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War and the State in Early Modern Europe
The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw many ambitious European rulers develop permanent armies and navies. War and the State in Early Modern Europe examines this military …
Routledge Companion to Art and Challenges to Empire
This companion analyzes interactions between the arts and global imperial relationships from around 1800 through the twentieth century.By excavating layers and identifying …
Bureaucracy, Community and Influence in India
Offering a fresh approach to the issue of government and administrative corruption through 'everyday' citizen interactions with the state, this book explores changing discourses …
Memoirs of the Life and Actions of General W. Blakeney
Image, History and Memory
This book discusses the active relationship among the mechanics of memory, visual practices, and historical narratives.Reflection on memory and its ties with historical narratives …
Midshipmen and Quarterdeck Boys in the British Navy, 1771-1831
A fascinating study of midshipmen and other "e;young gentlemen"e;, outlining their social background, career paths and what life was like for them.Officer recruits - …
French Revolution and Napoleon
Lynn Hunt and Jack R. Censer's The French Revolution and Napoleon provides a globally-oriented narrative history of events from 1789 until the fall of Napoleon. It emphasizes the …
The Blue and Gray in Black and White
The first complete narrative history of Civil War photography, this work brings together the remarkable experiences of M.B. Brady, Alexander Gardner, George S. Cook, and other …
Edmund Burke and International Relations
The mind of Edmund Burke has attracted the attention of countless political theorists, historians, and biographers. Nonetheless, one aspect of Burke's thinking has been neglected: …
Observations on the Antiquities Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall. Consisting of Several Essays on the First Inhabitants, Druid-superstition, Customs, ... and a Vocabulary of the Cornu-British Language. By William Borlase,
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 Antient and Present State of the County of Down. Containing a Chorographical Description, With the Natural and Civil History of the Same.
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 …
Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic
Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic examines a landmark decision in American jurisprudence, the first Supreme Court case to deal with the thorny legal issue of …