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Portraying Irish Travellers

Histories and Representations

Edited By: Aoife Bhreatnach, Ciara Bhreatnach

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This interdisciplinary volume explores the history of Irish Travellers, a conspicuous minority whose past is often ignored. Scholars address the problems that arise when a marginalised group is portrayed by the majority, proving Travellers deserve a place in Ireland's narrative.

The Brief and Turbulent Life of Modernising Conservatism

By: Stuart Mitchell

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In response to Britain’s economic decline, the Conservative Government of 1959-1964 effected a series of striking and controversial policy transformations. This book examines their ambitious aim: to fashion a modern nation and ensure their continuation in power.

The Victorians and the Ancient World

Archaeology and Classicism in Nineteenth-Century Culture

Edited By: Richard Pearson

£34.99

The 19th century was preoccupied with antiquity. As new discoveries challenged the pre-eminence of Greece and Rome, the Victorians explored a complex tension between great civilisations and primitive barbarity, influencing all aspects of their culture.

Ritual and Remembrance

the Memorialisation of the Great War in East Kent

By: Peter Donaldson

£34.99

This study explores local memorial construction after the Great War, revealing the tension between private tragedy and public remembrance. It uncovers how authorities transformed personal grief into a public narrative through the complex process of commemoration.

Meeting the Information Challenge

The Experience of Africa

Edited By: Raj Bardouille, Royal Colle

£34.99

Africa faces the serious challenge of information and communication technologies. Meeting this is vital for its social, economic and political goals. This volume provides both overview and detail on how this challenge can be and is being met.

Spas in Britain and in France in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Edited By: Annick Cossic, Patrick Galliou

£14.99

Originating from a belief in healing waters, spas became exclusive resorts for 18th-19th century elites. Amid fierce competition, these centers of leisure and medicine declined, paving the way for modern thalassotherapy, the latest avatar of this long story.

Naming the People of England, c.1100-1350

By: Dave Postles

£32.99

This book uses personal naming to challenge the narrative of cultural change in England after the Norman Conquest. It reveals that far from a single uniform culture, there existed complex, residual, and resistant regional cultures.

Florida Studies

Proceedings of the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Florida College English Association

Edited By: Claudia Slate

£39.99

Florida’s long and colorful past is matched by its literary production, yet critical assessment has lagged. This volume corrects that oversight with papers on Florida literature, including studies of African-American figures and suggestions for teaching.

Historical Perspectives on Social Identities

Edited By: Alyson Brown

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This collection of essays examines identity in 19th & 20th century Britain. It explores how social, cultural, and political change created fragmented identities, linking theoretical debates to historical work on class, gender, religion, and nationality.

Noesis

Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology and Political Philosophy

Edited By: Stephen Rainey, Barbara Gabriella Renzi

£29.99

This volume presents a selection of the best papers from a postgraduate philosophy conference. Its strength is its diversity, introducing readers to a vast range of important issues still pressing in philosophy today, from ethics to philosophy of science.

Northern Afghanistan

Edited By: Major C. E. Yate

£24.99

A fascinating, first-hand account of the Anglo-Russian commission that delineated Afghanistan’s northern frontier. Presented as a series of letters, it describes the year-long journey with notes on Herat, the Oxus, and the Hindu Kush mountains.