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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2016

        The end of the Irish Poor Law?

        Welfare and healthcare reform in revolutionary and independent Ireland

        by Donnacha Lucey

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        Football (Soccer, Association football)
        October 2016

        England and the 1966 World Cup

        A cultural history

        by John Hughson

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        May 2016

        Staging the revolution

        Drama, reinvention and history, 1647–72

        by Rachel Willie

        Staging the revolution offers a reappraisal of the weight and volume of theatrical output during the commonwealth and early Restoration, both in terms of live performances and performances on the paper stage. It argues that the often-cited notion that 1642 marked an end to theatrical production in England until the playhouses were reopened in 1660 is a product of post-Restoration re-writing of the English civil wars and the representations of royalists and parliamentarians that emerged in the 1640s and 1650s. These retellings of recent events in dramatic form mean that drama is central to civil-war discourse. Staging the revolution examines the ways in which drama was used to rewrite the civil war and commonwealth period and demonstrates that, far from marking a clear cultural demarcation from the theatrical output of the early seventeenth century, the Restoration is constantly reflecting back on the previous thirty years. ;

      • Trusted Partner
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2016

        The end of the Irish Poor Law?

        Welfare and healthcare reform in revolutionary and independent Ireland

        by Donnacha Lucey

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        December 2015

        The Irish in Manchester c.1750–1921

        Resistance, adaptation and identity

        by Mervyn Busteed

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        October 2015

        Staging the revolution

        Drama, reinvention and history, 1647–72

        by Rachel Willie

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        October 2015

        Staging the revolution

        Drama, reinvention and history, 1647–72

        by Rachel Willie

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        European history
        July 2013

        The Culture of Diplomacy

        Britain in Europe, c.1750–1830

        by Jennifer Mori

        This is not a traditional international relations text that deals with war, trade or power politics. Instead, this book offers an authoritative analysis of the social, cultural and intellectual aspects of diplomatic life in the age of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. It authoritatively illustrates several modes of Britain's engagement with Europe, whether political, artistic, scientific, literary or cultural. Mori consults an impressively wide range of sources for this study including the private and official papers of 50 men and women in the British diplomatic service. Attention is given to topics rarely covered in diplomatic history such as the work and experiences of women and issues of national, regional and European identity This book will be essential reading for students and lecturers of the history of International Relations and will offer a fascinating insight in to the world of diplomatic relations to all those with an interest in British and European history.

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        European history
        July 2013

        The Culture of Diplomacy

        Britain in Europe, c.1750–1830

        by Jennifer Mori

        This is not a traditional international relations text that deals with war, trade or power politics. Instead, this book offers an authoritative analysis of the social, cultural and intellectual aspects of diplomatic life in the age of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. It authoritatively illustrates several modes of Britain's engagement with Europe, whether political, artistic, scientific, literary or cultural. Mori consults an impressively wide range of sources for this study including the private and official papers of 50 men and women in the British diplomatic service. Attention is given to topics rarely covered in diplomatic history such as the work and experiences of women and issues of national, regional and European identity This book will be essential reading for students and lecturers of the history of International Relations and will offer a fascinating insight in to the world of diplomatic relations to all those with an interest in British and European history.

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        European history
        July 2012

        The Culture of Diplomacy

        Britain in Europe, c.1750–1830

        by Jennifer Mori

        This is not a traditional international relations text that deals with war, trade or power politics. Instead, this book offers an authoritative analysis of the social, cultural and intellectual aspects of diplomatic life in the age of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. It authoritatively illustrates several modes of Britain's engagement with Europe, whether political, artistic, scientific, literary or cultural. Mori consults an impressively wide range of sources for this study including the private and official papers of 50 men and women in the British diplomatic service. Attention is given to topics rarely covered in diplomatic history such as the work and experiences of women and issues of national, regional and European identity This book will be essential reading for students and lecturers of the history of International Relations and will offer a fascinating insight in to the world of diplomatic relations to all those with an interest in British and European history.

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        Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
        July 2013

        The Enlightenment and religion

        The myths of modernity

        by S.J. Barnett

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        Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
        July 2013

        The Enlightenment and religion

        The myths of modernity

        by S.J. Barnett

        The Arc and the machine is a timely and original defence of narrative in an age of information. Stressing interpretation and experience alongside affect and sensation it convincingly argues that narrative is key to contemporary forms of cultural production and to the practice of contemporary life. Re-appraising the prospects for narrative in the digital age, it insists on the centrality of narrative to informational culture and provokes a critical re-appraisal of how innovations in information technology as a material cultural form can be understood and assessed. The book offers a careful exploration of narrative theory, a sophisticated critique of techno-cultural writing, and a series of tightly focused case studies. All of which point the way to a restoration of a critical - rather than celebratory approaches - to new media. The scope and range of this book is broad, its argumentation careful and exacting, and its conclusions exciting.

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        Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
        July 2012

        The Enlightenment and religion

        The myths of modernity

        by S.J. Barnett

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        British & Irish history
        July 2013

        The feminine public sphere

        Middle–class women and civic life in Scotland, c. 1870–1914

        by Megan Smitley

        At a time when women were barred from clerical roles, middle-class women made use of the informal power structures of Victorian and Edwardian associationalism in order to actively participate as citizens. This investigation of women's part in civic life provides a fresh approach to the 'public sphere', illuminates women as agents of a middle-class identity and develops the notion of a 'feminine public sphere', or the web of associations, institutions and discourses used by disenfranchised middle-class women to express their citizenship. The extent of middle-class women's contribution to civic life is examined through their involvement in reforming and philanthropic associations as well as local government. Making use of a range of previously untapped sources, this fascinating book will appeal in particular to those with an interest in Gender History and Scottish History.

      • Trusted Partner
        British & Irish history
        July 2013

        The feminine public sphere

        Middle–class women and civic life in Scotland, c. 1870–1914

        by Megan Smitley

        At a time when women were barred from clerical roles, middle-class women made use of the informal power structures of Victorian and Edwardian associationalism in order to actively participate as citizens. This investigation of women's part in civic life provides a fresh approach to the 'public sphere', illuminates women as agents of a middle-class identity and develops the notion of a 'feminine public sphere', or the web of associations, institutions and discourses used by disenfranchised middle-class women to express their citizenship. The extent of middle-class women's contribution to civic life is examined through their involvement in reforming and philanthropic associations as well as local government. Making use of a range of previously untapped sources, this fascinating book will appeal in particular to those with an interest in Gender History and Scottish History.

      • Trusted Partner
        British & Irish history
        July 2012

        The feminine public sphere

        Middle–class women and civic life in Scotland, c. 1870–1914

        by Megan Smitley

        At a time when women were barred from clerical roles, middle-class women made use of the informal power structures of Victorian and Edwardian associationalism in order to actively participate as citizens. This investigation of women's part in civic life provides a fresh approach to the 'public sphere', illuminates women as agents of a middle-class identity and develops the notion of a 'feminine public sphere', or the web of associations, institutions and discourses used by disenfranchised middle-class women to express their citizenship. The extent of middle-class women's contribution to civic life is examined through their involvement in reforming and philanthropic associations as well as local government. Making use of a range of previously untapped sources, this fascinating book will appeal in particular to those with an interest in Gender History and Scottish History.

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