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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to Rise of Medieval Europe (Hinges of History)
by Thomas Cahill  
Publisher Comments A delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little known "hinge" of history in which the author shows that the Irish were not only conservators of civilization, but became shapers of the medieval mind, putting their unique stamp on Western...
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Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power
by Niall Ferguson Publisher Comments The British Empire was the largest in all history: the nearest thing to world domination ever achieved. By the eve of World War II, around a quarter of the world's land surface was under some form of British rule. Yet for today's generation, the British...
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How the Scots Invented Modern World (01 Edition)
by Arthur Herman
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The Lion's Share
by Bernard Porter Publisher Comments "This leading general history of British imperialism, from its Victorian heyday to present times, has been thoroughly revised and updated. As well as presenting a lively narrative of events, Bernard Porter explores a number of broad analytical themes...
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Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire (96 Edition)
by P. J. (ed.) Marshall Publisher Comments A superbly illustrated and richly informative history of the British empire....
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The Nineteenth Century: The British Isles 1815-1901 (Short Oxford History of the British Isles)
by Colin Matthew Publisher Comments This new eleven-volume series will span the history of the British Isles from the Roman Era to the present. Each volume consists of essays by leading historians who focus on key issues for the period--including society, economy, religion, politics, and...
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Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State
by Judith R Walkowitz Publisher Comments A study of alliances between prostitutes and femminists and their clashes with medical authorities and police....
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Shattering Silence : Women, Nationalism and Political Subjectivity in Northern Ireland (97 Edition)
by B. Aretxaga Publisher Comments This book, the first feminist ethnography of the violence in Northern Ireland, is an analysis of a political conflict through the lens of gender. The case in point is the working-class Catholic resistance to British rule in Northern Ireland. During the...
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Celts 2ND Edition
by Nora Chadwick Synopsis A history of Celtic culture in Britain from its origins to its transformation under the Romans and Saxons. Chapters cover literature and art, institutions and religion, and punctuate the historical narrative, providing insights into the Celtic way of...
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Oxford History of the British Empire : the 19TH Century (99 Edition)
by William Roger Louis Publisher Comments Volume III covers the long watershed of the nineteenth century, from the American independence of the 1780s to the eve of world war in 1914. This period saw Britain's greatest expansion as an empire-builder and a dominant world power. We begin with...
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The End of Hidden Ireland: Rebellion, Famine, and Emigration
by Robert Scally Publisher Comments Many thousands of Irish peasants fled from the country in the terrible famine winter of 1847-48, following the road to the ports and the Liverpool ferries to make the dangerous passage across the Atlantic. The human toll of "Black '47," the worst year of...
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Britons : Forging the Nation 1707-1837 (2ND 05 Edition)
by Linda Colley Publisher Comments How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? In this prize-winning book, Linda Colley combines imperial, political, social, and cultural history to analyze the evolution of Britishness, evoking its enduring tensions as well as its...
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Strangers Within the Realm : Cultural Margins of the First British Empire (91 Edition)
by Bernard Bailyn Publisher Comments Shedding new light on British expansion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this collection of essays examines how the first British Empire was received and shaped by its subject peoples in Scotland, Ireland, North America, and the Caribbean. An...
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Empire : British Imperial Experience From 1765 To the Present (96 Edition)
by Denis Judd Publisher Comments At its height, the British Empire governed over a quarter of the human race and more than a fifth of the globe. While it gave the English profits and purpose, it also represented arbitrary power, gunboat diplomacy, and the disruption of ancient customs...
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New Ireland : Politics, Peace, and Reconciliation (97 Edition)
by John Hume Publisher Comments The views of Irish peace activist John Hume on politics and the future of his country, with a foreword by Senator Edward M. Kennedy -- Reveals the inside story of the author's meetings with Gerry Adams, which led to the Irish Peace Initiative and the...
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Black '47 and Beyond : the Great Irish Famine in History, Economy, and Memory (99 Edition)
by Cormac O'grada Publisher Comments Here Ireland's premier economic historian and one of the leading authorities on the Great Irish Famine examines the most lethal natural disaster to strike Europe in the nineteenth century. Between the mid-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, the...
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The Green Flag: A History of Irish Nationalism
by Robert Kee Publisher Comments Covering Irish history from the beginnings of Irish Nationalism through 1973, Robert Kee's treatment ranges from the Protestant Plantations through Wolfe Tone and the Great Famine to the founding of the Fenian Movement and the Irish Free State. His...
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A Concise History of Ireland
by Maire Macen Obrien Synopsis A history of Ireland. This book concentrates on four events in particular: the Catholic revolt against Elizabeth; the Battle of the Boyne, which established the Protestant Ascendancy; the impact of the French Revolution; and the fall from power of...
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Making of Ireland : a History (98 Edition)
by James F. Lydon Synopsis i The Making of Ireland /i recounts, in colorful detail, the waves of settlers, missionaries and invaders who have come to Ireland since the pre-history age. br This lively and long-viewed narrative includes discussion of the arrival of St. Patrick in...
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Death-dealing Famine : the Great Hunger in Ireland (97 Edition)
by Christine Kinealy Publisher Comments A long-awaited book published to coincide with the commemorations across North America of the 150th anniversary of Black 47. The Great Famine in Ireland raged between 1845 and 1852 and resulted in the death or emigration (particularly to the us) of...
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