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  • The Governing of Britain, 1688-1848

    The Executive, Parliament and the People

    by Peter Jupp ...
    Focusing on the institutions and players of central and local government during an era of great transformation, Peter Jupp examines the cohesive nature of the British state, and how Britain was governed between 1688 and 1848.Divided into two parts, bisected by the accession of George III in 1760, this study:examines the changes to the framework and function of executive governmentpresents an ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Oert Spider

    by Peter Jupp ...
    In a world already under stress from economic, religious and cultural pressures a new and terrifying peril emerges threatening the very existence of all life on earth. This unearthly quantum monster, takes the form of a vague scintillating spider. Not really alive, it kills without remorse or limit. It is left to two young scientists and a brilliant, but almost derelict older physicist to solve ... Read more

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  • From Dust to Ashes

    The Development of Cremation in England and Wales, 1874-2024

    by Brian Parsons, Peter C. Jupp ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The second edition of From Dust to Ashes brings up-to-date this classic text investigating the replacement of burial by cremation in England and Wales. Cremation was promoted seriously in 1874 but the first cremation did not take place until eleven years later. The response by the public was cautious. Despite the provision of crematoria, by 1939, less than 4 percent of deaths were followed by ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

  • Australia's Immigration Revolution

    by Andrew Markus, James Jupp, Peter McDonald ...
    In 2006 Australia's population was 20.7 million. It is projected to reach 23 million in 2014. What is driving this rapid population growth, and how is the Rudd government dealing with immigration at a time of recession?The diversification of the immigration intake over the last 50 years, from the British Isles to Europe and Asia, is widely recognised. But there is less understanding of the ... Read more

    $11.79 USD

  • Death in Scotland

    Chapters From the Twelfth Century to the Twenty-First

    by Peter C. Jupp, Hilary J. Grainger ...
    Series Book 9 - Studies in the History and Culture of Scotland
    For the past twenty years, Scottish death culture has emerged as a focus of scholars drawn from a wide variety of disciplines. Death comes to us all but too often we treat it as a private or personal matter. The former taboo about death is slowly lifting and contemporary research is playing an increasing part. Accordingly, the fifteen essays gathered in this book probe the multi-facetted role of ... Read more

    $78.29 USD

  • A Sociology of Spirituality

    by Peter C. Jupp ...
    Series series Theology and Religion in Interdisciplinary Perspective Series in Association with the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group
    The emergence of spirituality in contemporary culture in holistic forms suggests that organised religions have failed. This thesis is explored and disputed in this book in ways that mark important critical divisions. This is the first collection of essays to assess the significance of spirituality in the sociology of religion. The authors explore the relationship of spirituality to the visual, ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Death in Modern Scotland, 1855–1955

    Beliefs, Attitudes and Practices

    Edited by Susan Buckham, Peter C. Jupp, Julie Rugg ...
    Series Book 6 - Studies in the History and Culture of Scotland
    The period 1855 to 1955 was pivotal for modern Scottish death culture. Within art and literature death was a familiar companion, with its imagined presence charting the fears and expectations behind the public face of mortality. Framing new concepts of the afterlife became a task for both theologians and literary figures, both before and after the Great War. At the same time, medical and legal ... Read more

    $86.99 USD

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    A History

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    The existence of the Welsh-language can come as a surprise to those who assume that English is the foundation language of Britain. However, J. R. R. Tolkien described Welsh as the 'senior language of the men of Britain'. Visitors from outside Wales may be intrigued by the existence of Welsh and will want to find out how a language which has, for at least fifteen hundred years, been the closest ... Read more

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  • Black Markers

    Edinburgh's Dark History Told Through its Cemeteries

    by Jan-Andrew Henderson ...
    Edinburgh has a unique history, darker and more unexpected than you might imagine. Fortunately, it also has a set of graveyards to match. Ancient, modern, beautiful, haunted – they are the perfect reflection of the city’s amazing past with astonishing stories of their own. Greyfriars Graveyard alone was instrumental in the creation of Darwin’s Evolutionary Theory, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, ... Read more

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  • A People's History of Classics

    Class and Greco-Roman Antiquity in Britain and Ireland 1689 to 1939

    by Edith Hall, Henry Stead ...
    A People’s History of Classics explores the influence of the classical past on the lives of working-class people, whose voices have been almost completely excluded from previous histories of classical scholarship and pedagogy, in Britain and Ireland from the late 17th to the early 20th century.This volume challenges the prevailing scholarly and public assumption that the intimate link between the ... Read more

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  • The Material Culture of the Jacobites

    by Neil Guthrie ...
    The Jacobites, adherents of the exiled King James II of England and VII of Scotland and his descendants, continue to command attention long after the end of realistic Jacobite hopes down to the present. Extraordinarily, the promotion of the Jacobite cause and adherence to it were recorded in a rich and highly miscellaneous store of objects, including medals, portraits, pin-cushions, glassware and ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Scottish Literature

    Edited by Gerard Carruthers, Liam McIlvanney ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Scotland's rich literary tradition is a product of its unique culture and landscape, as well as of its long history of inclusion and resistance to the United Kingdom. Scottish literature includes masterpieces in three languages - English, Scots and Gaelic - and global perspectives from the diaspora of Scots all over the world. This Companion offers a unique introduction, guide and reference work ... Read more

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