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Only in the Common People

The Aesthetics of Class in Post-War Britain

By: Paul Long

£39.99

In post-war Britain, working-class culture became a key issue. This book investigates projects designed to describe, validate, and reclaim 'authentic' working-class culture, examining the assumptions, idealism, and prejudices that informed the New Left.

In post-war Britain, working-class culture became a key issue. This book investigates projects designed to describe, validate, and reclaim ‘authentic’ working-class culture, examining the assumptions, idealism, and prejudices that informed the New Left.

Coalition Warfare

An Anthology of Scholarly Presentations at the Conference on Coalition Warfare at the Royal Danish Defence College, 2011

Edited By: Kjeld Hald Galster, Søren Nørby, Niels Bo Poulsen

£39.99

Associations of nations fighting for common causes are no novelty. This anthology includes scholarly research on coalition warfare, past and present, exploring commonalities and differences. This complex reality is of importance to historians, politicians, and commanders.

A Southern Nigerian Community

Case Study Ughelli

By: Frederic Will

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A social and cultural study of a Nigerian city where hustle and insecurity define the everyday. The book explores the struggle for progress, the dynamics of religious faith in a city of a thousand churches, and the nature of time in an undocumented culture.

The Family and the Nation

Dutch Family Migration Policies in the Context of Changing Family Norms

By: Sarah van Walsum

£39.99

Many nations are restricting family migration. How can this be explained? Does it indicate a new trend towards racist exclusion? This book places these policies in the perspective of changing family norms, revealing techniques of power reminiscent of the colonial past.

Women Who Belong

Claiming a Female’s Right-Filled Place

Edited By: Marsha R. Robinson

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To fight the fallacious assumption that patriarchy is eternal, this book inverts history. By centering the ordinary woman, we find women, rich and poor, who used patriarchal laws to protect their rights and demand the powers due them.

Colonial and Global Interfacings

Imperial Hegemonies and Democratizing Resistances

Edited By: Gary Backhaus

£39.99

Colonial techniques of domination boomeranged back to the West, sustained by capitalist relations. As new movements challenge the world order, this book explores how global flows of people and ideas transform identity and power from the North to the South.

Primogeniture and Entail in England

A Survey of Their History and Representation in Literature

By: Zouheir Jamoussi

£39.99

This book examines the history and literary representation of primogeniture, the English custom making the eldest son sole heir. Denounced as unjust yet fiercely defended, it dominated social life for centuries, sparking a major ideological debate.

Soldiers, Bombs and Rifles

Military History of the 20th Century

Edited By: Paola Lo Cascio, Antoni Segura i Mas, Alberto Pellegrini

£39.99

Military History is not just for experts. It is an essential, interdisciplinary tool for interpreting historical processes. This book analyzes the main wars of the 20th century, with contributions on WWI, WWII, the Spanish Civil War, and asymmetric conflicts.

Womanhood in Anglophone Literary Culture

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Perspectives

Edited By: Robin Hammerman

£39.99

This collection of essays examines how nineteenth and twentieth century women writers responded to patriarchal assumptions about literary merit while contributing to new conceptions of womanhood in Anglophone literary culture.

Moving from Infancy to Young Adulthood

A Contemporary Review of the Development of the Virgin Islands

By: Dana Lewis-Ambrose

£39.99

A review of the Virgin Islands' (BVI) economic and political development over the past 60 years. This book explores future possibilities and comments on present systems, making it a must-read for island scholars, policy makers, and students.

A review of the Virgin Islands’ (BVI) economic and political development over the past 60 years. This book explores future possibilities and comments on present systems, making it a must-read for island scholars, policy makers, and students.

Speaking of Endangered Languages

Issues in Revitalization

Edited By: Anne Marie Goodfellow

£39.99

This book provides an overview of endangered indigenous languages, describing local responses to maintaining them. Each chapter presents a case study of a threatened language, examining local grassroots efforts at revival and suggesting a re-examination of retention programs.

A Study in Legal History Volume III; Freedom under the Law

Lord Denning as Master of the Rolls, 1962-1982

By: Charles Stephens

£39.99

Hailed as the 20th century's most important judge, this book explores Lord Denning's career against the backdrop of the 1960s and 70s, examining his role in the Profumo affair and the controversies that shaped modern Britain.

Hailed as the 20th century’s most important judge, this book explores Lord Denning’s career against the backdrop of the 1960s and 70s, examining his role in the Profumo affair and the controversies that shaped modern Britain.

Trajectories of Memory

Intergenerational Representations of the Holocaust in History and the Arts

Edited By: Beth Griech-Polelle, Christina Guenther

£39.99

This volume offers new perspectives on remembering the Holocaust in history, literature, and theatre. It addresses changing representations across generations and asks: As survivors die, how do we transmit their difficult legacy and respond to the dictum: Never again?

Astronomy and Astrophysics in Spain (1850-1914)

Edited By: Pedro Ruiz-Castell

£39.99

This book explores the progress of astronomy and astrophysics in Spain from the late 19th to the early 20th century. The eclipses of 1900 and 1905 were a crucial turning point, connecting Spanish scholars with the international community.

Rethinking the Racial Moment

Essays on the Colonial Encounter

Edited By: Barbara Brookes, Alison Holland

£39.99

This collection of essays re-energises the debate on race by focusing on its intersections with colonialism. It shifts our historical understanding, offering invigorating new approaches to cultural encounters via the interpretive frame of ‘the moment.’

From Queens to Slaves

Pope Gregory’s Special Concern for Women

By: John R. C. Martyn

£39.99

This book is a study of the women involved with Pope Gregory the Great. It covers everyone from royal and aristocratic women to abbesses, nuns, widows, and even women escaping slavery, exploring their legal cases and relationships with the pope.

“Just Like Other Students”

Reception of the 1956 Hungarian Refugee Students in Britain

By: Magda Czigány

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Based on interviews with former refugee students, this book details how they came to Britain after the 1956 Hungarian revolution. It chronicles their achievements and the extraordinary welcome from British universities and a public that funded their education.

British-French Exchanges in the Eighteenth Century

Edited By: Kathleen Hardesty Doig, Dorothy Medlin

£39.99

In the 18th century, the flow of people and ideas between France and Britain became a flood. This collection of essays examines these exchanges through correspondences, translations, and personal sojourns, revealing intellectual influences in the arts and sciences.

Holocaust Persecution

Responses and Consequences

Edited By: Wendy Koenig, Nancy Rupprecht, Nancy E. Rupprecht

£39.99

This anthology uniquely approaches Holocaust Studies by focusing on the responses to and consequences of persecution. Essays by renowned scholars explore topics from Arab rescuers of Jews to the legal precedents set by the Nuremberg trials.

Generations in Towns

Succession and Success in Pre-Industrial Urban Societies

Edited By: Finn-Einar Eliassen, Katalin Szende

£39.99

This book fills a gap in urban history with twelve studies of generations in late medieval and early modern European towns. Dealing with topics like succession, inheritance, and conflict, the articles demonstrate the importance of generational studies on pre-modern towns.