Author: Christopher WyvillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Political papers, chiefly respecting the attempt of the county of York, and other considerable districts, commenced in 1799 ... to effect a reformation of the parliament of Great-Britain: collected by C. Wyvill
How to Find Out About the Victorian Period
Author: Lionel MaddenPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483153614
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
How to Find Out About the Victorian Period: A Guide to Sources of Information focuses on the Victorian period of Great Britain. The book first discusses the study of the Victorian period and general guides to the literature. The use of books, periodical articles, theses, and bibliographies in the study of this period in British history is emphasized. The text underscores the value of Victorian periodicals and newspapers in the study of the Victorian period. Guides to special collections and source materials on this period are discussed. These include guides to collection of books and manuscripts, libraries and their collections, archives and manuscripts, and government publications. The book also presents guides to the study of the Victorian church. These include encyclopedias and dictionaries, biographical works, and theses. Guides on the kind of education, development of science, visual arts, music, and literature of the Victorian period are also described. The text is a fine reference for readers who are interested in British history, particularly the Victorian era.
The Independent Man
Author: Matthew McCormackPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719070549
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
In Georgian England, independence was associated with manly virtue and physical vigour. Fundamentally, the political world was thought to consist of "independent men" exercising their consciences and standing up for the general good. As such, Georgians thought about political action and masculine virtue very differently to the ways in which we do today.
Memory and Modern British Politics
Author: Matthew RobertsPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350190470
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This edited collection explores absence, presence and remembrance in British political culture and memory studies. Comprehensive in its scope, it covers the entire modern period, bringing together the 19th and 20th centuries as well as Britain, Ireland and the Atlantic World. As the first comparative and in-depth study to explore the central and contested place of memory and the invention of tradition in modern British politics, chapters include memorialisation, statue-mania, anniversaries and on the wider impact and invoking of 'dead generations'. In doing so, this book provides a new, exciting and accessible way of engaging with the history of British political culture.
Bulletin of the British Library of Political and Economic Science
Author: British Library of Political and Economic SciencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of Parliament
Author: Canada. Library of ParliamentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Harvard Historical Studies
Author: The Scottish People and the French Revolution
Author: Bob HarrisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317315316
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Presents a study of the political culture of Scotland in the 1790s. This book compares the emergence of 'the people' as a political force, with popular political movements in England and Ireland. It analyses Scottish responses to the French Revolution across the political spectrum; explaining Loyalist as well as Radical opinions and organisations.
The Monthly Review
Author: Ralph GriffithsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
A History of the English People ...
Author: Elie HalévyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description