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WORK AND PAY IN 20TH-CENTURY BRITAIN

Edited by NICHOLAS CRAFTS, IAN GAZELEY and ANDREW NEWELL

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From assembly line to call centre, this volume charts the immense transformation of work and pay across the twentieth century and provides the first labour-focused history of Britain. Technology, soci... Learn More
THE UPPER DERWENT
10,000 Years in a Peak District Valley

BILL BEVAN

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The Upper Derwent Valley, located in the Peak District National Park between Stockport and Sheffield, is a stunningly beautiful landscape, comprising woodland, tor, reservoirs, rivers, heathland and f... Learn More
PEOPLE, PLACES AND PERSPECTIVES
Essays on Later Medieval and Early Tudor England

Edited by KEITH DOCKRAY and PETER FLEMING

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This Festschrift both celebrates the contribution of the distinguished historian Ralph Griffiths to the study of the fifteenth century and reflects the diversity of historical approaches now taken to ... Learn More
PARADISE LOST
Rural Idyll and Social Change since 1800

JEREMY BURCHARDT

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Burchardt shows how attitudes of townspeople to the countryside have changed over time, from romantic awe to patriotic feeling, regretful nostalgia, gratitude for the food it supplied and resentment a... Learn More
MANAGING THE BRITISH EMPIRE
The Crown Agents, 1833-1914

DAVID SUNDERLAND

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The quasi-governmental Crown Agents Office played a crucial role in colonial development. Acting in the United Kingdom as the commercial and financial agent for the crown colonies, the Agency supplied... Learn More
LIFE ON THE LEVELS
Voices from the Working World

TONY ANDERSON and CHRIS WILLOUGHBY

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The moors and levels of Somerset are still home to practices and professions that are particular to the unique landscape of the place. Lying in a bowl of hills bounded by the sea, and crossed by a net... Learn More
ST GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WINDSOR, IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES

Edited by COLIN RICHMOND and EILEEN SCARFF

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Built in the late Gothic style between 1475 and 1528, St George's Chapel in the lower ward of Windsor Castle was a centre of religious, intellectual and artistic excellence in fifteenth century Englan... Learn More
CONTESTING HOME DEFENCE
Men, Women and the Home Guard in the Second World War

PENNY SUMMERFIELD and CORINNA PENISTON-BIRD

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Was the Home Guard in the Second World War, as George Orwell claimed, 'a People’s Army'? This book argues that the Home Guard at once contributed to and challenged the notion of national unity: offi... Learn More
DUSTY BOB
A Cultural History of Dustmen, 1780–1870

BRIAN MAIDMENT

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Why did dustmen exercise an extended hold over the imagination of many Regency and Victorian artists and writers, including George Cruikshank, Henry Mayhew, Charles Dickens as well as numerous little-... Learn More
'ENGLAND'S DARLING'
The Victorian Cult of Alfred the Great

JOANNE PARKER

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During the last two decades, numerous studies have been devoted to the Victorian fascination with King Arthur. However, the figure of King Alfred has received almost no attention, yet for much of the ... Learn More

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WORK AND PAY IN 20TH-CENTURY BRITAIN

Edited by NICHOLAS CRAFTS, IAN GAZELEY and ANDREW NEWELL

THE UPPER DERWENT 10,000 Years in a Peak District Valley

BILL BEVAN

PEOPLE, PLACES AND PERSPECTIVES Essays on Later Medieval and Early Tudor England

Edited by KEITH DOCKRAY and PETER FLEMING

PARADISE LOST Rural Idyll and Social Change since 1800

JEREMY BURCHARDT

MANAGING THE BRITISH EMPIRE The Crown Agents, 1833-1914

DAVID SUNDERLAND

LIFE ON THE LEVELS Voices from the Working World

TONY ANDERSON and CHRIS WILLOUGHBY

ST GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WINDSOR, IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES

Edited by COLIN RICHMOND and EILEEN SCARFF

CONTESTING HOME DEFENCE Men, Women and the Home Guard in the Second World War

PENNY SUMMERFIELD and CORINNA PENISTON-BIRD

DUSTY BOB A Cultural History of Dustmen, 1780–1870

BRIAN MAIDMENT

'ENGLAND'S DARLING' The Victorian Cult of Alfred the Great

JOANNE PARKER

THE UPPER DERWENT
10,000 Years in a Peak District Valley

PEOPLE, PLACES AND PERSPECTIVES
Essays on Later Medieval and Early Tudor England

PARADISE LOST
Rural Idyll and Social Change since 1800

MANAGING THE BRITISH EMPIRE
The Crown Agents, 1833-1914

LIFE ON THE LEVELS
Voices from the Working World

CONTESTING HOME DEFENCE
Men, Women and the Home Guard in the Second World War

DUSTY BOB
A Cultural History of Dustmen, 1780–1870

'ENGLAND'S DARLING'
The Victorian Cult of Alfred the Great