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Edmund Burke and the Invention of Modern Conservatism, 1830-1914
Between 1830 and 1914 in Britain a dramatic modification of the reputation of Edmund Burke (1730-1797) occurred. Burke, an Irishman and Whig politician, is now most commonly known …
Corruption in Urban Politics and Society, Britain 1780–1950
Despite much recent interest in the area of urban governance, little work has been done on the changing ethical standards of urban leaderships, 'governing' institutions or the …
France and Women, 1789-1914
France and Women, 1789-1914 is the first book to offer an authoritative account of women's history throughout the nineteenth century. James McMillan, author of the seminal work …
Information and Power in History
The relationship between information and power is a relevant subject for all times. Today's perceived 'information revolution' has caused information to become a separate object of …
Four Pacific Northwest Reservations and the Influenza Pandemic
A Vindication of the Great Revolution in England in A.D. MDCLXXXVIII. And of the Characters of King William and Queen Mary; Together With a Confutation of the Character of King James the Second; By Thomas Comber
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 …
George Wilson's Vision of Early Victorian Science and Technology
This volume is a comprehensive study of George Wilson, a leading advocate for evangelical science and for the role of biology in technology - it examines his work to develop a …
Slavery, Segregation, and the Second Founding of Rice University
During the first quarter of the twenty-first century, more than one hundred institutions of higher education in the United States launched projects to study and share their …
Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not
Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not provides a striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialised from the late eighteenth century and Asia did not. Drawing …
The Life and Sufferings of Mr. John Welch, ... with Some Prophetical Letters, Wrote by Him, When Prisoner in Blackness.
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 …
Nineteenth-Century Gardens and Gardening
This volume is number one of a six volume collection that brings together primary sources on gardens and gardening across the long nineteenth-century. Economic expansion, empire, …
