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“peter kellner”

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  • Democracy

    1,000 Years in Pursuit of British Liberty

    by Peter Kellner ...
    Democracy is Britain's gift to the world. Most of the ideas and ideals that have shaped the world's democracies can be traced back to arguments and reforms that first erupted here.Democracy tells the thousand-year story of the bitter battles over those arguments and reforms, in the words of those who shaped our democracy, fought for it and resisted it. It includes the major documents of the past ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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  • The Making of the English Working Class

    by E. P. Thompson ...
    A history of the common people and the Industrial Revolution: "A true masterpiece" and one of the Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the twentieth century ( Tribune) .During the formative years of the Industrial Revolution, English workers and artisans claimed a place in society that would shape the following centuries. But the capitalist elite did not form the working class—the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Acts of Union and Disunion

    by Linda Colley ...
    The United Kingdom; Great Britain; the British Isles; the Home Nations: such a wealth of different names implies uncertainty and contention - and an ability to invent and adjust. In a year that sees a Scottish referendum on independence, Linda Colley analyses some of the forces that have unified Britain in the past.She examines the mythology of Britishness, and how far - and why - it has faded. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • A Radical History Of Britain

    Visionaries, Rebels and Revolutionaries - the men and women who fought for our freedoms

    by Edward Vallance ...
    From medieval Runnymede to twentieth-century Jarrow, from King Alfred to George Orwell by way of John Lilburne and Mary Wollstonecraft, a rich and colourful thread of radicalism runs through a thousand years of British history. In this fascinating study, Edward Vallance traces a national tendency towards revolution, irreverence and reform wherever it surfaces and in all its variety. He unveils the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • A Legal History for Australia

    by Dr Sarah McKibbin, Libby Connors, Marcus Harmes ...
    This is a contemporary legal history book for Australian law students, written in an engaging style and rich with learning features and illustrations. The writers are a unique combination of talents, bringing together their fields of research and teaching in Australian history, British constitutional history and modern Australian law.The first part provides the social and political contexts for ... Read more

    $38.99 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

    $2.99 USD

  • The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vols. 1-3 (of 3)

    by John Morley ...
    This edition features• three complete books• a linked Table of Contents, linked Footnotes, and linked IndexCONTENTSVOL. IBook I (1809-1831)Book II(1832-1846)Book III (1847-1852)Book IV (1853-1859)AppendixChronologyVOL. IIBook V. 1859-1868Book VI. 1869-1874AppendixFootnotesVOL. IIIBook VIII. 1880-1885Book IX. 1885-1886Book X. 1886-1892Chronology<br /... ... Read more

    $2.69 USD

  • The Century of Revolution

    1603–1714

    by Christopher Hill ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    There is an immense range of books about the English Civil War, but one historian stands head and shoulders above all others for the quality of his work on the subject. In 1961 Christopher Hill first published what has come to be acknowledged as the best concise history of the period, Century of Revolution. Stimulating, vivid and provocative, his graphic depiction of the turbulent era examines ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Tracing Your Pauper Ancestors

    A Guide for Family Historians

    by Robert Burlison ...
    Series series Tracing Your Ancestors
    A practical and informative guide for family historians interested in researching their British ancestry through social welfare records.Many family historians will come across direct links to ancestors who were affected by poverty. Yet despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy, the history of pauperism and of poor relief has rarely been written about. Tracing Your Pauper Ancestors provides a ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Levellers

    Radical political thought in the English Revolution

    by Rachel Foxley ...
    Series series Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain
    The Leveller movement of the 1640s campaigned for religious toleration and a radical remaking of politics in post-civil war England. This book, the first full-length study of the Levellers for fifty years, offers a fresh analysis of the originality and character of Leveller thought. Challenging received ideas about the Levellers as social contract theorists and Leveller thought as a mere ... Read more

    $22.29 USD

  • Left Wing Democracy in the English Civil War - A Study of the Social Philosophy of Gerrard Winstanley

    by David W. Petegorsky ...
    Originally published in the 1930s, this book contains a comprehensive study of the social philosophy of Gerrard Winstanley, and would make an excellent addition to the bookshelf of anyone with an interest in the subject. Contents include: The Background of the Civil War; The Development of Radical Political Thought During the Civil War; The Digger Movement; The Political and Social Philosophy of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sources and Debates in Modern British History

    1714 to the Present

    Edited by Ellis Wasson ...
    Designed to complement the author's A History of Modern Britain, this collection of primary sources illuminates and augments the study of modern Britain with coverage of political, imperial, and economic history as well as class and cultural issuesFeatures a broad range of documents, in a well-structured and easy-to-use format, including important, well-known documents and lesser-known excerpts ... Read more

    $46.00 USD