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  • Gladstone and the Liberal Party

    Serier serie Lancaster Pamphlets
    With a public career spanning 62 years, Gladstone dominated the Victorian political arena. Yet he remains an enigmatic figure; a high Anglican, Tory protectionist who became leader of the Liberals, a party associated with free trade and religious Nonconformity. Michael Winstanley examines both Gladstone and the environment in which he operated, concentrating in particular on the political and ... Læs mere

    451,93 kr.

  • Ireland and the Land Question 1800-1922

    Serier serie Lancaster Pamphlets
    This pamphlet makes use of the most recent revisionist literature to reassess the view, much propagated by nationalist sources, that Ireland was a land of impoverished peasants oppressed by English laws and absentee English landlords. The land question has always been closely linked to the development of Irish national consciousness, and greatly exercised the minds of English politicians in the ... Læs mere

    462,69 kr.

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  • How Britain Ends

    English Nationalism and the Rebirth of Four Nations

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  • The Scottish Nation

    A Modern History

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    The Scottish Nation examines the social, political, religious and economic factors that have shaped modern Scotland. Drawing on extensive research and exploring everything from the high politics of the devolved parliament to the everyday effects of huge and growing levels of social inequality, Devine places Scotland firmly within an international context and provides a key focus for the ongoing ... Læs mere

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  • Nineteenth-Century Britain

    A Very Short Introduction

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    First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change and an even more remarkable political stability. Britain in 1789 was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost half Celtic. By 1914, ... Læs mere

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  • The Transformation Of Ireland 1900-2000

    A ground-breaking history of the twentieth century in Ireland, written on the most ambitious scale by a brilliant young historian.It is significant that it begins in 1900 and ends in 2000 - most accounts have begun in 1912 or 1922 and largely ignored the end of the century. Politics and political parties are examined in detail but high politics does not dominate the book, which rather sets out to ... Læs mere

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  • Law in a Time of Crisis

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  • Modern Britain, 1750 to the Present

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  • A United Ireland

    Why Unification Is Inevitable and How It Will Come About

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  • Nor Shall My Sword

    The Reinvention of England

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  • Northern Ireland

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