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THE BRITISH PEOPLE AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Democracy, Citizenship and Internationalism, c1918-45

HELEN McCARTHY

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The League of Nations inspired a culture of political protest and civic ritual which found expression through the establishment of voluntary societies in dozens of countries. This is a study of Britai... Learn More
LIFE IN BRIGHTON

CLIFFORD MUSGRAVE

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This is the definitive history of the city of Brighton. Divided into five sections – Fishermen and Farmers, Princes and Palaces, Late Georgian, Victorian Marvels and Mysteries, Battle Scene and Tran... Learn More
AS THEY REALLY WERE
The Citizens of Alnwick 1831

KEITH MIDDLEMAS

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In 1831 a talented Alnwick artist, Percy Foster recorded more than a hundred portrait sketches of his fellow citizens. This record of Alnwick townsfolk, made in the year of the first ever census, is a... Learn More
THE ACCOUNTS OF THE GUILD OF THE HOLY TRINITY, LUTON
1526/7-1546/7

Edited by BARBARA TEARLE

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Religious guilds or fraternities proliferated throughout England until their dissolution in the late 1540s, yet few of their records have survived. Among the survivals are the last twenty-one years of... Learn More
EYEWITNESS, 1900-1909
Authentic Voices of the 20th Century

Edited by JOANNA BOURKE
Narrated by TIM PIGOTT-SMITH

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This set of 3 CDs of authentic British voices from the past covers the first decade of the twentieth century. With the nation’s troops at war in South Africa, majors, colonels and privates recall th... Learn More
CAPITAL AFFAIRS
London and the Making of the Permissive Society

FRANK MORT

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This new account of 1950s London challenges the sexual myth of the 1960s, arguing that its roots lay further back in the city's cultures of austerity and affluence that marked the post-war years. A se... Learn More
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Coming Home after the Second World War

ALAN ALLPORT

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Despite the gaiety and celebration, the street parties and victory speeches, Britain at the end of the Second World War was troubled, though triumphant. The country was subject to continued rationing ... Learn More
MAKING WOMEN MARTYRS IN TUDOR ENGLAND

MEGAN L HICKERSON

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This examination of the portrayal of Protestant women in John Foxe's Book of Martyrs shows how they resisted not just the authority of ecclesiastically and politically powerful men, but also th... Learn More
THE PUNCH BROTHERHOOD
Table Talk and Print Culture in Mid-Victorian London

PATRICK LEARY

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An unprepossessing oval dining table in the recesses of the British Library was once the most famous in London: the Punch table around which the staff of the most influential comic magazine of ... Learn More
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The Publishing of History in Britain, 1850-1950

LESLIE HOWSAM

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This work looks at the creation of historical knowledge, exploring history books and periodicals as sites of conflict and compromise. Traditionally, scholars have been reluctant to acknowledge book-t... Learn More

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THE BRITISH PEOPLE AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS Democracy, Citizenship and Internationalism, c1918-45

HELEN McCARTHY

LIFE IN BRIGHTON

CLIFFORD MUSGRAVE

AS THEY REALLY WERE The Citizens of Alnwick 1831

KEITH MIDDLEMAS

THE ACCOUNTS OF THE GUILD OF THE HOLY TRINITY, LUTON 1526/7-1546/7

Edited by BARBARA TEARLE

EYEWITNESS, 1900-1909 Authentic Voices of the 20th Century

Edited by JOANNA BOURKENarrated by TIM PIGOTT-SMITH

CAPITAL AFFAIRS London and the Making of the Permissive Society

FRANK MORT

DEMOBBED Coming Home after the Second World War

ALAN ALLPORT

MAKING WOMEN MARTYRS IN TUDOR ENGLAND

MEGAN L HICKERSON

THE PUNCH BROTHERHOOD Table Talk and Print Culture in Mid-Victorian London

PATRICK LEARY

PAST INTO PRINT The Publishing of History in Britain, 1850-1950

LESLIE HOWSAM

THE BRITISH PEOPLE AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Democracy, Citizenship and Internationalism, c1918-45

AS THEY REALLY WERE
The Citizens of Alnwick 1831

THE ACCOUNTS OF THE GUILD OF THE HOLY TRINITY, LUTON
1526/7-1546/7

EYEWITNESS, 1900-1909
Authentic Voices of the 20th Century

Edited by JOANNA BOURKE
Narrated by TIM PIGOTT-SMITH

CAPITAL AFFAIRS
London and the Making of the Permissive Society

DEMOBBED
Coming Home after the Second World War

THE PUNCH BROTHERHOOD
Table Talk and Print Culture in Mid-Victorian London

PAST INTO PRINT
The Publishing of History in Britain, 1850-1950