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Pax Britannica? is a study of Britain's international role and foreign policy during the century of her imperial greatness. The study shows how her foreign policy was affected, and to some extent, d……続きを見る

Sir Robert Peel dominated political life for more than two decades and has been described as the 'founder of modern conservatism.' This book analyzes the career of Sir Robert Peel in relation to the……続きを見る

Victorian Values is an absorbing portrait of Victorian society and culture, presenting different aspects of the age through profiles of representative or pioneering figures - among them Dickens, Pug……続きを見る

This is the second volume in Philip Bell's study of Franco-British relations in the twentieth century It covers the period from the Fall of France in 1940 to the opening of the Channel Tunnel. Phili……続きを見る

This book presents a study of the development of the feminist movement in Britain and America during the 19th century. Acknowledging the similar social conditions in both countries during that perio……続きを見る

This key Seminar Study was first published as Restoration England: The Reign of Charles II in 1985. Unavailable for several years, the book has now been heavily revised, and expanded, to take accoun……続きを見る

A timely reference guide to the Labour Party which brings together the essential facts and figures about the Party since its foundation through to the 'New Labour' of the 1990's. It is the essential……続きを見る

Now in its fifth edition, this hugely successful text remains as vivid and readable as ever. Frank Barlow illuminates every aspect of the Anglo-Norman world, but the central appeal of the book conti……続きを見る

This popular study covers two major topics: the formation of the Labour Party and its emergence as the main rival to the conservatives. This transformation of the British political scene has been ac……続きを見る

'You can't reform profit capitalism and inhumanity. Just kick it till it breaks.' ー Angry Brigade, communiqué 8. Between 1970 and 1972 the Angry Brigade used guns and bombs in a series of symbolic ……続きを見る

The Fall of Prince Florestan of Monaco Charles Wentworth Dilke, english liberal critic and writer on literature (1789-1864) This ebook presents «The Fall of Prince Florestan of Monaco», from Charles……続きを見る

The new 2014 edition of Alf Cobb: Mugsborough Rebel by Mike Matthews is especially welcome, as this year is the centenary of the death of Robert Tressell, author of the famous book The Ragged Trouse……続きを見る

When our children turn on the home's television sets, they will often flip through the channels to see the news or some nature channel. After seeing the video clips of film taken in other parts of t……続きを見る

Dave Douglass was a pitman for 40 years in the coalfields of the Tyne and in South Yorkshire. This book, the second in his trilogy Stardust and Coaldust, deals with the period from the end of the 60……続きを見る

Greater Britain Charles Wentworth Dilke, english liberal critic and writer on literature (1789-1864) This ebook presents «Greater Britain», from Charles Wentworth Dilke. A dynamic table……続きを見る

The Sunday Times Number 1 Bestseller ‘A fabulous story, superbly told … cannot be bettered’ Max Hastings ‘Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.’ On the 18th June 1815 the ……続きを見る

Of all the sovereigns that have worn the crown of England, Queen Elizabeth is the most puzzling, the most fascinating, the most blindly praised, and the most unjustly blamed. To make lists of her fa……続きを見る

The French Revolution catapulted Europe into a new period of political upheaval, social change, and into the modern era. This book provides a concise introduction to the impact of the French Revolut……続きを見る

In Victorian London, filth was everywhere: horse traffic filled the streets with dung, household rubbish went uncollected, cesspools brimmed with "night soil," graveyards teemed with rotting corpses……続きを見る

Rich in detail but vigorous, authoritative and unsentimental, A History of**Modern Wales is a comprehensive and unromanticised examination of Wales as it was and is. It stresses both the long-term c……続きを見る

In 866, the city of York was captured by a ‘Great Army’ of Viking warriors. Ten years later, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the Viking army made the transition from warfare to settlement, a……続きを見る

This book explores the benefits and challenges of transnational history for the study of modern Ireland. In recent years the word "transnational" has become more and more conspicuous in history writ……続きを見る

Known for his influential role in the debates that established the founding documents of the United States, Benjamin Franklin was not only an astute politician, but also an Atlantic citizen whose co……続きを見る

Winner of the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize 2015- from the British Society for Sports History. From its advent in the mid-late nineteenth century as a garden-party pastime to its development into a h……続きを見る

The definitive history of the great coal strike of 1984/85 and the background to it, this book explodes all the prevailing myths around that epic period, and corrects the inaccuracies in dozens of b……続きを見る

Tea drinking in Victorian England was a pervasive activity that, when seen through the lens of a century’s perspective, presents a unique overview of Victorian culture. Tea was a necessity and a lux……続きを見る

A history of the small Orcadian island of Sanday (the then base of anarchist publisher Cienfuegos Press), ー with an introduction by the publisher, Stuart Christie ー to the Rev. Alexander Goodfello……続きを見る

Albert Meltzer's personal account and reminiscences of the anarchist movement and its personalities in London between 1935 and 1955. Originally published by Cienfuegos Press, Over the Water, Sanday,……続きを見る

The actual course given to all secret agents in SOE before working behind enemy lines. It includes everything you needed to know to go undercover – from documents, cover stories and how to live off ……続きを見る

WITH THE CURRENT centennial chatter on the whys and wherefores of the First World War, not much has been said about the preceding general European social crisis as a force for international tension ……続きを見る