"A concise, penetrating account....This stirring book inspires an admiration for British courage."—New York Times Book Review
This edited collection looks at corruption in different arms of the British state, and calls for fundamental political change.
The late 1950s and early 1960s were a period in their own right: neither the stultifying 'high' Fifties nor the liberating 'high' Sixties, but instead an action-packed, sometimes dramatic time in which the contours of modern Britain started ...
John Kendle examines the break-up of the first British empire and the development of modern federalism, including such topical issues as the Anglo-Irish relationship, the United Kingdom's relationship to Europe and devolution.
' Susan Cohen provides a highly illustrated lively account, punctuated with personal recollections, of what life was like for ordinary people in Britain during the Swinging Sixties.
As Patricia Anderson notes, the “Northumbrian pitman, later Labour MP” Thomas Burt (1837–1922) refers to the ... Some of the earliest examples were crude, but by the 1840s, Lloyd, Reynolds, and others were producing clearly printed and ...
The book provides an introduction to all aspects of British politics, society, geography and culture.
The Island of the Mighty stands on the brink of war with the Roman Empire.
This is the second edition of this popular guide to all 74 of the sea anemones and corals found in British and Irish inshore waters.
Peter Clarke brilliantly challenges the commonly held view of Britain in the twentieth century as a nation in decline.