The Birth of Industrial Britain: 1750-1850 (Morgan Kenneth)(Paperback)

The Birth of Industrial Britain: 1750-1850 (Morgan Kenneth)(Paperback)

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 Britains transition from a late

The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain (Morgan Kenneth O.)(Paperback)

This beautifully illustrated volume tells the story of Britain and its people over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Edited by esteemed historian Kenneth O. Morgan, this informative volume illuminates the political, social, economic, and cultural

The Oxford History of Britain: 2021 Edition (Morgan Kenneth O.)(Paperback)

A new edition of this best-selling history of Britain, from Roman times, now updated to cover the first decade of the 21st century. The Oxford History of Britain tells the story of Britain and its people over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Encompassing

The People's Peace: Britain Since 1945 (Morgan Kenneth O.)(Paperback)

Britain since 1945: The People's Peace is the first comprehensive study by a professional historian of British history from 1945 to the present day. It examines the transformation of post-war Britain from the planning enthusiasm of 1945 to the rise of New Labour. Its themes include the troubles of

Modern Britain, 1750 to the Present (Vernon James)(Paperback)

This wide-ranging introduction to the history of modern Britain extends from the eighteenth century to the present day. James Vernon's distinctive history is weaved around an account of the rise, fall and reinvention of liberal ideas of how markets, governments and empires should work. The history

Technoscience in History: Prussia, 1750-1850 (Klein Ursula)(Paperback)

The relationship of the current technosciences and the older engineering sciences, examined through the history of the 'useful' sciences in Prussia.Do today's technoscientific disciplines--including materials science, genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and robotics--signal a radical departure

Age of Machinery: Engineering the Industrial Revolution, 1770-1850 (Cookson Gillian)(Paperback)

The engineers who built the first generations of modern textile machines, between 1770 and 1850, pushed at the boundaries of possibility. This book investigates these pioneering machine-makers, almost all working within textile communities in northern England, and the industry they created. It

The Industrial Revolution (Smith Nigel)(Paperback)

This title examines the impact the great industrial transformation of 18th-century Britain had on both the domestic and international scenes. After considering the nature and significance of revolutions in industry, power and transport, it goes on to consider the formation of an industrial working

Early Modern Britain, 1450-1750 (Miller John)(Paperback)

This introductory textbook provides a wide-ranging survey of the political, social, cultural and economic history of early modern Britain, charting the gradual integration of the four kingdoms, from the Wars of the Roses to the formation of 'Britain', and the aftermath of England's unions with

Dreadnought - Britain,Germany and the Coming of the Great War (K Massie Robert)(Paperback / softback)

A gripping chronicle of the personal and political rivalries from the birth of Queen Victoria to the unification of Germany during the decades leading up to WW1 from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert

The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain (Greensted Mary)(Paperback)

Mary Greensted tells the story of the birth and development of the Arts and Craft movement in Britain with the help of numerous illustrations showing the buildings, furniture, metalwork, and the people who influenced it. The movement was concerned with the revival of traditional crafts, and a

A Short History of Transatlantic Slavery (Morgan Kenneth)(Paperback)

From 1501, when the first slaves arrived in Hispaniola, until the nineteenth century, some twelve million people were abducted from west Africa and shipped across thousands of miles of ocean - the infamous Middle Passage - to work in the colonies of the New World. Perhaps two million Africans died

Captives - Britain, Empire and the World 1600-1850 (Colley Linda)(Paperback / softback)

Linda Colley uses these tales of ordinary individuals trapped in extraordinary encounters to re-evaluate the character and diversity of the British Empire. She shows how British attitudes to Islam, slavery, race, and American Revolutionaries look different once the captive's perspective is

The Complete Poems of Kenneth Rexroth (Rexroth Kenneth)(Paperback)

The definitive volume of Rexroth's poetry now available in

Changing Minds Britain 1500-1750 Pupil's Book (Byrom Jamie)(Paperback / softback)

Changing Minds Student's Book is part of the series Think Through History for 11-14 year

Reformation to Industrial Revolution: 1530-1780 (Hill Christopher)(Paperback)

The masterful account of transformation of Britain into a modern nation by leading Marxist

Iron, Steam & Money: The Making of the Industrial Revolution (Osborne Roger)(Paperback)

In late eighteenth-century Britain a handful of men brought about the greatest transformation in human history. Inventors, industrialists, and entrepreneurs ushered in the age of powered machinery and the factory, and thereby changed the whole of human society, bringing into being new methods of

Revolutionary Europe 1780-1850 (Sperber Jonathan)(Paperback)

Jonathan Sperber's Revolutionary Europe 1780-1850 is a history of Europe in the age of the French Revolution, from the end of the old regime to the outcome of the revolutions of 1848. Fully revised and updated, this second edition provides a continent-wide history of the key political events and

Manchester by the Sea: A Screenplay (Lonergan Kenneth)(Paperback)

The Academy Award-winning screenplay of 'a drama of surpassing beauty' (Wall Street Journal) Kenneth Lonergan's Academy Award and BAFTA-winning screenplay for the acclaimed film Manchester by the Sea is a staggering achievement and an emotionally devastating meditation on grief. Lee Chandler is a

Newman's Birds of Southern Africa (Newman Kenneth)(Paperback)

This commemorative tenth edition celebrates the contribution of the late author, Kenneth Newman, fully revised and updated by his daughter, Vanessa Newman, to reflect the latest research, taxonomy and common names. Newman's Birds of Southern Africa, a leading field guide in the region, illustrates

The Birth of Tragedy (Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm)(Paperback)

In The Birth of Tragedy Nietzsche expounds on the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. He declares it to be the expression of a culture which has achieved a delicate but powerful balance between Dionysian insight into the chaos and suffering which underlies

The Art of Prayer (Hagin Kenneth E.)(Paperback)

Dostoevsky: The Years of Ordeal, 1850-1859 (Frank Joseph)(Paperback)

The description for this book, Dostoevsky: The Years of Ordeal, 1850-1859, will be forthcoming.-- 'Kirkus

Understanding the Anointing (Hagin Kenneth E.)(Paperback)

This book is divided into three sections. New Birth, Holy Spirit, and Corporate anointing. Students of the Word will find is required reading to understand the sweeping move of God that is coming upon the