A new edition of this best-selling history of Britain, from Roman times, now updated to cover the first decade of the 21st century.The Oxford History of Britain tells the story of Br...Loe edasi...
DAILY MAIL, GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 Winner of the 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing Shortlisted for the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize Shortlisted for the 2018 Wolfson Prize The story of a vi...Loe edasi...
Following the passage of the 1834 New Poor Law, parishes in England and Wales were organized into unions, each of which had at least one workhouse, a public institution where impoverished individuals and families were housed, fed, and put to work. B...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Stanford University Press, ISBN-13: 9781503645677)
Purist Pursuits chronicles how and why Armenians in the Ottoman Empire fashioned a new language called Western Armenian. Tracing its rise from the eighteenth to the early-twentieth centuries, Jennifer Manoukian studies the evolution of an ever-chang...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526197979)
For the Victorian working class, lodging in someone elses home was commonplace. Drawing on hundreds of coroners inquests reported in the Victorian press, Living with lodgers traverses Englands domestic dwelling lodgings, providing an intimate portra...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526197931)
Women in exile in early modern Europe and the Americas presents the important yet largely untold stories of a diverse group of women exiled across the Atlantic world in the early modern period. The book provides a new vantage point from which to enr...Loe edasi...
An overview of the early years of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), highlighting the debates about how far the organisation should be self-supporting or state-funded....Loe edasi...
Focusing on the scandalous affair of the buried alive, this book shows how the governing authorities in Naples managed the development of news and stories around current events through their systems of courts and bureaucracies....Loe edasi...
Through a microscopical lens, the book delves into the lives of some of the migrants linked to the Agata, either as members of the crew a ship, after all, is a moving workplace, as passengers, or as people sending letters through the ship....Loe edasi...
This book offers the first major analysis of William Wilberforce’s clerical networks, demonstrating that while a devoted Anglican, he was deeply intertwined with evangelicals of various ecclesiastical traditions. This book offers th...Loe edasi...
Who is your favourite woman writer from the 1800s? Today, many readers are likely to name Jane Austen, but in the 1880s, a common answer across Europe might well have been E. Marlitt. Redrawing Europes Literary Map sets out to uncover which female a...Loe edasi...
This book is for readers with an interest in law or history, especially those curious about the Revolution and the origins of American government. It draws on a wide variety of primary sources to explain how the Declaration of Independence founded a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009789035)
This book is for readers with an interest in law or history, especially those curious about the Revolution and the origins of American government. It draws on a wide variety of primary sources to explain how the Declaration of Independence founded a...Loe edasi...
A new introduction to the Constitution written on the semiquincentennial of American Independence, this book is packed with novel and surprising insights about the Constitutions original meaning, structure, and separation of powers, suitable for al...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009485715)
A new introduction to the Constitution written on the semiquincentennial of American Independence, this book is packed with novel and surprising insights about the Constitutions original meaning, structure, and separation of powers, suitable for al...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226849485)
An engaging look at the encounter between Jane Addams, Hull House settlement co-founder and Progressive reformer, and Alderman Johnny Powers. Jane Addams was full of courage and goodwill when she opened Hull House in Chicago’s Ninet...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226849492)
An engaging look at the encounter between Jane Addams, Hull House settlement co-founder and Progressive reformer, and Alderman Johnny Powers. Jane Addams was full of courage and goodwill when she opened Hull House in Chicago’s Ninet...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Simon & Schuster, ISBN-13: 9781668236918)
Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America with this collector’s edition of David McCullough’s 1776—the unforgettable saga of the people and events that forged American independence.America’s beloved and...Loe edasi...
A unique study on the relationship between state administration and politics, examining how the office of the Czech Landsmannminister became the primary vehicle for the politicization of the Habsburg state....Loe edasi...
This volume, the first of its kind, investigates the representation of women in the travel accounts of European travellers from the Age of Explorati...Loe edasi...
This lecture explores the pivotal role of suppression in shaping the course of mid-19th-century rebellions in China. It emphasizes the significance of the suppression efforts, which ultimately dismantled the Chinese state and ushered in a new era of...Loe edasi...
This lecture explores the governments attitude towards the Boxers, which varied depending on the personal views of governors, with some supporting them as a local militia. It also discusses the escalating anti-foreign sentiment leading up to the Em...Loe edasi...
This lecture looks into the life and ideas of Kang Youwei, a pivotal figure in Chinas transitional generation following the Sino-Japanese War. Kangs journey from a child prodigy to a proponent of radical reform is traced, highlighting his writings...Loe edasi...
This lecture examines the complexities of dynastic decline within 18th-century China, a period marked by both splendor and ominous indicators of impending societal upheaval. Despite the zenith of Chinese civilization under emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng...Loe edasi...
This lecture examines the reasons behind the failure of the Taiping Rebellion, shedding light on three key factors. First, it examines the administrative failure of the Taiping state, emphasizing the lack of a regularized relationship between the st...Loe edasi...
This lecture examines the lives and ideas of TAN Sitong, YAN Fu, and LIANG Qichao, three prominent figures of Chinas transitional generation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. TAN Sitongs interpretation of Ren, his views on sex, and his em...Loe edasi...
This lecture examines the period following the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, focusing on the emergence of transitional thinkers such as Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, who grappled with the urgency of cultural reform in China. It explores the phenom...Loe edasi...
This lecture examines the pivotal Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, which profoundly influenced diplomatic relations in East Asia during the late 19th century. It delves into the background of the conflict, rooted in Japans expansionist ambitions in...Loe edasi...
This lecture explores the historical significance, nature, and causes of the Boxer Rebellion, focusing particularly on events in Beijing in the year 1900. It explores why the movement is important, highlighting its impact on Chinas international re...Loe edasi...
Following the passage of the 1834 New Poor Law, parishes in England and Wales were organized into unions, each of which had at least one workhouse, a public institution where impoverished individuals and families were housed, fed, and put to work. B...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Stanford University Press, ISBN-13: 9781503645677)
Purist Pursuits chronicles how and why Armenians in the Ottoman Empire fashioned a new language called Western Armenian. Tracing its rise from the eighteenth to the early-twentieth centuries, Jennifer Manoukian studies the evolution of an ever-chang...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526197979)
For the Victorian working class, lodging in someone elses home was commonplace. Drawing on hundreds of coroners inquests reported in the Victorian press, Living with lodgers traverses Englands domestic dwelling lodgings, providing an intimate portra...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526197931)
Women in exile in early modern Europe and the Americas presents the important yet largely untold stories of a diverse group of women exiled across the Atlantic world in the early modern period. The book provides a new vantage point from which to enr...Loe edasi...
An overview of the early years of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), highlighting the debates about how far the organisation should be self-supporting or state-funded....Loe edasi...
Focusing on the scandalous affair of the buried alive, this book shows how the governing authorities in Naples managed the development of news and stories around current events through their systems of courts and bureaucracies....Loe edasi...
Through a microscopical lens, the book delves into the lives of some of the migrants linked to the Agata, either as members of the crew a ship, after all, is a moving workplace, as passengers, or as people sending letters through the ship....Loe edasi...
This book offers the first major analysis of William Wilberforce’s clerical networks, demonstrating that while a devoted Anglican, he was deeply intertwined with evangelicals of various ecclesiastical traditions. This book offers th...Loe edasi...
Who is your favourite woman writer from the 1800s? Today, many readers are likely to name Jane Austen, but in the 1880s, a common answer across Europe might well have been E. Marlitt. Redrawing Europes Literary Map sets out to uncover which female a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Louisiana State University Press, ISBN-13: 9780807185735)
Kristen Tegtmeier Oertels Seeking Freedom in Indian Country is the first comprehensive study of African chattel slavery within the Five Tribes: the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminole Nations. Oertel examines how chattel sl...Loe edasi...
This book is for readers with an interest in law or history, especially those curious about the Revolution and the origins of American government. It draws on a wide variety of primary sources to explain how the Declaration of Independence founded a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009789035)
This book is for readers with an interest in law or history, especially those curious about the Revolution and the origins of American government. It draws on a wide variety of primary sources to explain how the Declaration of Independence founded a...Loe edasi...
A new introduction to the Constitution written on the semiquincentennial of American Independence, this book is packed with novel and surprising insights about the Constitutions original meaning, structure, and separation of powers, suitable for al...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009485715)
A new introduction to the Constitution written on the semiquincentennial of American Independence, this book is packed with novel and surprising insights about the Constitutions original meaning, structure, and separation of powers, suitable for al...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226849485)
An engaging look at the encounter between Jane Addams, Hull House settlement co-founder and Progressive reformer, and Alderman Johnny Powers. Jane Addams was full of courage and goodwill when she opened Hull House in Chicago’s Ninet...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226849492)
An engaging look at the encounter between Jane Addams, Hull House settlement co-founder and Progressive reformer, and Alderman Johnny Powers. Jane Addams was full of courage and goodwill when she opened Hull House in Chicago’s Ninet...Loe edasi...
The Battle of Adelsbach is one of the lesser-known episodes from the final phase of the Seven Years War in Europe. It was the first significant clash between Prussians and Austrians in Silesia in 1762 and the only battle in which Frederick the Great...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Simon & Schuster, ISBN-13: 9781668236918)
Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America with this collector’s edition of David McCullough’s 1776—the unforgettable saga of the people and events that forged American independence.America’s beloved and...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Savas Beatie, ISBN-13: 9781611217674)
O’Reilly examines the singular struggle at Malvern Hill in depth and from a wide variety of perspectives, including its implications for the war, the armies, the opposing governments, the people, and slavery. He pieces together the tactical movements...Loe edasi...
