British History

Originally published together in 1970, this study collects two essays on the housing situation of London in the nineteenth century.  Both works together present a clear picture of the appalling conditions the poor and homeless were forced into in Victorian London. This title will be of interest to s..

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

 This major new study considers the impact of the empire upon modern British political culture. The economic and cultural legacy of empire have received a great deal of attention, but historians have neglected the effects of empire upon the domestic British political scene. Dr Thompson explores econ..

 This major new study considers the impact of the empire upon modern British political culture. The economic and cultural legacy of empire have received a great deal of attention, but historians have neglected the effects of empire upon the domestic British political scene. Dr Thompson explores econ..

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 French Revolutionary and Napoleonic era that, comi..

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 French Revolutionary and Napoleonic era that, comi..

In the Name of the Child explores a variety of professional, social, political construction of the child, and descrives how medical and welfare initiatives of the time were closely allied to politcal and ideological interests...

Although economists have long recognised industrial districts as one of the key features of an economy, only recently has attention focused on the region as an effective means of generating accurate insights into the larger picture of economic performance. Using a copious range of research material..

An essential introduction to the effects of industrialisation on British society, from Queen Victoria's reign to the birth of the Welfare State in the 1940s. it includes sections on the Victorian inheritance and the two world wars...

In 1888 the Whitechapel area of London was the scene of some of the most brutal murders ever recorded in history - and yet the case of Jack the Ripper remains unsolved. Steering clear of wild conspiracy theories, and spurious attempts to advance new theories about the identity of the culprit, Paul B..

Since publication in 1973 James I has established itself as one of the most popular short accounts of James I's reign. The First Edition was described by John Morrill as `a far better, shrewder, more incisive account of the reign' than the available competition Seventeenth-Century Britain, 1980. The..