A History of English Corn Laws
A History of English Corn Laws

Author: Donald Grove Barnes

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1136582517

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First Published in 2005. A history of the English Corn Laws 1660-1846 is part of the studies in Economic and Social History series and looks at how the Corn Laws regulated the internal trade, exportation and importation and market development from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries.

Empire and history writing in Britain c.1750–2012
Empire and history writing in Britain c.1750–2012

Author: Joanna de Groot

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2016-05-16

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1526110962

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This wide-ranging and accessible book examines the effects of British imperial involvements on history writing in Britain since 1750. It provides a chronological account of the development of history writing in its social, political, and cultural contexts, and an analysis of the structural links between those involvements and the dominant concerns of that writing. The author looks at the impact of imperial and global expansion on the treatment of government, of social structures and changes and of national and ethnic identity in scholarly and popular works, in school histories, and in ‘famous’ history books. In a clear and student-friendly way, the book argues that involvement in empire played a transformative and central role within history writing as whole, reframing its basic assumptions and language, and sustaining a significant ‘imperial’ influence across generations of writers and diverse types of historical text.

What Shall I Read Next?
What Shall I Read Next?

Author: F. Seymour Smith

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1953-01-02

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 0521064929

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Originally published in 1953, What Shall I Read Next? lists nearly 2000 works published after 1900, with the compiler's own appreciatory comments on selected items. It was a companion volume to Mr Seymour Smith's English Library. Both books are published on behalf of the National Book League. In his introduction, explaining the scope and purpose of the book, Mr Seymour Smith wrote: 'Some will find it useful merely as a shopping list, reminding them of books they know something about already, and serving as a remembrancer. To others, and particularly to younger readers, it may introduce books which have so far escaped their notice. It is hoped, too, that for booksellers and librarians it will have a practical use as a desk-book, for answering enquiries, for serving as a check list for stock, and for use as a reference book when memory fails'.

The Statesman's Year-Book
The Statesman's Year-Book

Author: M. Epstein

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-12-23

Total Pages: 1512

ISBN-13: 0230270735

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The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Gibraltar, Identity and Empire
Gibraltar, Identity and Empire

Author: E.G. Archer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1136005501

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The principal argument in Gibraltar and Empire is that Gibraltarians constitute a separate and distinctive people, notwithstanding the political stance taken by the government of Spain. Various factors - environmental, ethnic, economic, political, religious, linguistic, educational and informal - are adduced to explain the emergence of a sense of community on the Rock and an attachment to the United Kingdom. A secondary argument is that the British empire has left its mark in Gibraltar in various forms - such as militarily - and for a number of reasons. Gilbraltar and Empire's exploration of the manifold reasons why the Gibraltarians have bucked the trend in the history of decolonization comes at a time when the issues in question have come to the fore in diplomatic and political areas.