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  • Dangerous Waters

    par John Burnett ...
    While sailing alone one night in the shipping lanes across one of the busiest waterways in the world, John Burnett was attacked by pirates. Through sheer ingenuity and a little bit of luck, he survived, and his shocking firsthand experience became the inspiration for Dangerous Waters.Today's breed of pirates are not the colorful cutthroats painted by the history books. Unlike the romantic images ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $15.99 CAD Maintenant $11.99 CAD

  • Where Soldiers Fear to Tread

    A Relief Worker's Tale of Survival

    par John Burnett ...
    “There is going to be a shooting here and it is a toss-up who is going to get the boy’s first round. The soldier, about ten years old, is jamming the barrel of his gun hard against my driver’s face, and unless the kid decides to go for me, the relief worker, my driver is going to get his head blown off.”WHERE SOLDIERS FEAR TO TREADJohn Burnett survived this ordeal and others during his service as ... En savoir plus

    $6.99 CAD

  • A Social History of Housing 1815–1985

    Second Edition

    par John Burnett ...
    Collections series Routledge Library Editions: Housing
    Originally published in 1986, for the second edition of this standard text (previously only covering up to 1970) in A Social History of Housing 1815–1985, John Burnett has extended his study to take account of the next fifteen years. It remains a comprehensive and important survey, covering over a century and a half of developments in housing conditions both urban and rural, public and private, ... En savoir plus

    $107.17 CAD

  • Destiny Obscure

    Autobiographies of Childhood, Education and Family From the 1820s to the 1920s

    par Proffessor John Burnett, John Burnett ...
    In this companion volume to Useful Toil, John Burnett has drawn extensively on over eight hundred previously unpublished manuscripts. The result is a unique record of childhood that reveals in intimate detail the trials and hard-won triumphs of nineteenth-century working-class life. Besides affording rare insights into the developing child's world of dreams, hopes and fears, they reflect a crucial ... En savoir plus

    $92.06 CAD

  • Useful Toil

    Autobiographies of Working People from the 1820s to the 1920s

    par Proffessor John Burnett, John Burnett ...
    Useful Toil engages freshly and directly with the `ordinary' people of the nineteenth century. John Burnett has assembled twenty seven telling extracts from the diaries and autobiographies of working people - wheelwrights and stone-masons, miners and munition workers, butlers and kitchen maids, navvies, carpenters, potters and ship assistants to list only a few. The men and women who speak in ... En savoir plus

    $92.06 CAD

  • Plenty and Want

    A Social History of Food in England from 1815 to the Present Day

    par Proffessor John Burnett, John Burnett ...
    What did Queen Victoria have for dinner? And how did this compare with the meals of the poor in the nineteenth century? This classic account of English food habits since the industrial revolution answers these questions and more. ... En savoir plus

    $96.99 CAD

  • England Eats Out

    A Social History of Eating Out in England from 1830 to the Present

    par John Burnett ...
    Why do so many people now eat out in England? Food and the culture surrounding how we consume it are high on everyone’s agenda. England Eats Out is the ultimate book for a nation obsessed with food.Today eating out is more than just getting fed; it is an expression of lifestyle. In the past it has been crucial to survival for the impoverished but a primary form of entertainment for the few. In the ... En savoir plus

    $114.04 CAD

  • Idle Hands

    The Experience of Unemployment, 1790-1990

    par Proffessor John Burnett, John Burnett ...
    Idle Hands is the first major social history of unemployment in Britain covering the last 200 years. It focuses on the experiences of working people in becoming unemployed, coping with unemployment and searching for work, and their reactions and responses to their problems. Direct evidence of the impact of unemployment drawn from extensive personal biographies complements economic and statistical ... En savoir plus

    $96.18 CAD

  • Liquid Pleasures

    A Social History of Drinks in Modern Britain

    par Proffessor John Burnett, John Burnett ...
    Drinking has always meant much more than satisfying the thirst. Drinking can be a necessity, a comfort, an indulgence or a social activity.Liquid Pleasures is an engrossing study of the social history of drinks in Britain from the late seventeenth century to the present. From the first cup of tea at breakfast to mid-morning coffee, to an eveining beer and a 'night-cap', John Burnett discusses ... En savoir plus

    $89.31 CAD

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    Everyday Life in Dickens' London

    par Judith Flanders ...
    From an acclaimed popular historian comes a masterly recreation of Victorian London, whose raucous streets and teeming denizens inspired and permeated the works of one of the world's greatest novelists: Charles DickensThe 19th century was a time of unprecedented transformation, and nowhere was this more apparent than on the streets of London. In only a few decades, London grew from a Regency town ... En savoir plus

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  • Industry, Trade and People in Ireland, 1650-1950: Essays in honour of W.H. Crawford

    par Brenda Collins, Philip Ollerenshaw, Trevor Parkhill ...
    Bill Crawford (W.H. Crawford) had played a key role in the development of Irish economic, social and regional history for over forty years. The essays in Industry, Trade and People in Ireland, 1650-1950 are testimony to his many spheres of influence - as teacher, archivist, curator, researcher and writer - and focus on the themes in which Bill himself has been most interested: the relations ... En savoir plus

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  • A Short History of Ireland's Famine

    par Ruán O'Donnell ...
    Collections series Short Histories
    This condensed history examines why the Great Famine was so catastrophic, and explores its effect on Irish society and culture. It explains the circumstances surrounding the period and addresses issues and characteristics of the time.Aspects covered include the spread of disease, the experiences of those on public works projects and the disagreements between political leaders regarding the ... En savoir plus

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