY AND WELFARE ; 5. INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE ; 6. INTELLECT AND CULTURE ; 7. POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT ; 8. RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT ; CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX
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Oxford University Press Environment and Empire
Book SynopsisEuropean imperialism was extraordinarily far-reaching: a key global historical process of the last 500 years. It locked disparate human societies together over a wider area than any previous imperial expansion; it underpinned the repopulation of the Americas and Australasia; it was the precursor of globalization as we now understand it. Imperialism was inseparable from the history of global environmental change. Metropolitan countries sought raw materials of all kinds, from timber and furs to rubber and oil. They established sugar plantations that transformed island ecologies. Settlers introduced new methods of farming and displaced indigenous peoples. Colonial cities, many of which became great conurbations, fundamentally changed relationships between people and nature. Consumer cultures, the internal combustion engine, and pollution are now ubiquitous. Environmental history deals with the reciprocal interaction between people and other elements in the natural world, and this book illTrade Review...compelling...the book is written clearly and with a lively prose...If you are a British imperial historian , or someone who works in an area of the former British Empire, you need to read this book. Few books are as clearly written, have as broad of a scope, or are as successful at imparting the views of past scholars while also articulating the authors' own version of history. Most importantly, perhaps, not only will you learn from this book, you will also enjoy it. * Brett Bennett British Scholar *This is an impressive book both for its sweep across continents and themes, and equally so for its lucid and flowing prose. The authors have woven together a complex tapestry of the currents that linked ecological change to the fortunes of the British Empire. It also brings the story up to the present and will be indispensable for historians, ecologists, and lay persons alike. * Mahesh Rangarajan, Professor in Modern Indian History, University of Delhi *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Environmental Aspects of the Atlantic Slave Trade and CaribbeanPlantations ; 3. The Fur Trade in Canada ; 4. Hunting, Wildlife, and Imperialism in Southern Africa ; 5. Imperial Travellers ; 6. Sheep, Pastures, and Demography in Australia ; 7. Forests and Forestry in India ; 8. Water, Irrigation, and Agrarian Society in India and Egypt ; 9. Colonial Cities: Environment, Space, and Race ; 10. Plague and Urban Environments ; 11. Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis in East and Central Africa ; 12. Imperial Scientists, Ecology, and Conservation ; 13. Empire and the Visual Representation of Nature ; 14. Rubber and the Environment in Malaysia ; 15. Oil Extraction in the Middle East: the Kuwait Experience ; 16. Resistance to Colonial Conservation and Resource Management ; 17. National Parks and the Growth of Tourism ; 18. The Post-Imperial Urban Environment ; 19. Reassertion of Indigenous Environmental Rights and Knowledge
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Oxford University Press Being Protestant in Reformation Britain
Book SynopsisThe Reformation was about ideas and power, but it was also about real human lives. Alec Ryrie provides the first comprehensive account of what it actually meant to live a Protestant life in England and Scotland between c. 1530-1640, drawing on a rich mixture of contemporary devotional works, sermons, diaries, biographies, and autobiographies to uncover the lived experience of early modern Protestantism. Beginning from the surprisingly urgent, multifaceted emotions of Protestantism, Ryrie explores practices of prayer, of family and public worship, and of reading and writing, tracking them through the life course from childhood through conversion and vocation to the deathbed. He examines what Protestant piety drew from its Catholic predecessors and contemporaries, and grounds that piety in material realities such as posture, food and tears. This perspective shows us what it meant to be Protestant in the British Reformations: a meeting of intensity (a religion which sought authentic feeliTrade Review...this is an immensely rewarding book...No book has ever brought early modern Protestantism to life so vividly, so eloquently and so movingly. * The Times Literary Supplement *Shifting the gaze from doctrine to devotion, Alec Ryrie one of the foremost historians of Britains Reformations presents us with a staggering piece of scholarship for which the term essential reading is redundant. * Adam Morton, Church Times *An important book that reflects a change of register and a shift in the tempo of Reformation studies ... a book full of riches, elegantly writter, alive with insight, quiet erudition and compassionate humour ... Being Protestant in Reformation Britain has brought to life a whole way of being. Its subjects might even feel that for once someone has done justice to their fervently held convictions and the meaning of their lives. * Lucy Wooding, Times Higher Education *Ryrie's book represents a monumental achievement. * Church of England Newspaper *This is a book of considerable achievement and many delights; a meticulously researched work, which provides a deep insight into the religious community in Britain from the early years of the Reformation up to the beginning of the English Civil War ... This is an important, landmark book in Reformation studies. * Anne Dillon, The Tablet *lively and readable... It sketches an evocative, richly textured and sympathetic portrait of the lived experience of people who embraced the reformed religion in sixteenth- and seventeenthcentury Britain, providing us with many fresh insights into a religious culture whose hallmark was a restless intensity and dynamism designed to fend off hypocrisy, stagnation and idleness. * Alexandra Walsham, English Historical Review, *This is an extremely enjoyable book and an important one. Throughout, Ryrie is engaging, employing an easy conversational tone and supplying rich detail. As a result, this work should be just as accessible to students interested in religious history as it is to experts in the field. It will be valuable in teaching upper-level undergraduate courses and in graduate courses, and should be included on the reading lists of anyone wishing to specialize in early modern European religious history. * Susan M. Cogan, Huntington Library Quarterly *I unhesitatingly welcome this book ... I recommend [it] to all those who wish to understand how the astonishing dynamism of Protestantism influenced the day to day living of men, women, and children in this island. * Alan Argent, Congregational History Society *This is a compelling book ... It leads us to empathise with the intensity with which his protagonists experienced their religion; to sympathise with their restless quest for assurance; and to return with new interest to old questions about the importance of this dynamic faith in reshaping the early modern world. * Felicity Heal, Journal of Ecclesiastical History *This book provides a comprehensive and incisive account of what it meant to lead a Protestant life in the century after the break with Rome ... Ryrie's work will certainly establish its position as a highly significant contribution to Reformation studies; this is a physically and intellectually substantial volume, constructed around a careful dialogue with a range of voices, which answers that critical question of how 'being Protestant' was a significant part of the making of the Reformation. * Helen Parish, History *Table of ContentsPART I: THE PROTESTANT EMOTIONS; PART II: THE PROTESTANT AT PRAYER; PART III: THE PROTESTANT AND THE WORD; PART IV: THE PROTESTANT IN COMPANY; PART V: THE PROTESTANT LIFE
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Oxford University Press Ulster Since 1600
Book SynopsisUlster Since 1600 surveys the history of the province from plantation to partition, and onwards from the formation of the Northern Ireland state to the ''Troubles'' of recent decades. It synthesises existing historical knowledge and also brings new insights to bear on the political, social, and economic evolution of the province and its peoples. The word ''Ulster'' conjures up images of communal conflict, sectarianism, and peace processes of indefinite duration but, as this volume shows, there is much more to the history of Ulster and its peoples. From the Plantation of Ulster in the early seventeenth century, the province has been home to three major ethnic and religious groups. It was this radically reconstituted society that produced a precociously early emigration to North America, that celebrated the outbreak of the French Revolution, and that in the Victorian era hosted Ireland''s first industrial city. Its rural poor suffered destruction and death during the Great Famine of the Trade ReviewCo-authored histories of Ulster are far from unknown, but this new one is probably the most intelligently planned and well executed and it is certainly pretty much up-to-date. ... an admirable account of the particularity of Ulster, of how it came to have its distinctive modern history, and why many of the legacies of its past, however attenuated, still have the power to haunt and to bite back. * John Morrill, European History Quarterly *one of the most significant histories of Ulster published in the past couple of decades. * Irish Times *...because of the high quality of so many of its chapters, it surely has to be one of the most significant histories of Ulster published in the past couple of decades...This is the great merit of the book: each chapter provides an audit of research on a clearly defined area, a showcase, a distillation of the scholarly work of many. * Irish Times *This book is a useful survey of literature in a variety of sub-fields in the history of Ulster and will make a useful textbook for undergraduate and post-graduate courses in Irish history and Irish studies broadly defined. * Eoin McLaughlin, Journal of Sottish Historical Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Ulster Since 1600 ; 1. The Early Modern Economy, 1600-1780 ; 2. Politics and Society, 1600-1800 ; 3. Family, Sex, and Marriage, 1600-1800 ; 4. People and Population Change, 1600-1914 ; 5. Religion and Society, 1600-1914 ; 6. Crime, Policing, and the Law, 1600-1900 ; 7. Popular Culture, 1600-1914 ; 8. Urban Ulster Since 1600 ; 9. Migration and Emigration, 1600-1945 ; 10. The Rural Economy, 1780-1914 ; 11. Business and Finance, 1780-1945 ; 12. Labour and Society, 1780-1945 ; 13. Education Since 1780 ; 14. Politics and Society 1800-1960 ; 15. Gender, Family, and Sexuality, 1800-2000 ; 16. Sport in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries ; 17. Agriculture and Rural Policy Since 1914 ; 18. Industry and Labour Since 1945 ; 19. Social Policy and Social Change Since 1914 ; 20. Politics Since 1960
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Oxford University Press, USA Morbid Curiosities
Book SynopsisIn the first comprehensive study of nineteenth-century medical museums, Morbid Curiosities traces the afterlives of diseased body parts. It asks how they came to be in museums, what happened to them there, and who used them. This book is concerned with the macabre work of pathologists as they dismembered corpses and preserved them: transforming bodies into material culture. The fragmented body parts followed complex paths - harvested from hospital wards, given to one of many prestigious institutions, or dispersed at auction. Human remains acquired new meanings as they were exchanged and were then reintegrated into museums as physical maps of disease. On shelves curators juxtaposed organic remains with paintings, photographs, and models, and rendered them legible with extensive catalogues that were intended to standardize the museum experience. And yet visitors refused to be policed, responding equally with wonder and disgust. Morbid Curiosities is a history of the material culture of mTrade Reviewabsorbing * Christopher Lawrence, Times Literary Supplement *a welcome and original addition to the scholarship on natural and medical history ... consistently engaging and accessible * Victoria Bates, Archives of Natural History *an intellectually lively and valuable study that shifts attention away from bodies to those body parts which made up museum collections. * Keir Waddington, British Journal for the History of Science *so this is a provocative, well researched, and elegantly written book. [Alberti] has reconstructed a persuasive history of the changing contexts of practices, meaning, and function of medical museums. This book nicely crosses disciplinary boundaries and will appeal to museologists, medical historians, anthropologists, art historians, and museum professionals. * Shauna Devine, Bulletin of the History of Medicine *Table of Contents1. Introduction: A Parliament of Monsters ; 2. Situating Pathology: A Cultural Cartography ; 3. Collecting Pathology: Fragmentation and the Traffic in Morbid Flesh ; 4. Preserving Pathology: Craft and Technique in the Medical Museum ; 5. Displaying Pathology: Maps of Morbidity ; 6. Viewing Pathology: Medical Museums and their Visitors ; 7. Conclusion: A Catalogue of Errors ; Select Bibliography
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Oxford University Press, USA Punishing the Dead
Book SynopsisWhat can we learn from suicide, that most personal and often inscrutable of acts? This strikingly original work shows how, from treatment of suicides in historic Britain, unique insights can be gained into the development of both social and political relationships and cultural attitudes in a period of profound change. Drawing ideas from a range of disciplines including law, philosophy, the social sciences, and literary studies as well as history, the book comprehensively analyses how successful and attempted suicide was viewed by the living and how they dealt with its aftermath, using a wide variety of legal, fiscal, and literary sources. By investigating the distinctive institutional environments and mental worlds of early modern England and Scotland, it explains why suicide was treated as a crime subject to financial and corporal punishments, and it questions modern assumptions about the apparent ''enlightenment'' of attitudes in the eighteenth century.The book is divided into two paTrade ReviewOriginal and compelling...an important and powerful work of comparative history...a stimulating and productive read * Brian P. Levack, Peter Marshall, Julian Goodare, Britain and the World: a Historical Journal of the British Scholar Society *This is an impressive book, rich in detailed analysis and nuance ... work of uncommon scholarship that should become required reading for scholars in the history of early modern medicine. * David Wright, American Historical Review *a rewarding read, offering a wide-ranging and well-researched challenge to the existing historiography of suicide. * Jonathan Healey, Local Population Studies *Table of ContentsPART I: PUNISHING THE DEAD; PART II: UNDERSTANDING THE DEAD
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