History : Europe - Great Britain - General

This book is a classic and authoritative introduction to the history, sociology, theory and politics of students and teachers of media and communication stud......

This revised edition of the classic text of the period provides both the student and the specialist with an informative account of post-Roman English society......

For those of you with a taste for the mysterious, this book should prove to be a tempting prospect. Scotland has always had a reputation for holding dark sec......

Focusing on Britain and Africa, this looks at the growth of anti-colonial resistance and opposition to racism in the prelude to the post-colonial era. It als......

The modern professions have a long history that predates the development of formal institutions and examinations in the nineteenth century. Long before the V......

An essential introduction to the effects of industrialisation on British society, from Queen Victoria's reign to the birth of the Welfare State in the 1940s.......

Describes and assesses England's foreign policy during the second half of the sixteenth century. It includes coverage of Elizabeth's relations with foreign p......

For nearly a millennia Britannia has ruled the waves and over many centuries tales have been told of great sea heroes, from military commanders like Admiral ......

In April 1643 a Parliamentarian army commanded by the Earl of Essex set out to besiege the Royalist stronghold of Reading as a preliminary to attacking Charl......

Interpreting Neolithic Landscapes will provide invaluable insights into early prehistory to students of archaeology and landscape history, and all those inte......

The End of the Rod describes the tortuous steps that led to the abolition of corporal punishment as a sentence of the courts in England and Wales in 1948. It...

Excerpts from the preface: THE following Legends have been selected from those preserved in the Chronicle of Geoffrey of Monmouth, in the belief that that C......

This book, a contemporary account from the time, chronicles the life of Queen Victoria (1819 to 1901). She married all nine of her children into the royal h......

This fascinating biography of one of the world's most famous cities was originally published in the early 20th Century. It chronicles the life of London fro......

An interdisciplinary look at Victorian finance and culture Publisher: Indiana University Press Illustration: N Language: ENG Title: Victorian Investments: N......

The mythic status of the Oxbridge man at the height of the British Empire continues to persist in depictions of this small, elite world as an ideal of athlet......

On a winter night in 1743, a local magistrate was stabbed to death in the churchyard of Rye by an angry butcher. Why did this gruesome crime happen? What does...

A collection of essays devoted to British Cultural Studies, covering most of the key areas in literature, language, media and culture. Bassnett provides a su......

A concise history of events in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland during the 1640s. Gaunt explores the relationship between the kingdoms and assesses wh......

Explores the breadth of British sci-fi films through readings of key films, examining the factors that shaped them, and the concerns they reflect, through th......