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  • The Birth of a Great Power System, 1740-1815

    by Hamish Scott ...
    Series series The Modern European State System
    The Birth of a Great Power System, 1740-1815 examines a key development in modern European history: the origins and emergence of a competitive state system.H.M. Scott demonstrates how the well-known and dramatic events of these decades - the emergence of Russia and Prussia; the three partitions of Poland; the continuing retreat of the Ottoman Empire; the unprecedented territorial expansion of ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750

    Volume II: Cultures and Power

    Edited by Hamish Scott ...
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    This Handbook re-examines the concept of early modern history in a European and global context. The term 'early modern' has been familiar, especially in Anglophone scholarship, for four decades and is securely established in teaching, research, and scholarly publishing. More recently, however, the unity implied in the notion has fragmented, while the usefulness and even the validity of the term, ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750

    Volume I: Peoples and Place

    Edited by Hamish Scott ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    This Handbook re-examines the concept of early modern history in a European and global context. The term 'early modern' has been familiar, especially in Anglophone scholarship, for four decades and is securely established in teaching, research, and scholarly publishing. More recently, however, the unity implied in the notion has fragmented, while the usefulness and even the validity of the term, ... Read more

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  • Forming Aristocracy

    The Reconfiguration of Europe's Nobilities, 1300–1750

    The deeds (and misdeeds) of aristocrats, past and present, never lose their appeal, whether on our screens or in real life. But who are they, and why do they matter? Forming Aristocracy is the story of the great aristocratic lineages of Europe: families such as the Salisbury in England, the Campbell in Scotland, the Radziwill in Poland-Lithuania, the Liechtenstein in the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ... Read more

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    Iris Wildthyme Reloaded

    Series series Iris Wildthyme

    Unabridged

    4 hours 39 min

    Join trans-temporal adventuress Iris Wildthyme (Katy Manning) for a series of eight brand-new half-hour episodes as she travels through time and space aboard her trusty double-decker bus, accompanied by her new friend Captain Turner!Comeback of the Scorchies by James GossOne-hit ‘80s wonder, Brian Bonamy, is back - and he’s wowing the crowds of Margate! But when Iris and Captain Turner take in the ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Toronto Neighbourhoods 7-Book Bundle

    A City in the Making / Unbuilt Toronto / Unbuilt Toronto 2 / Leaside / Opportunity Road / Willowdale / The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860

    Series series
    The Toronto Neighbourhoods bundle presents a collection of titles that provide fascinating insight into the history and development of Canada’s largest and most diverse city. Beginning with histories of Canada’s longest street and the early days of what was once called York (The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860; A City in the Making; Opportunity Road), the titles in the bundle go on to examine the ... Read more

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  • Unbuilt Toronto

    A History of the City That Might Have Been

    Series Book 1 - The City That Might Have Been
    Unbuilt Toronto explores never-realized building projects in and around Toronto, from the citys founding to the twenty-first century. Delving into unfulfilled and largely forgotten visions for grand public buildings, landmark skyscrapers, highways, subways, and arts and recreation venues, it outlines such ambitious schemes as St. Alban's Cathedral, the Queen subway line and early city plans that ... Read more

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  • The Chinese in Toronto from 1878

    From Outside to Inside the Circle

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    Good Neighbourhoods, Crazy Politics and the Invention of Toronto

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  • Unbuilt Toronto 2

    More of the City That Might Have Been

    Series Book 2 - The City That Might Have Been
    Quill & Quire cited Unbuilt Toronto as a book filled with "well-researched, often gripping tales of grand plans," while Canadian Architect said that it is "an impressively researched exploration of never-realized architectural and master-planning projects intended for the city." Now Unbuilt Toronto 2 provides an all-new, fascinating return to the "Toronto that might have been."Discover the ... Read more

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