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German Immigrants, Race, and Citizenship in the Civil War Era
This study of Civil War-era politics explores how German immigrants influenced the rise and fall of white commitment to African-American rights. Intertwining developments in Europe …
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Charles Babbage is a seminal work first published in 1832 that explores the profound impact of machinery and manufacturing processes …
Coal, Steam and Ships
Crosbie Smith explores the trials and tribulations of first-generation Victorian mail steamship lines, their passengers, proprietors and the public. Eyewitness accounts show in …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, Collected from Authentick Records, and an Actual Survey Made by the Late Mredmund Rack Adorned with a Map and Engravings by the Reverend John Collinson, in Three Vs V 1 of 4
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its …
Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana
This volume recounts the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift, exploring how they were fought, how they have been remembered, and what they mean for us today.The battle of …
French Wars 1792-1815
A highly original and critical introduction to the revolutionary and napoleonic conflicts. It illuminates the less well-known areas of the subject, such as the changing atttitude …
Historical Dictionary of Slavery and Abolition
For almost four thousand years, men and women with power have exploited vulnerable populations for cheap or free labor. These slaves, serfs, helots, tenants, peons, bonded or …
Beechers, Stowes and Yankee Strangers
Modern Florida began among a group of Yankee reformers at the end of the Civil War, including Harriet Beecher Stowe and her brother Charles. This book tells the story of the group, …
Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right
The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right is an engaging and accessible guide to the origins of fascism, the main facets of the ideology and the reality of fascist …
Gladstone and Women
William Gladstone, 'The Grand Old Man' of nineteenth-century politics, was Prime Minister four times. Throughout his life, women, including Queen Victoria (with whom he had a …
Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions
The Englishwoman's Review, which published from 1866 to 1910, participated in and recorded a great change in the range of possibilities open to women. The ideal of the magazine was …
Britain and Empire, 1880-1945
Britain and Empire, 1880-1945 traces the relationship between Britain and its empire during a period when the two spheres intersected with one another to an unprecedented degree. …