History

The wide range of structures associated with the coal industry of England, during the Industrial Revolution is recorded.

Arranged by broad categories of site (17 are included ranging from ring-cairns to Medieval and later settlement), the inventory gives locational, historical and current status details of each site with a useful cross-referencing system and high-quality illustrations and b/w photographs.

The first book about the Shrewsbury Darwins and their influence on the famous naturalist

Saint George is one of the most instantly recognizable saints that has ever existed. In this book, the truth behind the legend is revealed. Was there really a dragon? How did St George get his red cross? Why is he England's patron saint? It answers these questions and more.

In this book, Philip Payton provides a vivid insight into the experiences of regional Australia during the Great War of 1914-18.

Traces the emergence of creative texts focusing on the nineteenth-century slave trade to make sense of the radicalized effects of global capitalism.

The NBC news anchor and former White House correspondent evaluates the American dream of the past, present and future as experienced by four generations of his and other families. By the best-selling author of Boom!. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.

A fascinating look at the history of the Windrush river and a comprehensive guide to the towns and villages along its route.

An engaging insider's account by a member of President Reagan's Central America policy team.

Featuring letters and emails from war zones, and including the memories both sides of the hostilities documented, this book is an emotive and poignant depiction of war. It looks at warfare through the eyes of troops and civilians. It covers the major global conflicts from World War I and II and the American Revolution, up to Afghanistan and Iraq.

The materials used in needle making can be traced from the thorns of early man, through hand made wood, bone and steel varieties, to the first machine-made needles in 1851. This book traces the history of needles and needle making, touching upon forces that influenced the development of the materials used, and the skills needed by the craftsmen.

With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the shifting of American foreign policy away from "old" Europe, long-established patterns of interaction between Germany and the US have come under review. This text seeks to acknowledge the importance of those patterns for the study of German culture and history on both sides of the Atlantic.

At the heart of the historical and social sciences lies the remarkable gray area of learning processes. "Learning" is usually perceived as individual childhood development at home and at school and has been written about extensively.

Why is it that Japan, with few natural resources, has become one of the world's leading economies but not Latin America, which is so rich in natural resources? This anthropological essay questions the Euro-centric notion of modernity and modernization and argues that Latin America has to find its own form of modernity.

Since the extensive floods of 1966, inhabitants of Venice's laguna areas have come to share in, and reflect upon, concerns over pressing environmental problems. Evidence of damage caused by industrial pollution has contributed to the need to recover a common culture and establish a sense of continuity ...

This revised and enlarged edition brings the successful original volume of 1984 right up to date, taking into account the most recent developments. Each section begins with an introduction that provides the context for the following documents. There is no comparable volume of its kind available in English.

The "Berlin Republic" has become the key concept of post-Cold War Germany and as such has been widely discussed inside as well as outside Germany. Symbolized by the move of the government from Bonn to Berlin it signals all the tangible and intangible changes in Germany's position in the world that ...