Women Against Cruelty. Protection of Animals in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Hardback - Diana Donald

This is the first study of women's leading contribution to animal protection in nineteenth-century Britai -- .

This is the first study of women's leading contribution to animal protection in nineteenth-century Britai -- .Illustrations: 30 black & white illus...

A defining feature of Victorian Britain was its fascination with statistics, and this study shows how data influenced every aspect of Victorian cul...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Edward J. GillinIllustration(s): 33 halftones, 4 tablesNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2...

This original collection of essays examines for the first time the place of 'saints' and sanctity in nineteenth-century Britain. -- .Illustrations:...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Jo EllisIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 92Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 126 x 202 x 13Cover ...

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 ...

From the author of the acclaimed biography of Turner comes a major new work that explores the relationship between art and business in nineteenth-c...

This book shows how Alexander von Humboldt's British translators, now largely forgotten figures, were pivotal in moulding his prose and his public ...

This edited collection offers multi-disciplinary reflections and analysis on a variety of themes centred on nineteenth century executions in the UK...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Alex TyrrellNumber of pages: 192Collection: Studies in Labour HistoryPublication date: 2017Dimensions: 15...

Publisher: Unicorn Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Caroline ChapmanIllustration(s): 60 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2...

Publisher: Ohio State University PressAuthor(s): Keridiana W ChezNumber of pages: 212Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 236 x 158 x 20Cover type: Ha...

In the 1830s and '40s, a new preoccupation with the housing of the poor emerged in British print and visual culture. In response to cholera outbrea...

The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 is one of the most important pieces of social legislation ever enacted. Its principles and the workhouse system ...

Based on the authors' thesis (doctoral--University of Exeter, 2012) presented under the title: Arranging the past, reconsidering the present: the e...

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introducti...

Publisher: University of Virginia PressAuthor(s): Adam SillsNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 176 x 255 x 21Cover type: Paperba...

A young activist's guide filled with real ways to make a difference

This interdisciplinary collection focuses on the history of the future and in particular how Irish people in the nineteenth century thought about t...

Reducere. The sweep of Japanese literature in all its great variety was made available to Western readers for the first time in this anthology. Every genre a...

A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Britain presents 33 essays by expert scholars on all the major aspects of the political, social, economic and cul...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 157 x 236 x 22Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s)...

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 ...

A pathbreaking history of art that uses digital research and economic tools to reveal enduring inequities in the formation of the art historical ca...

This book offers a unique account of life in nineteenth-century Dublin, told through human-animal relationships. It argues that the exploitation of...

Reducere. Even though there were relatively few people of color in postrevolutionary France, images of and discussions about black women in particular appear...

Situated in a mid-Victorian moment of frenetic plant collecting from the far reaches of the British empire, Novel Cultivations recognises plants as...

In the aftermath of the French Revolution, "freedom" came to have a host of meanings. This volume examines these contested visions of freedom both ...

In this pioneering study, Elizabeth Helsinger reframes lyric poetry as a social form. Taking nineteenth-century poetry as her focus, she explores v...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Elizabeth (Montclair State University, USA) EmeryIllustration(s): 13 colour and 48 bw illusNumber of...

Bringing together an international group of established and emerging scholars, this volume considers the emerging field of the history of emotion a...

This work records the many kinds of violent physical and verbal abuse perpetrated against women in Britain and her colonies, both domestically and ...

Investigates the fascinating intersection of two American passions: education and literature. Allison Speicher introduces readers to the common sch...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr Alan R. H. (University of Cambridge, UK) BakerIllustration(s): 13 MapsNumber of pages: 248Publica...

Tracing a mid-nineteenth-century revolution in understandings of old and second-hand books, David McKitterick reveals a transformation in values th...

Expands the literary canon on Polynesia and Melanesia beyond the giants, such as Herman Melville and Jack London, to include travel narratives by B...

Confronted by a complex new society, nineteenth-century Spaniards wrestled with how to envisage their lives. From trying to be universal through to...