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  • Royal tourists, colonial subjects and the making of a British world, 1860–1911

    de Charles Reed ...
    Royal tourists, colonial subjects and the making of a British world, 1860–1911 examines the ritual space of nineteenth-century royal tours of empire and the diverse array of historical actors who participated in them. The book suggests that the varied responses to the royal tours of the nineteenth century demonstrate how a multi-centred British imperial culture was forged in the empire and was ... Leer más

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    Long Caper, The

    A Time Travel Novel

    de Charles Reed ...
    Narrado por Bob Ball ...

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    In 1963, large animal veterinarian Paul Canute, driving from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to nearby Claremore, encountered a small redheaded man picking weeds on the side of the road. The man introduces himself as Bryan Nappy. Before the end of the hour, Paul and Bryan are pursued, shot at, and almost kidnapped. Bryan pulls a pen-sized device from his pocket to summon assistance. Their escape is not measured ... Leer más

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    Mildred's Married Life (UNABRIDGED)

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    Mildred and Charlie Landreth begin married life together and enjoy many simple home pleasures. Together with Mildred's younger sister, they journey South to visit friends and relatives. ... Leer más

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  • Colonialism

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    de Nigel Biggar ...
    The Sunday Times BestsellerA new assessment of the West’s colonial recordIn the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’ – that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever.Now however, with Russia rattling its sabre on the borders of Europe and China rising to challenge the post-1945 world order, the ... Leer más

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  • Truth-Telling

    History, Sovereignty and the Uluru Statement

    If we are to take seriously the need for telling the truth about our history, we must start at first principles. What if the sovereignty of the First Nations was recognised by European international law in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? What if the audacious British annexation of a whole continent was not seen as acceptable at the time and the colonial office in Britain understood that ... Leer más

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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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  • The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    From the eighteenth century until the 1950s the British Empire was the biggest political entity in the world. The territories forming this empire ranged from tiny islands to vast segments of the world's major continental land masses. The British Empire left its mark on the world in a multitude of ways, many of them permanent. In this Very Short Introduction, Ashley Jackson introduces and defines ... Leer más

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  • Acts of Union and Disunion

    de Linda Colley ...
    The United Kingdom; Great Britain; the British Isles; the Home Nations: such a wealth of different names implies uncertainty and contention - and an ability to invent and adjust. In a year that sees a Scottish referendum on independence, Linda Colley analyses some of the forces that have unified Britain in the past.She examines the mythology of Britishness, and how far - and why - it has faded. ... Leer más

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  • Empireland

    How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain

    A best-selling journalist’s illuminating tour through the hidden legacies and modern realities of British empire that exposes how much of the present-day United Kingdom is actually rooted in its colonial past. Empireland boldly and lucidly makes the case that in order to understand America, we must first understand British imperialism."Empireland is brilliantly written, deeply researched and ... Leer más

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  • Nineteenth-Century Britain

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    First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change and an even more remarkable political stability. Britain in 1789 was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost half Celtic. By 1914, ... Leer más

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  • Sense and Nonsense in Australian History

    de John Hirst ...
    Sense and Nonsense in Australian History represents a lifetime's original reflection by Australia's most innovative and penetrating historian. Included here are classic essays on the pioneer legend, Australian egalitarianism and colonial culture. There are celebrated critiques of The Tyranny of Distance, multiculturalism and nationalistic history, as well as a substantial essay on Aboriginal ... Leer más

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  • Scotland

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Rab Houston ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Since Devolution in 1999 Scotland has become a focus of intense interest both within Britain and throughout the wider world. In this Very Short Introduction, Rab Houston explores how an independent Scottish nation emerged in the Middle Ages, how it was irrevocably altered by Reformation, links with England and economic change, and how Scotland influenced the development of the modern world. ... Leer más

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