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  • The Hanoverian Succession

    Dynastic Politics and Monarchical Culture

    The Hanoverian succession of 1714 brought about a 123-year union between Britain and the German electorate of Hanover, ushering in a distinct new period in British history. Under the four Georges and William IV Britain became arguably the most powerful nation in the world with a growing colonial Empire, a muscular economy and an effervescent artistic, social and scientific culture. And yet history ... Leer más

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  • Deutsche Geschichte. Vom Mittelalter bis zur Berliner Republik

    [Sachbuch premium] – Hrsg. von Ulrich Herrmann

    Series series Reclams Universal-Bibliothek
    Vom Frühmittelalter bis zur Berliner Republik – in diesem kompakten Überblick erzählt eine Gruppe von ausgewiesenen Experten, wie das entstand, was wir heute Deutschland nennen. Wer verstehen will, warum aus den deutschen Fürstentümern vergleichsweise spät ein Nationalstaat wurde, wie es zur Katastrophe des Holocaust kommen konnte und wie sich die beiden deutschen Staaten nach 1945 herausbildeten, ... Leer más

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  • Poverty and Sickness in Modern Europe

    Narratives of the Sick Poor, 1780-1938

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  • God's Fury, England's Fire

    A New History of the English Civil Wars

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  • The Invention of Tradition

    Edición de Eric Hobsbawm, Terence Ranger ...
    Series series Canto Classics
    Many of the traditions which we think of as very ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over the centuries, but were invented comparatively recently. This book explores examples of this process of invention – the creation of Welsh and Scottish 'national culture'; the elaboration of British royal rituals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the origins of imperial ... Leer más

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  • Our First Revolution

    The Remarkable British Upheaval That Inspired America's Founding Fathers

    The ideals of freedom and individual rights that inspired America’s Founding Fathers can be traced directly back to one of the most pivotal events in British history: the late-seventeenth-century uprising known as the Glorious Revolution.In this work of popular history,Michael Barone brings the story of this unlikely and largely bloodless revolt to American readers and reveals that, without the ... Leer más

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  • Restoration

    Charles II and His Kingdoms, 1660-1685

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  • The Catholics

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  • All Things Made New

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