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by Stephen Wynn
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
With the outbreak of the First World War, it was not surprising that a number of individuals who were of German decent, and who lived in Hartlepool and its surrounding areas, were rounded up and detained by the British military authorities, in the interests of both national security and for their...
by Ramsay Muir
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
The Expansion of Europe Ramsay Muir, british historian (1872-1941)
This ebook presents «The Expansion of Europe», from Ramsay Muir. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.
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The British people and the League of Nations
Democracy, citizenship and internationalism, c.1918–45
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
A rich and original study of the culture of association, showing the ‘Big Society’ in action in interwar Britain. First full-length study of a major British pressure-group, the League of Nations Union, since 1981, making extensive use of local archives. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of social movements in modern Britain.
Community and identity
The making of modern Gibraltar since 1704
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
This fluent, accessible and richly informed study, based on much previously unexplored archival material, concerns the history of Gibraltar following its military conquest in 1704, after which sovereignty of the territory was transferred from Spain to Britain and it became a British fortress and colony.
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Churchill's Folly
The Battles for Kos and Leros, 1943
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
In autumn 1943 the Italian-held Dodecanese was the setting for the last decisive German invasion of World War II—and the last irreversible British defeat. After the Italian armistice that followed the downfall of Il Duce Benito Mussolini, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seized the opportunity...
Britain's Pacification of Palestine
The British Army, the Colonial State, and the Arab Revolt, 1936–1939
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2019
In this complete military history of Britain's pacification of the Arab revolt in Palestine, Matthew Hughes shows how the British Army was so devastatingly effective against colonial rebellion. The Army had a long tradition of pacification to draw upon to support operations, underpinned by the creation...
Malcolm – Soldier, Diplomat, Ideologue of British India
The Life of Sir John Malcolm (1769 - 1833)
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Highly regarded in India and Persia to this day, Sir John Malcolm is remarkably little known in his native Scotland. This book describes his extraordinary journey from modest origins to become a leading player in the transformation of the East India Company from a largely commercial enterprise into...
Violence in Contemporary British Drama: Sarah Kane's play 'Cleansed'
Sarah Kane`s play 'Cleansed'
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, Free University of Berlin (Fachbereich Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften Institut für Englische Philologie), course: Abschlussarbeit Englische Literaturwissenschaft, 78 entries in...
Queerness in British Drama between 1890-2000
A Study of Plays by Oscar Wilde, Joe Orton, Mark Ravenhill and Jonathan Harvey
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2017
This book deals with one particular aspect of British drama between the 1890s and the late 20th century: 'queerness'. 'Queerness' is a term that in the last two decades has come to be used predominantly to refer to manifestations of homosexuality, male and female, and otherness. In total, this book...
Travel Writing and Atrocities
Eyewitness Accounts of Colonialism in the Congo, Angola, and the Putumayo
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2010
This book examines eyewitness travel reports of atrocities committed in European-funded slave regimes in the Congo Free State, Portuguese West Africa, and the Putumayo district of the Amazon rainforest during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. During this time, British explorers, missionaries,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Few historical events have resonated as much in modern British culture as the Second World War. It has left a rich legacy in a range of media that continue to attract a wide audience: film, TV and radio, photography and the visual arts, journalism and propaganda, architecture, museums, music and literature....
by Ms Tiffany Francis-Baker
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2019
Ever wondered why a goat's eyes have rectangular pupils? Or what happened to Thor's goats each day after they finished pulling his thunderous chariot? Do goat's milk, cheese and meat represent more ethical food choices than cow and sheep products, and if so, can goat farming play an important role...
Shaping the Royal Navy
Technology, authority and naval architecture, c.1830–1906
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
The nineteenth-century Royal Navy was transformed from a fleet of sailing wooden walls into a steam powered machine. Britain’s warships were her first line of defence, and their transformation dominated political, engineering and scientific discussions. They were the products of engineering ingenuity,...
Vietnam and the Unravelling of Empire
General Gracey in Asia 1942-1951
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
The Vietnam War and Indian independence devastated British policy towards Asia. The Labour Government failed to understand its commitments. Yet some senior British officers were prepared to work alongside Asian nationalism in order to secure British interests. This created a radical local fusion of imperial, diplomatic and humanitarian policies.