Tomlin - History 1

The last twenty years have been tortuous for supporters of Leeds United Football Club. In 2001 they were in the final four of the Champions League; within six years they were condemned to the third ……続きを見る

Vanuatu es un país formado por 83 islas en el Pacífico Sur, situadas entre Australia y Fiji. Su historia es milenaria y es de los pocos lugares del mundo que ha preservado tradiciones pasadas de gen……続きを見る

Almost everyone agrees that violence can sometimes be justified, but if it is to be justified it must be proportionate. Whether we are discussing war, self-defence, punishment, human rights law, pro……続きを見る

In jazz age Montmartre, African American musicians arrived in response to a demand for American dance rhythms. Hallowed entertainment venues acquired jazz orchestras, and a plethora of clubs sprang ……続きを見る

This volume investigates the state of same-sex relations in later medieval England, drawing on a remarkably rich array of primary sources from the period that include legal documents, artworks, theo……続きを見る

In "The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775," Abraham Tomlinson deftly curates the personal narratives of two soldiers whose experiences encapsulate a tumultuous period in military ……続きを見る

Nick Tiratsoo and Jim Tomlinson describe and assess the Labour Party's development of a policy of improving industrial efficiency. They concentrate on the debates and initiatives of the wartime peri……続きを見る

Doing a Leeds charts the roller-coaster ride of Leeds United over two dramatic decades in 19962005, exploring how the Whites went from living the Champions League dream to bankruptcy, relegation and……続きを見る

Politics, Religion and Society in Revolutionary England 1640-1660 goes beneath the surface of English society in the turbulent years of civil war and interregnum. The authors draw upon a fascinating……続きを見る

The rapid evolutionary development of modern Homo sapiens over the past 200,000 years is a topic of fevered interest in numerous disciplines. How did humans, while undergoing few physical changes fr……続きを見る

This book explores the historical and social dynamics of Spiritualism - a religious movement associated in the popular imagination with nineteenth-century parlour séances and ghost photography. It c……続きを見る

This book offers a new understanding of the main economic and political trends of 20th-century Britain, through the lens of Churchill's early career and approach to industrialisation. Shedding fresh……続きを見る

The New York Times bestseller about two familiesーone white, one blackーwho trace their roots to a slave plantation that bears their name. Internationally recognized for his work as a fearless war……続きを見る

A powerful biography that presents analysis of a black working-class woman who rose from a tenement slum in intensely racialized British Guiana to become a leading anti-colonialism, workers' rights ……続きを見る

In March 1961 America’s most prominent journalist, Edward R. Murrow, ended a quarter-century career with the Columbia Broadcasting System to join the administration of John F. Kennedy as director of……続きを見る

“Have you tried the fishing this summer?” “No; I’ve been too busy on the farm. This is the first day I have had when I could get away.” “It looks like rain. Is that the reason why you’ve dropped the……続きを見る

Britannia Romana: Roman Inscriptions and Roman Britain is based on the author’s 40 years’ experience of the epigraphy of Roman Britain. It collects 487 inscriptions (mostly on stone, but also on met……続きを見る

Originally published in 1947. This book looks at contemporary conundrums in philosophical tendencies, bringing the reader a first-principles review of the purpose of such enquiries in relation to mo……続きを見る

This study offers a distinctive new account of British economic life since the Second World War, focussing upon the ways in which successive governments, in seeking to manage the economy, have sough……続きを見る

How do military organizations learn? This book covers an important instance of military learning in which the United States military systematically examined the lessons of Israel's decisive victory ……続きを見る

Colonial Immigrants in a British City (1979) analyses the relationship between West Indian and Asian immigrants and the class structure of a British city. Based on a four-year research project in th……続きを見る

**A New York Times bestseller! “Lively and absorbing. . ." ー The New York Times Book Review "Engrossing." ーWall Street Journal “Entertaining and well-researched . . . ” ーHouston Chronicle Three n……続きを見る

The first major English-language biography of Francisco Goya y Lucientes, who ushered in the modern era The life of Francisco Goya (1746–1828) coincided with an age of transformation in Spanish hist……続きを見る

In "The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775," Abraham Tomlinson presents a poignant compilation of first-hand accounts from two anonymous soldiers navigating the complexities of mil……続きを見る

A bold new interpretation of Nat Turner and the slave rebellion that stunned the American South In 1831 Virginia, Nat Turner led a band of Southampton County slaves in a rebellion that killed fifty-……続きを見る

Marcel Petiot, France’s most famous serial killer A spring night in Paris. The most beautiful city in the world is dark and silent. Uncertainty devils the air. As does normality: war time normality.……続きを見る

Gershom Bulkeley (1635-1713), scientist, surgeon, minister, doctor, miller, lawyer and alchemist, was an important figure in all the events in Connecticut during his lifetime. He was born into the P……続きを見る

This collection examines the topic of time in the life and works of Augustine of Hippo. Adopting a global perspective on time as a philosophical and theological problem, the volume includes reflecti……続きを見る

“Black Hawk is on the trail again.” Joseph Hall was the speaker. With his parents, two sisters and a brother he lived on the American frontier in Illinois. In these days a reference to that part of ……続きを見る

This book discusses memorials - stained glass windows, church, cemetery and public monuments - commemorating British seafarers, shipbuilders and victims of shipwreck from the sixteenth century to th……続きを見る