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  • The Industrial & Commercial Revolutions in Great Britain During the Nineteenth Century

    by L.C.A Knowles ...
    Series series Economic History
    First Published in 2005. In this book, the author seeks to bring out the causes which led to the coming of machinery and which made Great Britain the workshop of the world for a large part of the nineteenth century. Knowles especially stresses the world position of the United Kingdom during the past century owing to the developments of mechanical transport which were the inevitable outcome of the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Economic Development in the Nineteenth Century

    France, Germany, Russia and the United States

    by L.C.A. Knowles ...
    Series series Economic History
    Taken in conjunction the author’s earlier Industrial and Commercial Revolutions in Great Britain during the Nineteenth Century, this classic volume provides a thoroughly workmanlike study of the rise and progress of industrialism. Here she surveys the main developments in the agricultural, industrial, mechanical transport and commercial policy of France. Germany, Russia and the United States. It ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    The Demise of Egba Independence

    by Harry A. Gailey ...
    First published in 1982. This book, makes sense of Lugard's administration in Egbaland, by to devoting space to the history, religion, and political structure created by the African peoples of western Nigeria. Only by looking at the Egba traditional system and their attempts to modernize their state prior to 1914 can one fully appreciate their sense of loss and betrayal after annexation. The ... Read more

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  • The Land is Ours

    Black Lawyers and the Birth of Constitutionalism in South Africa

    by Tembeka Ngcukaitobi ...
    The Land Is Ours tells the story of South Africa’s first black lawyers, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In an age of aggressive colonial expansion, land dispossession and forced labour, these men believed in a constitutional system that respected individual rights and freedoms, and they used the law as an instrument against injustice.The book follows the lives, ideas and ... Read more

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  • Diamonds, Gold, and War

    The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa

    by Martin Meredith ...
    Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced upon the world's richest deposits of diamonds and gold, setting off a titanic struggle between the British and the Boers for control of the land. The result was the costliest, bloodiest, and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Western Australia: A History

    From its Discovery to the Inauguration of the Commonwealth

    by J.S. Battye ...
    WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Comes with an Active Table of Contents.    This history is full of vivid details of the hard life of the first explorers and pioneers.    It covers the period from 1600 to 1901. It has all the makings of an adventure story with epic shipping voyages, politics, starvation, searches for water and minerals, convicts, and hard work.  In most countries, the story of the European ... Read more

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  • The Oxford History of the French Revolution

    by William Doyle ...
    Since its first publication to mark the bicentenary of the French Revolution in 1989, this Oxford History has established itself as the Revolution's most authoritative and comprehensive one-volume history in English, and has recently been translated into Chinese. Running from the accession of Louis XVI in 1774, it traces the history of France through revolution, terror, and counter-revolution to ... Read more

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  • A Concise History of France

    by Roger Price ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    This is the most up-to-date and comprehensive study of French history available ranging from the early middle ages to the present. Amongst its central themes are the relationships between state and society, the impact of war, competition for power, and the ways in which power has been used. Whilst taking full account of major figures such as Philip Augustus, Henri IV, Louis XIV, Napoleon and de ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • The Passage to Europe

    How a Continent Became a Union

    by Luuk van Middelaar ...
    As financial turmoil in Europe preoccupies political leaders and global markets, it becomes more important than ever to understand the forces that underpin the European Union, hold it together and drive it forward. This timely book provides a gripping account of the realities of power politics among European states and between their leaders. Drawing on long experience working behind the scenes, ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • A Path to Freedom

    by General Michael Collins ...
    'This book gives a great insight into the brilliant mind of General Micheal Collins, a true revolutionary leader of Ireland. The book's chapters include "Advance and Use Our Liberties," "Alternative to the Treaty," "The Proof of Success," "Four Historic Years," "Collapse of the Terror," "Partition Act's Failure," "Why Britain Sought Irish Peace," "Distinctive Culture," "Building up Ireland," and ... Read more

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  • The People’s Rights. Winston S. Churchill Early Speeches. Illustrated

    by Winston S. Churchill ...
    The People’s Rights is a powerful collection of early speeches by Winston S. Churchill, delivered during his time as a rising star in the Liberal Party in the years 1909–1910. In these addresses, Churchill passionately defends the social reforms introduced by the Liberal government and makes the case for expanding the role of the state to protect the working class and reduce inequality. Set ... Read more

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  • Forged Through Fire

    War, Peace, and the Democratic Bargain

    by John Ferejohn, Frances McCall Rosenbluth ...
    Peace, many would agree, is a goal that democratic nations should strive to achieve. But is democracy, in fact, dependent on war to survive?Having spent their celebrated careers exploring this provocative question, John Ferejohn and Frances McCall Rosenbluth trace the surprising ways in which governments have mobilized armies since antiquity, discovering that our modern form of democracy not only ... Read more

    $20.49 USD