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Making of Modern Colombia(1993) BUSHNELL, DAVIDThis historical study traces the process of state-building in Colombia from the struggle for independence, territorial consolidation and reform in the 19th century, to economic development and social and political democratization in the 20th century.Vezava: Mehka43,62 € -
1776(2006) MCCULLOUGH, DAVIDPresents the story of the year of the birth of the United States of America. This book tells two stories: how a group of squabbling, disparate colonies became the United States, and how the British Empire tried to stop them. It features a cast of amazingVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Magnificent Obsession(2012) RAPPAPORT, HELEN'Rappaport uses new sources to give a vivid account of Albert's death . Drawing widely on contemporary letters, diaries and memoirs, Rappaport brings new light to bear on the causes of Albert's death and tracks Victoria's mission to commemorate her husbanVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Britons(2009) COLLEY, LINDAHow was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? This book examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented after 1707 and how this new national identity was nurtured through war, religion, trade, and empire.Vezava: Mehka34,20 € -
Graves are Walking(2013) KELLY, JOHNWell-meaning civil servants were eager to modernise Irish agriculture and to improve the Irish moral character, which was utterly lacking in the virtues of the new age of triumphant capitalism.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Short History of Parliament(2012)A comprehensive history of parliament in the British Isles from the earliest times, covering all aspects of parliament as an institution.Vezava: Mehka66,63 € -
Scotland's Empire(2012) DEVINE, T. M.Tells the story of Scotland's role in forging and expanding the British Empire, from the Americas to Australia, India to the Caribbean. In this book, the author traces the vital part Scotland played in creating an empire - and the fundamental effect thisVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Three Victories and a Defeat(2008) SIMMS, BRENDANTells the story of Britain's scramble to world power in the 18th century and how, through hubris and incompetence, it lost almost everything it had gained.Vezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Impaled Upon a Thistle(2010) CAMERON, EWEN A. (READER IN SCOTTISH HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH)Ewen Cameron explores the political debate between unionism, liberalism, socialism and nationalism, and the changing political relationship between Scotland and the United Kingdom.Vezava: Mehka41,69 € -
Victoria's Wars(2007) DAVID, SAULExplores the early part of Queen Victoria's reign, when the British Empire was well on the way to becoming the greatest empire the world had ever seen. This title shows how Britain ruthlessly exploited her position as the world's only superpower to expandVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Chartism(2007) CHASE, DR. MALCOLMNo British social movement captured contemporary imaginations as Chartism did. This unique book is the only history to offer complete, in-depth coverage of the full chronological spread of its activities (1838-58), based throughout on detailed research. -Vezava: Mehka35,63 € -
Waterloo 1815: Wavre, Plancenoit And the Race to Paris(2006) HOFSCHROER, PETERHistories of the Waterloo campaign and tours of the battlefield generally concentrate on the battle between the armies of Napoleon and Wellington and the role of Blucher's Prussians is left in the background. This account tells how the Prussians advancedVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Perilous Question(2014) FRASER, LADY ANTONIAFrom beloved historian Antonia Fraser, the two-year revolution that totally changed how Britain is governed.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Plimsoll Sensation(2007) JONES, NICOLETTEThe story of a Victorian philanthropist who reformed shipping laws, saved thousands of sailors' lives and became a national hero.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
That Sweet Enemy(2007) TOMBS, ISABELLE,TOMBS, ROBERTTheir rivalry both on peace and war, for good and ill, has shaped the modern world, from North America to India in the eighteenth century, in Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and it is still shapinVezava: Mehka35,05 € -
Heaven's Command(2012) MORRIS, JANTells the story of the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The author evokes every aspect of the 'great adventure', ranging from ships and botanical gardens to hill stations and sugar plVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Pax Britannica(2012) MORRIS, JANThe second instalment of the Pax Britannica Trilogy by Jan Morris, recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial strength, unity, and splendour.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Pirates Of Barbary(2011) TINNISWOOD, ADRIANDrawing on material, from furious royal proclamations to the private letters of pirates and their victims, as well as Islamic accounts, this title provides perspectives of the corsairs and an insight into what it meant to sacrifice all you have for a lifeVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Brief History of Life in Victorian Britain(2008) PATERSON, MICHAELFrom the Great Exhibition to Dickensian slums, the triumph of empire to the anxiety of revolt - Victorian Britain was an age of paradoxes.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Fante and the Transatlantic Slave Trade(2014) SHUMWAY, REBECCA (CUSTOMER)Examines the history of the Fante people of southern Ghana during the transatlantic slave trade, 1700 to 1807.Vezava: Mehka58,55 €
