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Author |
: Leon Trotsky |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 185 |
Release |
: 2013-04-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781136242069 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1136242066 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Where is Britain Going? (Routledge Revivals) by : Leon Trotsky
First Published in 1926, Where is Britain Going? focuses on the historical factors and circumstances which were to define Britain’s development in the midst of social unrest at that time. The book considers the future of Britain in an age when the working classes were being driven into confrontation with the state under the impact of the world crisis of capitalism. Writing over eighty years ago, Trotsky concentrates on the decline of British imperialism in his analysis of the Bolshevik Revolution. In a brilliant polemic that exposes all the treachery of the Labour leaders in the year before the General strike, he recalls the revolutionary traditions of the working class and draws on the historical lessons of the English Civil War and Chartism. Rejecting the parliamentary road and stripping bare the pretensions of Fabian socialism, Where is Britain going? outlines perspectives of revolution which continue to retain their validity.
Author |
: Peter Mathias |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 236 |
Release |
: 2013-04-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781136464393 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1136464395 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Transformation of England (Routledge Revivals) by : Peter Mathias
First published in 1979, The Transformation of England discusses the creation in late eighteenth century England of the industrial system and thereby the present world. Professor Mathias poses questions about the nature of industrialization, social change and historical explanation, issues that are his principal scholarly concern. This series of essays is divided into two groups. The first group of essays focuses upon general themes such as the 'uniqueness' in Europe of the industrial revolution, capital formation, taxation, the growth of skills, science and technical change, leisure and wages, and diagnoses of poverty. In the second section, Professor Mathias focuses on the social structure in the eighteenth century, considering the industrialization of brewing, coinage, agriculture and the drink industries, advances in public health and the armed forces, British and American public finance in the War of Independence, Dr Johnson and the business world.
Author |
: Esther Moir |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 220 |
Release |
: 1964 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015027333189 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Discovery of Britain by : Esther Moir
Author |
: Jeremy Black |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 422 |
Release |
: 2010-10-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781136836367 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1136836365 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis The British and the Grand Tour (Routledge Revivals) by : Jeremy Black
First published in 1985, this is a history of the Grand Tour, undertaken by young men in the eighteenth century to complete their education - a tour usually to France, Italy and Switzerland, and sometimes encompassing Germany. Rather than being another popular treatment of the theme, this is a scholarly analysis of the motives, purposes, activities and achievements of those who made the Grand Tour. The book considers to what extent the Grand Tour did fulfil its theoretical educational function, or whether travellers merely parroted the observations of their guidebooks. It also indicates the importance of the Grand Tour in introducing foreign customs into Britain and extending the cosmopolitanism of the European upper classes.
Author |
: Stephen Johnson |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 210 |
Release |
: 2014-03-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317756293 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317756290 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Later Roman Britain (Routledge Revivals) by : Stephen Johnson
Later Roman Britain, first published in 1980, charts the end of Roman rule in Britain and gives an overall impression of the beginning of the so-called ‘Dark Ages’ of British history, the transitional period which saw the breakdown of Roman administration and the beginnings of Saxon settlement. Stephen Johnson traces the flourishing of Romano-British society and the pressures upon it which produced its eventual fragmentation, examining the province’s barbarian neighbours and the way the defence was organised against the many threats to its security. The final chapters, using mainly the findings of recent archaeology, assess the initial arrival of the Saxon settlers, and indicate the continuity of life between late Roman and early Saxon England. Later Roman Britain gives a fascinating glimpse of a period scarce with historical sources, but during which changes fundamental to the formation of modern Britain began to take place.
Author |
: John Elsom |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 281 |
Release |
: 2014-10-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317557517 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317557514 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Post-War British Theatre Criticism (Routledge Revivals) by : John Elsom
This book, first published in 1981, sets out the critical reaction to some fifty key post-war productions of the British theatre, as gauged primarily through the contemporary reviews of theatre critics. The plays chosen are each, in their different ways, important in their contribution to the development of the British theatre, covering the period from immediately after the Second World War, when British theatre fell into decline, through the revival of the late 1950s, to the time in which this book was first published, in which British theatre enjoyed a high international reputation for its diversity and quality. This book is ideal for theatre studies students, as well as for the general theatre-goer.
Author |
: Patrick O'Brien |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 209 |
Release |
: 2012-11-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781136629419 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1136629416 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Economic Growth in Britain and France 1780-1914 (Routledge Revivals) by : Patrick O'Brien
First published in 1978, Professor O’Brien’s Economic Growth in Britain and France 1780-1914 is an original and pioneering exercise in comparative and quantitative economic history. It finds a controversial place in the debate on the question of French retardation in the 19th century and as a brave and important contribution towards the understanding of economic growth in Western Europe. The author attempts to comprehend and evaluate the economic performance of France through explicit comparisons with Britain, while considering British economic history from a French perspective. Challenging the orthodox view that France lagged behind Britain in economic terms, the book argues that there were two paths of economic growth to the 20th century, with France’s path seen as a more humane and no less efficient transition to industrial society.
Author |
: Dorothy Watts |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 319 |
Release |
: 2014-03-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317803102 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317803108 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Christians and Pagans in Roman Britain (Routledge Revivals) by : Dorothy Watts
In Christians and Pagans in Roman Britain, first published in 1991, Professor Dorothy Watts sets out to distinguish possible Pagan features in Romano-British Christianity in the period leading up to and immediately following the withdrawal of Roman forces in AD 410. Watts argues that British Christianity at the time contained many Pagan influences, suggesting that the former, although it had been present in the British Isles for some two centuries, was not nearly as firmly established as in other parts of the Empire. Building on recent developments in the archaeology of Roman Britain, and utilising a nuanced method for deciphering the significance of objects with ambiguous religious identities, Christians and Pagans in Roman Britain will be of interest to classicists, students of the history of the British Isles, Church historians, and also to those generally interested in the place of Christianity during the twilight of the Western Roman Empire.
Author |
: Alan Gallay |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 923 |
Release |
: 2015-06-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317487180 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317487184 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Colonial Wars of North America, 1512-1763 (Routledge Revivals) by : Alan Gallay
First published in 1996, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference resource that pulls together a vast amount of material on a rich historical era, presenting it in a balanced way that offers hard-to-find facts and detailed information. The volume was the first encyclopedic account of the United States' colonial military experience. It features 650 essays by more than 130 historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, geographers, and other scholarly experts on a variety of topics that cover all of colonial America's diverse peoples. In addition to wars, battles, and treaties, analytical essays explore the diplomatic and military history of over 50 Native American groups, as well as Dutch, English, French, Spanish, and Swiss colonies. It's the first source to consult for the political activities of an Indian nation, the details about the disposition of forces in a battle, or the significance of a fort to its size, location, and strength. In addition to its reference capabilities, the book's detailed material has been, and will continue to be highly useful to students as a supplementary text and as a handy source for reporters and papers.
Author |
: B. J. Moore-Gilbert |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 196 |
Release |
: 2014-07-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317629375 |
ISBN-13 |
: 131762937X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis Kipling and Orientalism (Routledge Revivals) by : B. J. Moore-Gilbert
First published in 1986, this book sets Kipling firmly in the historical context not only of contemporary India but of prior Anglo-Indian writers about India. Despite his enthusiastic reception in England as ‘revealer of the East’, in India he seems to have been regarded as just one more Anglo-Indian writer. The author demonstrates the traditionalism of Kipling’s use of the themes of Anglo-Indian fiction – themes such as the ‘White Man’s grave’, domestic instability, frustration and loneliness. In particular, Kipling is shown to be writing in a strongly conservative idiom, concentrating on the role of the British hierarchy as the determining factor in a response to India, on British insecurity and fears of a repeat of the 1857 mutiny, and regarding Indian institutions only in so far as they represented a threat to British rule. Conservative critiques of liberalism are also discussed.