The Chimney of the World

A History of Smoke Pollution in Victorian and Edwardian Manchester

By Stephen Mosley

June 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47767-3 (Routledge)

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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...

June 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96286-5 (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...

May 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40014-5 (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...

May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47348-4 (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...

April 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44829-1 (Routledge)

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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...

April 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41565-1 (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...

April 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-45339-4 (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...

February 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96354-1 (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...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46411-6 (Routledge)

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Matters of Sport

Essays in Honour of Eric Dunning

Edited by Dominic Malcolm, Ivan Waddington

Matters of Sport is a tribute to Eric Dunning, the leading sports sociologist in the English-speaking world. This book addresses Dunning's contributions to the sociological and historical...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8282-2 (Routledge)

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