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Book Country Life Illustrated

Download or read book Country Life Illustrated written by and published by . This book was released on 1973-05 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Local History in England

Download or read book Local History in England written by W. G. Hoskins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered to be the classic introduction to the subject, this third edition has been carefully revised and updated to take account of the developments in the subject, and includes an extensive newly compiled bibliography and twice the number of illustrations as in previous editions.

Book Theatres of Memory

    Book Details:
  • Author : Raphael Samuel
  • Publisher : Verso Books
  • Release : 2012-09-11
  • ISBN : 1844679357
  • Pages : 509 pages

Download or read book Theatres of Memory written by Raphael Samuel and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Theatres of Memory was first published in 1994, it transformed the debate about what is to be considered history and questioned the role of “heritage” that lies at the heart of every Western nation’s obsession with the past. Today, in the age of Downton Abbey and Mad Men, we are once again conjuring historical fictions to make sense of our everyday lives. In this remarkable book, Samuel looks at the many different ways we use the “unofficial knowledge” of the past. Considering such varied areas as the fashion for “retrofitting,” the rise of family history, the joys of collecting old photographs, the allure of reenactment societies and televised adaptations of Dickens, Samuel transforms our understanding of the uses of history. He shows us that history is a living practice, something constantly being reassessed in the world around us.

Book Spirits of Community

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  • Author : K. D. M. Snell
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2016-06-16
  • ISBN : 1474268854
  • Pages : 355 pages

Download or read book Spirits of Community written by K. D. M. Snell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concern about the 'decline of community', and the theme of 'community spirit', are internationally widespread in the modern world. The English past has featured many representations of declining community, expressed by those who lamented its loss in quite different periods and in diverse genres. This book analyses how community spirit and the passing of community have been described in the past – whether for good or ill – with an eye to modern issues, such as the so-called 'loneliness epidemic' or the social consequences of alternative structures of community. It does this through examination of authors such as Thomas Hardy, James Wentworth Day, Adrian Bell and H.E. Bates, by appraising detective fiction writers, analysing parish magazines, considering the letter writing of the parish poor in the 18th and 19th centuries, and through the depictions of realist landscape painters such as George Morland. K. D. M. Snell addresses modern social concerns, showing how many current preoccupations had earlier precedents. In presenting past representations of declining communities, and the way these affected individuals of very different political persuasions, the book draws out lessons and examples from the past about what community has meant hitherto, setting into context modern predicaments and judgements about 'spirits of community' today.

Book The Agrarian History of England and Wales

Download or read book The Agrarian History of England and Wales written by Edward John T. Collins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 1362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Age of Urban Democracy

Download or read book The Age of Urban Democracy written by Donald Read and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 edition the footnotes and bibliography have been fully updated, and the entire text has been reset in a larger and more attractive format. An ideal introduction to the subject, it masters a huge amount of material through its clear structure, sensible judgements and approachable style.

Book The Less Noble Sex

    Book Details:
  • Author : M. Jeanne Peterson
  • Publisher : Indiana University Press
  • Release : 1989-05-22
  • ISBN : 9780253205094
  • Pages : 504 pages

Download or read book The Less Noble Sex written by M. Jeanne Peterson and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1989-05-22 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physically frail, badly educated girls, brought up to lead useless lives as idle gentlewomen, married to dominant husbands, and relegated to "separate spheres" of life—these phrases have often been used to describe Victorian upper-middle-class women. M. Jeanne Peterson rejects such formulations and the received wisdom they embody in favor of a careful examination of Victorian ladies and their lives. Focusing on a network of urban professional families over three generations, this book examines the scope and quality of gentlewomen's education, their physical lives, their relationship to money, their experience of family illness and death, and their relationships to men (brothers and friends as well as fathers and husbands). Peterson also examines the prominent place of work in the lives of these "leisured" Victorian ladies, both single and married. Far from idle, the mothers, wives, and daughters of Victorian clergymen, doctors, lawyers, university dons, and others were accomplished and productive members of society who made substantial public and private contributions to virtually every sphere of Victorian life.

Book Handbook for History Teachers

Download or read book Handbook for History Teachers written by W. H. Burston dec'd and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-24 with total page 931 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1972, Handbook for History Teachers is intended to be a general and comprehensive work of reference for teachers of history in primary and secondary schools of all kinds. The book covers all aspects of teaching history: among them are the use of sources, world history, art and history; principles of constructing a syllabus and the psychological aspects of history teaching. The bibliographical sections are arranged on three parts: school textbooks, a section on audio-visual-aids and, finally, books for the teacher and possibly for the sixth form. It thoroughly investigates and critiques the various methods employed in teaching history within classrooms and suggests alternatives wherever applicable. Diligently curated by the Standing Sub-Committee in History, University of London Institute of Education, the book still holds immense value in the understanding of pedagogy.

Book Lessons for Students in Architecture

Download or read book Lessons for Students in Architecture written by Herman Hertzberger and published by 010 Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives a broad insight into Hertzberger's "library" and a stimulating impression of one of the most important Dutch architects alive today. Rather than supplying the reader with design recipes, Hertzberger has provided an essential source of inspiration to everyone involved with the design process.

Book Cumulative Bibliography of Victorian Studies

Download or read book Cumulative Bibliography of Victorian Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Paperbacks in Print

Download or read book Paperbacks in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 1200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book British Political History  1867   2001

Download or read book British Political History 1867 2001 written by Malcolm Pearce and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third edition of British Political History, 1867–2001 is an accessible summary of major political developments in British history over the last 140 years. Analyzing the changing nature of British society and Britain's role on the world stage, Malcolm Pearce and Geoffrey Stewart also outline the growth of democracy and the growth in the power of the state against a background of party politics. New coverage includes: domestic affairs from 1992 to 2001 John Major's Government the creation of 'New' Labour and the 'Third Way' Blair's first ministry developments in Northern Ireland from 1995 through the Easter Peace Deal into 2001 the 2001 General Election results and implications. Students of British politics and history will find this the perfect resource for their studies.

Book The Colourful Life of an Engineer

Download or read book The Colourful Life of an Engineer written by Harry C. Lott and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a young engineer growing up in England 100 years ago. Details of daily life set within a historical context provide a thought-provoking contrast to life today. After a childhood in an Essex farmhouse, Harry went to school in Dorchester where his father became a partner in an iron foundry. A scholarship to the Central Technical College led to student life in Edwardian London when steam cars, omnibuses and the Twopenny Tube were replacing horse-drawn carriages. Harry gained practical engineering experience at Marshall's of Gainsborough before emigrating to Canada in 1907, aged 24, after first seeing the country on the 1905 Atlantic cable laying expedition.

Book Victorian England

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Joseph Reader
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1974
  • ISBN : 9780399112799
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book Victorian England written by William Joseph Reader and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicine - Women - Education - Village life - Photography - Boer War - England 1900.

Book The Countryman

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  • Author : John William Robertson Scott
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1976
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 916 pages

Download or read book The Countryman written by John William Robertson Scott and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The British National Bibliography

Download or read book The British National Bibliography written by Arthur James Wells and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 2374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: