History Of Britain – alle Bücher und DVDs, Seite 8

Objects of Poverty

Objects of Poverty is the first volume dedicated to analysing the material culture of poverty in British history from 1700 to the present. The book examines the history of poverty through the objects 'own…

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Tehila Sasson
The Solidarity Economy

The untold story of the role of humanitarian NGOs in building the neoliberal order after empireAfter India gained independence in 1947, Britain reinvented its role in the global economy through nongovernm…

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Black Britain and Nelson Mandela

A group of renowned Black historians examine the legacy of Nelson Mandela and its impact on Black intellectual thought on race and social justice in Britain

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James M Campbell
Reluctant Abolitionists

Britain abolished the death penalty for murder in 1965, but many of Britain's last colonies retained capital murder laws until the 1990s. In this book, James M. Campbell presents the first history of the …

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Daut Dauti
Britain, the Albanian National Question and the Fall of the Ottoman Empire, 1876-1914

All too often Albania has been considered a relatively minor player in late-19th and early-20th century history. By contrast, this book highlights the significance of this nation and the Albanian question…

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Edd Mustill
Britain's Revolutionary Summer

On midnight 30 April 1926, coalowners lock out a million miners. In response, British workers across the country down their tools. The General Strike has begun.The government feared the country teetered o…

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Sarah Flew
Charitable Giving in Victorian Britain

This book examines the growth of charity in 19th century Britain through the lens of the philanthropic activities of Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone, over a 40-year period.Sarah Flew incorporates c…

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Peter Gurney, Matthew Grant, Joel Morley
National Service Life Stories

National Service Life Stories studies the impact that compulsory military service had on men, using original, in-depth oral interviews with over one hundred ex-national servicemen to shine new light on ch…

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James M. Campbell
Reluctant Abolitionists

Britain abolished the death penalty for murder in 1965, but many of Britain's last colonies retained capital murder laws until the 1990s. In this book, James M. Campbell presents the first history of the …

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Callie Wilkinson
Empire of Influence

An important new account of how the East India Company established a transregional system of indirect rule in India in the early nineteenth century. Callie Wilkinson argues that the formation of the Compa…

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Matt Myers
The Halted March of the European Left

The Halted March of the European Left provides a bold reinterpretation of the 1970s. It provides a comparative analysis of the crisis of purpose and identity of the British, French, and Italian left and i…

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Rebekah Higgitt, Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin, Noah Moxham
Metropolitan Science

Exploring distinctive practices in the artisanal, mercantile, and governmental sites of London, Metropolitan Science offers a new perspective on the development of a scientific culture between the years 1…

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Victoria Taylor
Eagle Days

New research offers a revelatory insight of the men who flew Hitler's air war against Britain in the summer of 1940.

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Clare Jackson
The Mirror of Great Britain

History has not been kind to King James. A cradle king who was crowned in Scotland in 1567 and England and Ireland in 1603, James VI and I has long been eclipsed in fame and reputation by his predecessor …

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The Historical Contexts and Contemporary Uses of Mass Observation

A multifaceted exploration of Mass-Observation as an innovative research organization, a social-movement, and an archival project.

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Monika Barget
Uprisings in Eighteenth-Century Britain

This study examines how the British Empire of the 18th century contained revolution by integrating opposition agents as new spaces of power opened up. Monika Barget convincingly argues that this process o…

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John Wyver
Magic Rays of Light

On the evening of 26 January 1926, inventor John Logie Baird held a public demonstration in his workspace on London's Frith Street of a 'seeing by wireless' apparatus that he and many others had been work…

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John Wyver
Magic Rays of Light

On the evening of 26 January 1926, inventor John Logie Baird held a public demonstration in his workspace on London's Frith Street of a 'seeing by wireless' apparatus that he and many others had been work…

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John Heywood
In Search of Technological Excellence

Using a plethora of previously unpublished sources, this book analyses the policymaking and policy implementation in the education of British engineers and technologists between 1944-1994.

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Eloise Moss
The Secret Life of the Hotel

Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in hotels?Hotels represent nations, hosting visiting monarchs, politicians, and diplomats. Hotels underpin global networks of travel and communication, on whic…

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