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  • The Trial of Emma Cunningham

    Murder and Scandal in the Victorian Era

    by Brian Jenkins ...
     The alleged 1857 murder of a wealthy Bond Street dentist by Emma Cunningham, a mature widow he was believed to be sexually involved with, served to distract many New Yorkers from the deepening national crisis over slavery in the United States. Public anxieties seemed well founded--domestic murders committed by women were believed to be increasing sharply, jeopardizing society's patriarchal ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Madeleine Smith on Trial

    A Glasgow Murder and the Young Woman Too Respectable to Convict

    by Brian Jenkins ...
     In 1855, Glasgow socialite Madeleine Smith began a flirtation with Pierre L'Angelier, a handsome clerk--for her a mere diversion. But L'Angelier sought social mobility. Their class disparity gave her control of the intrigue but when the relationship turned sexual, the power imbalance shifted.The Scots recognized irregular unions in certain cases. L'Angelier considered Smith his wife, a part she ... Read more

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  • Nationalism in France

    Class and Nation Since 1789

    by Brian Jenkins ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1990, Nationalism in France (now with a new preface by the author) is a concise history of the post-revolutionary period in France and provides at the same time an original study of the evolution of French Nationalism since 1789.Brian Jenkins argues that French nationalism can be understood only in the context of class antagonism, and that the nationalisms of left and right have ... Read more

    Was $69.99 USD Now $42.99 USD

  • France and Fascism

    February 1934 and the Dynamics of Political Crisis

    by Brian Jenkins, Chris Millington ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
    France and Fascism: February 1934 and the Dynamics of Political Crisis is the first English-language book to examine the most significant political event in interwar France: the Paris riots of February 1934. On 6 February 1934, thousands of fascist rioters almost succeeded in bringing down the French democratic regime. The violence prompted the polarisation of French politics as hundreds of ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Lord Lyons

    A Diplomat in an Age of Nationalism and War

    by Brian Jenkins ...
    The British ambassador in Washington during the US Civil War and ambassador in Paris before and after the Franco-Prussian war, Lord Lyons (1817-1887) was one of the most important diplomats of the Victorian period. Although frequently featured in histories of the United States and Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century, and in discussions and analyses of British foreign policy, he has ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Aviation Terrorism and Security

    by Paul Wilkinson, Brian Jenkins ...
    Series series Political Violence
    First Published in 1999. The recent conviction of Ramzi Ahmed Yousef for plotting what prosecutors called '48 hours of terror in the sky' by conspiring to bomb a dozen US airliners, the increasing number of man portable SAM attacks on aircraft, and the recent crash of a hijacked Ethiopian airliner off the Comoro Islands causing 127 deaths, show that aviation confronts a wide range of security ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Varieties of Right-Wing Extremism in Europe

    Edited by Andrea Mammone, Emmanuel Godin, Brian Jenkins ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy
    Beginning with an analysis of the complex relationship between fascism and the post-war extreme right, the book discusses both contemporary parties and the cultural and intellectual influences of the European New Right as well as patterns of socialization and mobilization. It then analyses the effects of a range of factors on the ideological development of right-wing extremism including anti ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Nation and Identity in Contemporary Europe

    Edited by Brian Jenkins, Spyros A. Sofos ...
    The resilience of nationalism in contemporary Europe may seem paradoxical at a time when the nation state is widely seen as being 'in decline'. The contributors of this book see the resurgence of nationalism as symptomatic of the quest for identity and meaning in the complex modern world. Challenged from above by the supranational imperatives of globalism and from below by the complex pluralism of ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Irish Nationalism and the British State

    From Repeal to Revolutionary Nationalism

    by Brian Jenkins ...
    Drawing on an immense body of literature and research, Brian Jenkins analyses the forces that shaped mid-nineteenth century Irish nationalism in Ireland and North America as well as the role of the Roman Catholic Church. He outlines the relationship between newly arrived Irish Catholic immigrants and their hosts and the pivotal role of the church in maintaining a sense of exile, particularly among ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Mapping the Extreme Right in Contemporary Europe

    From Local to Transnational

    Edited by Andrea Mammone, Emmanuel Godin, Brian Jenkins ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy
    In recent years the revival of the far right and anti-Semitic, racist and fascist organizations has posed a significant threat throughout Europe. Mapping the Extreme Right in Contemporary Europe provides a broad geographical overview of the dominant strands within the contemporary radical right in both Western and Eastern Europe.After providing some local and regional perspectives, the book has a ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    The Poster-Painter's Masterpiece (Unabridged)

    by Sam Walter Foss ...
    Narrated by Gerald Wilkes, Brian Jenkins, Shelley Laino ...

    Unabridged

    38 min

    In the quaint town of Willow Creek, where art and secrets intertwine, a masterpiece emerges from the brush of a humble poster-painter. As the town's annual art exhibition approaches, a mysterious painting captivates the hearts of all who behold it. But beneath its vibrant colors and intricate brushstrokes lies a hidden truth that threatens to unravel the very fabric of the community. Join the ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Dark Continent

    Europe's Twentieth Century

    by Mark Mazower ...
    An unflinching and intelligent alternative history of the twentieth century that provides a provocative vision of Europe's past, present, and future."[A] splendid book." —The New York Times Book ReviewDark Continent provides an alternative history of the twentieth century, one in which the triumph of democracy was anything but a forgone conclusion and fascism and communism provided rival political ... Read more

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