Lord Dufferin, Ireland and the British Empire, c. 1820-1900. Rule by the Best?, Paperback - ***

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...

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...

Students and Lecturers in Irish and British medical and social history. -- .

Provides a description of the British rocketry and space programme from the 1950s to 1970s, detailing the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Blue Strea...

Reducere. An essential work on the origins of statistics The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900 explores the history of statistics from the field's orig...

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...

Scholars of eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland, and Enlightenment theatre will welcome this book as it uncovers the considerable contribution made...

An illuminating investigation of how aquatint travel books transformed the way Britons viewed the world and their place within it

Reducere. In the late sixteenth century, the English started expanding westward, establishing control over parts of neighboring Ireland as well as exploring ...

Reducere. The author presents a behind the scenes look at the secretive international policies of the British government and how their successes allowed them...

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

This exhibition catalogue highlights the work of a cross-section of women artists, active during the first half of the 20th century, whose work des...

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...

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

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...

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

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 ...

Reducere. Analyzing the rise and subsequent fall of international piracy from the perspective of colonial hinterlands, Mark G. Hanna explores the often overt...

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

Reducere. For more than two centuries, Edward Hyde, Viscount Cornbury--royal governor of New York and New Jersey from 1702 to 1708--has been a despised figur...

Reducere. The author presents a behind the scenes look at the secretive international policies of the British government and how their successes allowed them...

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...

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...

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: ...

The book will concentrate on the investment style of Business Perspective Investing, as practiced by Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett. It will ta...

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

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

Reducere. In this wide-ranging and thoughtful analysis, Dorling and Tomlinson argue that if Britain can reconcile itself to a new beginning, there is the cha...

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 ...

The book contrasts Scottish, Irish and Welsh involvement in early British imperialism in Asia and reflects on the ways in which this global connect...

New edition of the extremely popular book 'Conflict in 19th Century Ireland', updated and revised to assist teachers and students to meet the requi...

DescriptionWinner of the Apollo Magazine 2016 "Book of the Year" award. A landmark publication--beautifully illustrated with over 300 prints from t...

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

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

Publisher: SkiraIllustration(s): 160; 150 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 229 x 230 x 23Cover type: Hardb...

DescriptionUnderstanding the British Empire draws on a lifetime's research and reflection on the history of the British Empire by one of the senior...

Publisher: Irish Manuscripts CommissionNumber of pages: 731Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 255 x 183 x 57Cover type: HardbackEditor(s): Mary Ann ...

From the eighteenth century until the 1950s, the British Empire was the largest and most far-flung political entity in the world, holding sway at o...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): The Perils of Interpreting Henrietta HarrisonIllustration(s): 1 map. 36 b/w illus.Number of pages: ...

Reducere. FASCINATING. ... Dramatic and timely. -New York Times Book Review, Editors' ChoiceIn this grand and thrilling narrative, the acclaimed biographer o...

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