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by Simon James  Synopsis An introduction to the world of the Celts which looks at all aspects of their history. Individual sections chart their rise, their way of life from farming to feasting, their wars, their gods, and their crafstmanship. Also highlighted is the subject of... (read more)  List Price $29.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
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by Gordon Menzies Publisher Comments From the Stone Age to the present, this book charts the impact of the Celts, Picts, Romans, Irish, Vikings and English, of battles, wars and empire.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Niall Ferguson Publisher Comments This grand narrative history of the world's first experiment in globalization offers lessons for an ever-expanding American Empire--from England's most talented young historian.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $15.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Cormac O'grada Publisher Comments The Irish Famine of 1846-50 was one of the great disasters of the nineteenth century. Cormac Ó Gráda's concise survey puts the Famine in the context of the Irish economy, assesses the Famine itself, and discusses its many consequences. Despite... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price $15.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Mckittrick Publisher Comments After a chapter of background on the period from 1921 to 1963, this text on the Troubles in Northern Ireland covers the ensuing period - the descent into violence, the hunger strikes, the Anglo-Irish accord and the bombers in England - to the... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price $14.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Antoinette Burton Publisher Comments In this study of British middle-class feminism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Antoinette Burton explores an important but neglected historical dimension of the relationship between feminism and imperialism. Demonstrating how... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price $17.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Simon James Publisher Comments "Richly illustrated… sheds a strong light on the art and life of a gifted people."--"Houston Chronicle" <BR>Warlike, flamboyant, courageous--the ancient Celts had a fearsome reputation. For five hundred years they dominated the lands north... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Helen Litton Publisher Comments The Irish Civil War has inspired passion, hatred, and idealism. This concise history provides a stimulating rethink for all who know the period well, and an informative introduction for those who want to understand it for the first time.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Cathal (ed.) Poirteir Publisher Comments The first U.S. edition of what has been described as the "most representative way into the famine debate" -- The World of... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter Clarke Publisher Comments With a new chapter on the 1990s, this is the definitive history of Britain in the 20th century.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by T.m. Devine Publisher Comments "A tremendous study of transformation . . . Devine's strength is his huge learning in the field of social history, especially the story of the rural communities of Scotland." (Neal Ascherson, Los Angeles Times) "Splendid . . . will remain the standard... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Christopher Marsh Publisher Comments A lively and accessible study of English religious life during the century of the Reformation. The author explores the involvement of ordinary people within, alongside, and beyond the church. The result is a distinctive interpretation of the Reformation... (read more) List Price $37.95 Your price $19.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Alan J. Ward Book News Annotation The Easter Rising is used as a prism through which to survey Irish history from the 12th century to the present in this text for undergraduates. The book reviews the history of Anglo-Irish relations, examines the development of Irish nationalism... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $15.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Nora K. Chadwick Publisher Comments New edition of the classic survey, with a new introductory chapter by Professor Barry Cunliffe that discusses the origins of the Celtic races and provides an overview of current issues.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Conroy Publisher Comments A street-level view of the twenty-five-year conflict in Northern Ireland. "For those puzzled by Northern Ireland, Belfast Diary offers a wellwritten, sympathetic and cleareyed view." -The New York Times Book... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Cannadine Publisher Comments With the return of Hong Kong to the Chinese government in 1997, the empire that had lasted three hundred years and "upon which the sun never set" finally lost its hold on the world and slipped into history. But the question of how we understand the... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $6.98 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Roy (ed.) Foster Publisher Comments Few countries can boast as compelling a history as Ireland. This volume captures all the varied legacies of the Emerald Isle, from the earliest prehistoric communities and the first Christian settlements, through centuries of turbulent change and... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by C. A. Bayly Publisher Comments In this impressive and ambitious survey Dr Bayly studies the rise, apogee and decline of what has come to be called the Second British Empire' -- the great expansion of British dominion overseas (particularly in Asia and the Middle East) during the... (read more) List Price $38.10 Your price $31.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Martin Pugh Publisher Comments This readable introduction to all the main themes and changes in British society between the late eighteenth century and the end of the 20th century is an ideal volume for anyone embarking on a study of this complex subject. The author considers the... (read more) List Price $37.95 Your price $19.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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