Dividing the Spoils. Perspectives on Military Collections and the British Empire, Paperback - ***

As museums across Europe reckon with the post-colonial legacies of their collections, this volume combines approaches from material anthropology, i...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Robin WaterfieldAlexander the Great conquered an enormous empire--stretching from Greece to the Indian subcontinent--and hi...

Imperial Boredom offers a radical reconsideration of the British Empire during its heyday in the nineteenth century. Challenging the long-establish...

Examines various ways in which the Empire was displayed in Britain between the eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, looking at music, satirica...

Reducere. This volume provides a synthesis of some of the most important themes to emerge from the recent proliferation of specialized scholarship on the per...

DescriptionFilms for the Colonies examines the British Government's use of film across its vast Empire from the 1920s until widespread independence...

Trevor Royle does for Culloden what Juliet Barker did for Agincourt, bringing us the definitive account of the battle and its wider role in the cre...

The story of how Alexander the Great's vast empire disintegrated in the 40 years after his death in 323BC. It illuminates the brilliant cultural de...

Reducere. FASCINATING. ... Dramatic and timely. --New York Times Book Review, Editors' ChoiceIn this dramatic tale of discovery (San Francisco Chronicle), th...

Paperback edition of a monumental new history by the Churchill College, Cambridge author of Eminent Edwardians and Dark Valley, full of brief lives...

For Elizabeth, Drake made the impossible real, serving as a crucial and brilliantly adaptable instrument of her ambitions to transform England from...

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the British Empire traces the emergence of the world's greatest empire from its earliest beginnings in the British ...

The follow-up to Peter Fryer's modern classic, Staying Power

Bringing together the world's leading scholars on the subject, Military Education and the British Empire explores distinct national narratives with...

The book is a highly original and long overdue examination of the ways that European concepts of time were imposed on other cultures as a component...

Hardly anyone paid attention when Sultan Khan arrived in London on April 26, 1929. A humble servant from a village in the Punjab, Khan had little f...

Reducere. David Armitage presents the first comprehensive history of British conceptions of empire for half a century, tracing the emergence of British imper...

In 1831 enslaved Jamaicans revolted. What began as a peaceful movement soon became a bloodbath as British troops retaliated. Tom Zoellner tells the...

Reducere. A brawling, rambunctious history celebrating the Empire--and the intrepid empire-builders--that gave the United States, Canada, India, and Australi...

From Fiji to the Falkland Islands, from Malaysia to Australia and South Africa, from Lagos to Ottawa, British men and women, with no training, were...

'Hopkirk has made the extraordinary field of Central-Asian espionage his own ... an enthralling story' ObserverPublisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

The book will benefit public law scholars, political scientists, judges and lawyers interested in the six countries analysed in the book, as well a...

Combining approaches from reception studies and historical musicology, this book demonstrates how the representation of music at exhibitions drew t...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1939 Hitler went to war not just with Great Britain; he also went to war with the whole of the British Empire, the greatest empire th...

This important new book looks at the crucial role played by Indian soldiers in the control, and expansion, of the British Empire. Marking the 75th ...

A powerful meditation on the influence of the British Empire in the Middle East, intertwining history, politics, poetry, myth and personal experien...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

How did decolonization impact on Britain itself? And how did Britain manage its transition from colonial power to postcolonial nation? Sarah Stockw...

After writing Elementary Geography for earlier grades, Ms Mason wrote this book, the second in her series of five readers, to teach students about ...

This book explores the life and career of the 1st marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826-1902). It links the landowning and aristocratic culture he was...

After writing Elementary Geography for earlier grades, Ms Mason wrote this book, the second in her series of five readers, to teach students about ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Edward MadiganNumber of pages: 238Collection: Routledge Studies in First World War HistoryPublication dat...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Paddy DochertyIllustration(s): 16 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 240Publication da...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Mughal Empire and British Raj, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: ...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Mughal Empire and British Raj, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: ...

A powerful meditation on the influence of the British Empire in the Middle East, intertwining history, politics, poetry, myth and personal experien...

This is a dual biography of the emperors Marcus Antonius Gordianus ('Gordian III', reigned 238-244) and Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus ('Philip t...

Part of a series designed to explore the role of law in structuring human relationships, this collection of essays re-evaluates the public-private ...

Colonial hierarchy and race fueled rapid militarization in the British Empire that shaped the violent course of the twentieth century. This innovat...

This book presents the first comprehensive publication of Lorenz Natter's (1705- 1763) Museum Britannicum, offering full discussion in English and ...

Medway TalesPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Wilf LowerNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 245 x 174 x 10Cover type: Pa...

This book examines how the expansion of a steam-powered Royal Navy from the second half of the nineteenth century had wider ramifications across th...