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Experiences of War in Europe and the Americas, 1792-1815
This work seeks to offer a new way of viewing the French Wars of 1792-1815. Most studies of this period offer international, political, and military analyses using the French …
Observations on the Coal-trade in the Port of Newcastle Upon Tyne, With a Comparative View of the two Bills Brought Into the House of Commons Last Session, by the Right Hon. Lord Mulgrave, and Sir Matthew White Ridley. ... By John Stevenson
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 …
Minorities, Modernity and the Emerging Nation
This book examines the development of Indonesian nationalism from the viewpoint of a minority: the urban Christian elite. Placed between the Indonesian nationalist promise of …
William Morris and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, founded by artist and craftsman William Morris in 1877, sought to preserve the integrity of historic buildings by preventing …
The History of the Ancient Surname of Buchanan. And of Ancient Scottish Surnames; More Particularly the Clans, by William Buchanan
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 …
French Revolution and the Birth of Electoral Democracy
Democracy is perhaps the defining characteristic of modern Western society, but even as late as the nineteenth century it was often viewed with suspicion by many who saw it as akin …
The Lives of the Roman Emperors, From Domitian, Where Suetonius Ends, to the Establishment of Christianity, Under Constantine the Great. Containing Those of Nerva and Trajan The Second Edition. of 2; Volume 1
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 …
Artists and Nobility in East-Central Europe
The book analyses the collective career of the artistic profession in Brno and Vilnius and the necessity to copy the behavior of the elites of the Old Regime. The …
Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya
This book is about the creation and development of ethnic identity among the Kamba. Comprising approximately one-eighth of Kenya's population, the British considered the Kamba East …
The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution in 1688. in Eight Volumes, Illustrated with Plates.... a New Edition, with the Author's Last Corrections and Improvements of 8; Volume 3
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 …
The Plains Sioux and U.S. Colonialism from Lewis and Clark to Wounded Knee
This volume presents an overview of the history of the Plains Sioux as they became increasingly subject to the power of the United States in the 1800s. Many aspects of this story - …
Europe and the World, 1650-1830
Europe and the World, 1650-1830 is an important thematic study of the first age of globalisation. It surveys the interaction of Europe, Europe's growing colonies and other major …