Trust and Distrust. Corruption in Office in Britain and its Empire, 1600-1850, Hardback - ***

Mark Knights offers the first overview of Britain's history of corruption in office in the pre-modern era, 1600-1850. Drawing on extensive archival...

This book explores the protracted interest in Spain and its culture, and it exposes the co-existent ambiguity between scorn and fascination that ch...

Neighbours, Distrust, and the State shows that in the past, just like now, many poor people 'wanted something done' by government in their communit...

A comprehensive study of the connection between Calvinist missions and Dutch imperial expansion during the early modern periodPublisher: Yale Unive...

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Publisher: Nabu PressAuthor(s): George William Lyttelton LytteltonIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 52Publication dat...

This edited collection provides a uniquely expansive history of how corruption has undermined and exercised public life in modern Britain, from the...

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A true story of vendetta and intrigue, triumph and tragedy, exile and repatriation, this book recounts the interwoven microhistories of powerful fa...

The Roman Empire and its Impact on Britain is a fascinating account of British history from a period that begins with the invasion of the Romans on...

Talented historian Maya Jasanoff offers an alternative history of the British Empire. It is not about conquest - but rather a collection of startli...

This is a revisionist account of the origins of the British Empire in Asia in the early modern period. David Veevers shows that it was the integrat...

This Element examines the reception of their music during this dynamic period in British musical history, and places the discussion within the cont...

Publisher: Henry Moore Sculpture TrustIllustration(s): 178 b&w illustrationsNumber of pages: 404Publication date: 1999Dimensions: 170 x 241 x 29Cov...

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'Entertaining and absorbing' - The Sunday Times A wonderfully written and entertaining book which places Britain under the microscope and asks who ...

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DescriptionIn this eye-opening book, Paul J. Kosmin explains how the Seleucid Empire's invention of a new kind of time--and the rebellions against ...

Under Seleucid rule, time no longer restarted with each new monarch. Instead, progressively numbered years, identical to the system we use today, b...

Placing female criminality within its everyday context, this authoritative volume brings together the most current research on the relationship bet...

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Showcasing texts by Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian authors, this volume demonstrates the wealth of the political thought of early modern Portugal an...

A thought provoking memoir about society born out of the experience of being incarcerated in an Indian prison.Publisher: Biteback PublishingAuthor(...

This edited collection, with contributions from literary scholars and art historians, maps how satire became a less genre-driven and increasingly v...

Charting the construction of sexual perversions in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical, psychiatric and psychological discourse, Schaff...

Britain at War in Colour showcases 100 of the best rare and original colour images of the Second World War from the IWM photograph collection. Feat...

Publisher: TSOAuthor(s): Great Britain: Northern Ireland OfficeIllustration(s): col. ill., figs, tablesNumber of pages: 172Collection: Cm.Publicati...

(B)ordering Britain argues that Britain is the spoils of empire, its immigration law is colonial violence and irregular immigration is anti-colonia...

The first book to tell the history of Britain through its headwearIllustrations: 120 Illustrations, unspecified

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Centre for Contemporary Cultural StudiesNumber of pages: 328Publication date: 1982Dimensions: 234 x 159 x...

Spanning the North Atlantic rim from Canada to Scotland, and from the Caribbean to the coast of West Africa, the British Atlantic world is deeply i...

A narrative history of Roman Britain. From the rebellious chiefs and druids who led native British resistance, to the experiences of the Roman mili...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Hakim AdiNumber of pages: 688Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 241 x 165 x 47Cover type: HardbackRedescopera...

Levels of corruption vary greatly around the world, with certain regions suffering from it more than others. Why is it pervasive in some countries,...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 18 color and 50 bw illusNumber of pages: 368Collection: Material Culture of Art and DesignPubl...

The only published listing of career histories for Dutch warships of this period. A 'must have' reference work for anyone interested in this field,...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Michael BirdIllustration(s): 63 Illustrations, black and white; 18 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 35...

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This Element provides a new evaluation of burial customs in New Kingdom Egypt, from about 1550 to 1077 BC, with an emphasis on burials of the wider...

Uncovering the scandal of Britain's disastrous treatment of independent countries after empire - and how these decisions are breaking Britain today...