British History

The three volumes weave together the histories of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales and their peoples. Volume I includes the development of prehistoric, Roman and Anglo-Saxon Britain, and the Stuart and Tudor leaderships...

The 1640s were a long decade of bloodshed and civil war, Royalists versus Republicans, brother against brother. In 1649 England executed its King. It was not a foregone conclusion. Why did Parliament win and how was the King defeated? _x005F_x000D_ A Military History of the English Civil War is the ..

The 1640s were a long decade of bloodshed and civil war, Royalists versus Republicans, brother against brother. In 1649 England executed its King. It was not a foregone conclusion. Why did Parliament win and how was the King defeated? _x000D_ A Military History of the English Civil War is the first ..

Traces the rise and fall of rural England from the Middle Ages to the Second World War and the nature of the changes which have occurred...

The world's largest municipal government at the opening of this century sought to master the prob- lems of metropolitan amelioration, political econ- omy & public culture. `London Progressivism' is tested against its practitioners' accomplishments...

It is often argued that the political and religious fissures created by the wars divided English society irrevocably, as demonstrated by the later bitter conflict between the Whig and Tory parties. In this first study of Restoration England from the point of view of both rulers and the ruled, John M..

It is often argued that the political and religious fissures created by the wars divided English society irrevocably, as demonstrated by the later bitter conflict between the Whig and Tory parties. In this first study of Restoration England from the point of view of both rulers and the ruled, John M..

This second volume of John Rule's major two-volume portrait of Georgian England is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of eighteenth-century society, incorporating the exciting new research findings. It deals in turn with the upper class, 'middling sort' and lower orders; with popular education..

This second volume of John Rule's major two-volume portrait of Georgian England is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of eighteenth-century society, incorporating the exciting new research findings. It deals in turn with the upper class, 'middling sort' and lower orders; with popular education..

This volume, written by distinguished historians and former students, is a tribute to Andrew Porter - the Rhodes Chair in Imperial History at the University of London. The essays explore ‘ambiguities of empire’ and of imperial and quasi-imperial relationships, reflecting important themes in Professo..

This celebrated account of society and economy in England from the first Anglo-Saxon settlements in the fifth century to the immediate aftermath of the Norman Conquest has been a standard text since it first appeared in 1962. This long-awaited second edition triumphantly incorporates the fruits of 3..

This celebrated account of society and economy in England from the first Anglo-Saxon settlements in the fifth century to the immediate aftermath of the Norman Conquest has been a standard text since it first appeared in 1962. This long-awaited second edition triumphantly incorporates the fruits of 3..