British History

Geoffrey Holmes shows how early and mid-Georgian Britain used its expanding wealth, its new-found social cohesion at home and its international influence abroad to become not only a European but an imperial power. _x000D_  ..

A social and political history of England during the late-Victorian and Edwardian years. It examines transitional aspects of the period in which English society acquired its modern shape, and emphasizes changes in industrial, urban, class and constitutional areas...

This ambitious survey covers all aspects of the period in which English society acquired its modern shape -- industrial rather than agricultural, urban rather than rural, democratic in its institutions, and middle class rather than aristocratic in the control of political power. For this revised edi..

This book restores many details of the lives and deaths of the great and powerful monarchs of the Middle Ages and reveals past public splendours as well as more private insights...

The story of football’s journey from public school diversion to mass media entertainment is a remarkable one. The Association Game traces the history of football from the creation of the first clubs and associations in the nineteenth century to its current position at the centre of British popu..

The story of football’s journey from public school diversion to mass media entertainment is a remarkable one. The Association Game traces the history of football from the creation of the first clubs and associations in the nineteenth century to its current position at the centre of British popu..

The Atlantic in Global History is a collection of essays that introduce the key themes of Atlantic history and expand the category of the Atlantic chronologically, spatially, and methodologically. This second edition is updated with a new introduction and a guide for instructors. It is ideal for stu..

The Atlantic in Global History is a collection of essays that introduce the key themes of Atlantic history and expand the category of the Atlantic chronologically, spatially, and methodologically. This second edition is updated with a new introduction and a guide for instructors. It is ideal for stu..

In 1945 the Labour Government set about a major transformation of British society, Dr Jefferys's analyses the main changes and relates them to debates within the Labour party, on the nature of its aims and how best to achieve them...

In 1945 the Labour Government set about a major transformation of British society, Dr Jefferys's analyses the main changes and relates them to debates within the Labour party, on the nature of its aims and how best to achieve them...

A concise analysis of Britain's transformation from a pre-industrial economy to the 'workshop of the world',  this study reflects the latest thinking on the subject and argues that the changes were far more gradual than was previously believed. The Coverng all aspects of economic change, including: ..

The Industrial Revolution had a profound and lasting effect on socioeconomic and cultural conditions in Britain.The Birth of Industrial Britain examines the impact of early industrialisation on British society in the century before 1850, coinciding with Britain’s transition from a late pre-indu..