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  • British Women Travellers in the Long Nineteenth Century

    With Italy as Their Muse

    Collections series History (R0)
    During the long nineteenth century, British women reframed the masculine paradigm of the Grand Tour. They created a feminist travel gaze, intentionally or unintentionally, that differed from that of male peers. Unlike their brothers, who went for personal edification, women with means left their English homes for the great Italian cities of Florence, Naples, and Rome to escape personal ... En savoir plus

    $153.99 CAD

  • Victorians and the Case for Charity

    Essays on Responses to English Poverty by the State, the Church and the Literati

    This collection of all new essays seeks to answer a series of questions surrounding the Victorian response to poverty in Britain. In short, what did various layers of society say the poor deserved and what did they do to help them? The work is organized against the backdrop of the 1834 New Poor Laws, recognizing that poverty garnered considerable attention in England because of its pervasive and ... En savoir plus

    $28.99 CAD

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  • Victorian Britain (Routledge Revivals)

    An Encyclopedia

    par Sally Mitchell ...
    Collections series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1988, this encyclopedia serves as an overview and point of entry to the complex interdisciplinary field of Victorian studies. The signed articles, which cover persons, events, institutions, topics, groups and artefacts in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901, have been written by authorities in the field and contain bibliographies to provide guidelines for further research. The ... En savoir plus

    $116.79 CAD

  • The Making of the English Working Class

    par E. P. Thompson ...
    Collections series Penguin Modern Classics
    A book that revolutionised our understanding of English social history. E. P. Thompson shows how the English working class emerged through the degradations of the industrial revolution to create a culture and political consciousness of enormous vitality. ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Castrato and His Wife

    par Helen Berry ...
    The opera singer Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci was one of the most famous celebrities of the eighteenth century. In collaboration with the English composer Thomas Arne, he popularized Italian opera, translating it for English audiences and making it accessible with his own compositions which he performed in London's pleasure gardens. Mozart and J. C. Bach both composed for him. He was a rock star of ... En savoir plus

    $11.59 CAD

  • The Origins of Sex

    A History of the First Sexual Revolution

    par Fara Dabhoiwala ...
    Nowadays we believe that consenting adults have the freedom to do what they like with their own bodies. We publicise and celebrate sex; we discuss it endlessly; we are obsessed with the sex lives of celebrities. We think it wrong that in other cultures people suffer for their sexual orientation, that women are treated as second-class citizens, or that adulterers are put to death. Yet until quite ... En savoir plus

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  • Two-Way Mirror

    The Life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

    par Fiona Sampson ...
    **Finalist for the 2022 Plutarch AwardLonglisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyA Washington Post Best Book of 2021“An elegant act of rehabilitation.”—New York Times Book Review, Editors’ ChoiceA "nuanced and insightful" (New Statesman) portrait of Britain’s most famous female poet, a woman who invented herself and defied her times.**"How do I love thee? Let me count the ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • 1688: The First Modern Revolution

    par Steve Pincus ...

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  • A Radical History Of Britain

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

    par 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 ... En savoir plus

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  • The Georgians

    The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain

    A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and controversial times with our attitudes todayThe Georgian era is often seen as a time of innovations. It saw the end of monarchical absolutism, global exploration and settlements overseas, the world’s first industrial revolution, deep transformations in religious and cultural life, and Britain’s role in ... En savoir plus

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  • Queer Enlightenments

    A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers, and Homemakers

    A BOOK RIOT BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA ground-breaking history delivered in a refreshing new voice, Queer Enlightenments details eleven overlooked stories of eighteenth-century queer people who lived extraordinary lives of resistance and joyQueer people have always existed. In an era when this basic truth faces undue scrutiny, here is a dazzling work of restorative history that reveals the hard-won ... En savoir plus

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  • The Famine Irish

    Emigration and the Great Hunger

    Modifié par Ciaran Reilly ...
    From a range of leading academics and historians, this collection of essays examines Irish emigration during the Great Famine of the 1840s. From the mechanics of how this was arranged to the fate of the men, women and children who landed on the shores of the nations of the world, this work provides a remarkable insight into one of the most traumatic and transformative periods of Ireland's history. ... En savoir plus

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