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Ireland and the British Empire
Modern Irish history was determined by the rise, expansion, and decline of the British Empire. British imperial history, from the age of Atlantic expansion to the age of …
Opera Mineralia Explicata or, the Mineral Kingdom. The Dominions of Great Britain Displayed. A Complete History of the Antient Corporations of the City of London, of and for the Mines, the Mineral and the Battery Works. By M. S. M.D
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 Kingdom and the Republic
In 1823, as the first American missionaries arrived in Hawai'i, the archipelago was experiencing a profound transformation in its rule, as oral law that had been maintained for …
Nation and the Writing of History in China and Britain, 1880-1930
Nation and the Writing of History in China and Britain explores, through a comparative approach, the reception of the nationalist worldview and its effects on the practice of …
Gender, Power and Privilege in Early Modern Europe
Surveying court life and urban life, warfare, religion, and peace, this book provides a comprehensive history of how gender was experienced in early modern Europe.Gender, Power and …
Christian Zionism and English National Identity, 1600–1850
This book explores why English Christians, from the early modern period onwards, believed that their nation had a special mission to restore the Jews to Palestine.
Orwell and Gissing
Three generations of critics have commented on the parallels between George Orwell and his favorite novelist, George Gissing. -I am a great fan of his, - Orwell wrote in 1948, …
Tore Godal and the Evolution of Global Health
This book is an interconnected history of the evolution of global health in the decades before 2019, told through the prism of six decisive moments in which individuals from the …
Victorian Architecture in London and Southwestern Ontario
In an era of steel and glass towers, the graceful and distinctive structures of Victorian Ontario which survive are a pleasing and a valuable link with the past. Some of the finest …
Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third. By Mr. Horace Walpole. The Second Edition
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 …
Science and Whig Manners
Approaching the intersection of politics and science from the perspective of political history, this book looks at how nineteenth-century British Whigs used the themes of natural …
Public and Private
The public and private distinction is essential to our moral and political vocabularies as it continues to structure our social and legal practices. Public and Private provides a …