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TRAFALGAR IN HISTORY
A Battle and Its AfterlifeEdited by DAVID CANNADINE
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You Save: 65%Following the bicentenary of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson, this volume explores key topics on the battle itself and its context and legacy. They include examinations of the question of resources,... Learn More -
THE BRITISH INSURANCE INDUSTRY SINCE 1900
The Era of TransformationROBERT L CARTER and PETER FALUSH
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You Save: 85%This book describes the dynamic changes that have occurred in one of Britain's most successful industries over the last century, showing how virtually every private and commercial activity has an insu... Learn More -
VOICES OF THE ENGLISH REFORMATION
A SourcebookEdited by JOHN N KING
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You Save: 45%Spanning the different phases of the English Reformation from William Tyndale's 1525 translation of the Bible to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603, this magisterial anthology brings together a range of... Learn More -
THE TIDE OF DEMOCRACY
Shipyard Workers and Social Relations in Britain, 1870-1950ALASTAIR J REID
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You Save: 87%This study examines British shipbuilding in its heyday, bringing together original discussions of the organisation of production, the relationship between leaders and members of the industry's key tra... Learn More -
MYTH AND MATERIALITY IN A WOMAN’S WORLD
Shetland 1800-2000LYNN ABRAMS
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JEWS AND OTHER FOREIGNERS
Manchester and the Rescue of the Victims of European Fascism, 1933-40BILL WILLIAMS
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You Save: 74%Between 1933 and 1940 Manchester received between seven and eight thousand refugees from Fascist Europe. They included Jewish academics expelled from universities in Germany, Austria, Spain and Italy.... Learn More -
INDUSTRIAL ENLIGHTENMENT
Science, Technology and Culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1820PETER M JONES
£25.00An exploration of the transition through which England passed between 1760 and 1820 on the way to becoming the world’s first industrialised nation. The book draws attention to the important role pla... Learn More -
FROM JACK TAR TO UNION JACK
Representing Naval Manhood in the British Empire, 1870-1918MARY A CONLEY
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You Save: 88%The author here charts new depictions of naval manhood during the Age of Empire, a period which witnessed the radical transformation of the navy, the intensification of imperial competition, the democ... Learn More -
DARTS IN ENGLAND, 1900-1939
A Social HistoryPATRICK CHAPLIN
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You Save: 84%This admirably researched volume takes as its central theme the transformation of darts in England ‘from a casual pub game at the turn of the century into a popular, codified and, to some extent, cr... Learn More -
CROWDS AND POPULAR POLITICS IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND
JOHN WALTER
£20.95Early modern England was marked by profound changes in economy, society, politics and religion. It is widely believed that the poverty and discontent which these changes often caused resulted in major... Learn More
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