Making British Culture

English Readers and the Scottish Enlightenment, 1740-1830

By David Allan

Making British Culture explores an under-appreciated factor in the emergence of a recognisably British culture. Specifically, it examines the experiences of English readers between around...

Published May 9th 2008 by Routledge.

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Cricket in Colonial India 1780-1947

By Boria Majumdar

This is an exacting social history of Indian cricket between 1780 and 1947. It considers cricket as a derivative sport, creatively adapted to suit modern...

Published May 2nd 2008 by Routledge.

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Tolkien the Medievalist

Edited by JANE CHANCE

Interdisciplinary in approach, Tolkien the Medievalist provides a fresh perspective on J. R. R. Tolkien's Medievalism. In fifteen essays, eminent scholars and new voices explore...

Published May 1st 2008 by Routledge.

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Nineteenth-Century Worlds

Global formations past and present

Edited by Keith Hanley, Greg Kucich

This volume assembles a wide range of studies that together provide—through their interdisciplinary range, international scope, and historical emphases—an original scholarly exploration of one of...

Published April 22nd 2008 by Routledge.

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Sumida: Collected Works of Ellen H. Swallow Richards

Edited by Kazuko Sumida

This is a collection of writings by the American chemist and home economist, Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards.

From the Preface by Kazuko Sumida:

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Published April 15th 2008 by Edition Synapse.

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The Witchcraft Reader

Edited by Darren Oldridge

The Witchcraft Reader draws together the best historical writing on the subject, exploring the origins and consequences of the fear of witches. The Reader traces...

Published March 27th 2008 by Routledge.

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Social Change in the History of British Education

Edited by Joyce Goodman, Gary McCulloch, WILLIAM RICHARDSON

This work provides an overall review and analysis of the history of education and of its key research priorities in the British context. It investigates...

Published March 14th 2008 by Routledge.

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The Marketing of Edgar Allan Poe

By Jonathan Hartmann

Edgar Allan Poe is today considered one of the greatest masters and most fascinating figures of the American literary world. However, an examination of Poe's...

Published February 15th 2008 by Routledge.

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The Struggle for Free Speech in the United States, 1872-1915

Edward Bliss Foote, Edward Bond Foote, and Anti-Comstock Operations

By Janice Ruth Wood

Passed in 1873, the Comstock Act banned 'obscene' materials from the mail without defining obscenity, leaving it open to interpretation by courts that were hostile...

Published December 25th 2007 by Routledge.

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News Networks in Seventeenth Century Britain and Europe

Edited by Joad Raymond

Examining new research, this excellent volume presents a series of case-studies exemplifying the new newspaper history. Using cross-cultural comparisons, Joad Raymond establishes an agenda for...

Published December 24th 2007 by Routledge.

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