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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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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... (read more) List Price $51.25 Your price $35.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by F. M. Thompson Publisher Comments One of England's grand masters of history provides a clear and persuasive interpretation of the creation of "respectable society" in Victorian Britain. Integrating a vast amount of research previously hidden in obscure or academic journals, he covers not... (read more) List Price $34.50 Your price $20.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Simon C. Smith Publisher Comments British Imperialism 1750-1970 seeks to address a number of controversial and complex debates in the study of British imperial history.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jonathan Tonge Publisher Comments Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous - George Bernard Shaw Provides a detailed analysis of the attempts to create a lasting peace in Northern Ireland. Explores the issues behind the longevity of the conflict.. Includes coverage... (read more) List Price $42.80 Your price $33.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $34.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by S. J. Connolly Publisher Comments This is a study of religion, politics, and society in a period of great significance in modern Irish history. The late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries saw the consolidation of the power of the Protestant landed class, the enactment of penal... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price $45.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Levine Publisher Comments This is a meticulous and energetic synthesis that has the hallmarks of Levine's scholarship: narrative cogency, attention to gender and sexuality and broad geographical sweep. For those convinced that the British Empire was acquired in a 'fit of absence... (read more) List Price $37.50 Your price $30.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by S.j. Connolly Publisher Comments The history of Ireland has long been a topic at the forefront of debate and one that continues to raise emotions and be the cause of much dispute. Interest in Irish culture, politics, and society, both ancient and modern, never seems to falter, not only... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $8.95 (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 Arthur Herman 
Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-452) and index.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Brown Publisher Comments In this seminal work, Terence Brown examines, with grace and wit, the most eventful century in Irish history. The post-Treaty period in Ireland has been an era of intense debate about the nature and future of Irish society and culture. In a state born in... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert Graves Publisher Comments Across this crowded canvas of British life stride the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Simpson, Neville Chamberlain, and dozens of other figures great and small who put their stamp on the era.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $58.95 Your price $38.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Beresford Publisher Comments In 1981 ten men starved themselves to death inside the walls of Long Kesh prison in Belfast. While a stunned world watched and distraught family members kept bedside vigils, one "soldier" after another slowly went to his death in an attempt to make... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Nicholas Canny Publisher Comments This is the first comprehensive study of plantations in Ireland during the years 1580-1650. It examines the arguments advanced by successive political figures for a plantation policy, and the responses that this policy elicited from different segments of... (read more) List Price $74.25 Your price $45.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by William B. Willcox Publisher Comments This text, which is the third volume in the best selling "History of England" series, tells how a small and insignificant outpost of the Roman empire evolved into a nation that has produced and disseminated so many significant ideas and institutions. The... (read more) List Price $80.50 Your price $51.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Cecil Woodham-smith Synopsis An account of one of the worst disasters of all time - the Irish potato famine of the 1840`s, during which time more than a million people died. This book traces the suffering, courage, blundering stupidity and tragedy, whose effects on Ireland, the... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price $9.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Dickson Synopsis The cataclysmic events that changed Ireland in the century before 1660 led to the emergence of a new social order, dominated by a fairly homogeneous ruling class of Anglican gentry. This group went on to achieve a remarkable economic and political... (read more) List Price $31.50 Your price $19.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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