British History

In discussing the regional and local history of South East England, the authors have tried to show the diversity that can be found within the region as well as common characteristics which illustrate local peculiarities. Emphasis is on life as experienced by the great majority of the population...

A volume dealing with the regional and local history of South East England, this covers the landcape and society of the modern counties of Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex and Greater London, south of the Thames from late Anglo-Saxon times to the present. The authors have tried to show the diversi..

A unique and detailed history of the south-west of England written in a clear and accessible style. A wondeful resource for any local historian...

A unique and detailed history of the south-west of England written in a clear and accessible style. A wondeful resource for any local historian...

An excellent introduction to this eventful and fascinating period in history has been updated to include the latest research and information. It offers students and researchers a fascinating insight into the reigns of three very different sovereigns..

An excellent introduction to this eventful and fascinating period in history has been updated to include the latest research and information. It offers students and researchers a fascinating insight into the reigns of three very different sovereigns..

An updated version of this classic book which includes an examination of transport developments since 1974, and particularly those of the Thatcher era...

The Tudor and Stuart Town brings together many of the most important articles in the field of urban history...

The aim of this reader - one of a set of four volumes on urban history covering the late 12th to early 20th centuries - is to gather together in an accessible form a number of key contributions to the study of the Tudor and Stuart town. Topics covered include social problems in Elizabethan London...

Not until the early nineteenth century would polygenetic and racialist theories win many adherents. But by the middle of the nineteenth century in England, racial categories were imposed upon humanity. How the idea of 'race' gained popularity in England at that time is the central focus of The Victo..

Not until the early nineteenth century would polygenetic and racialist theories win many adherents. But by the middle of the nineteenth century in England, racial categories were imposed upon humanity. How the idea of 'race' gained popularity in England at that time is the central focus of The Victo..

This book gathers together, in one volume, some of the key pieces on Victorian history, society and culture and draws on new trends in looking at the Victorian Age and includes sections on, periodization, politics and consumerism...