A History
Author: Frank Bongiorno
Cross-dressing convicts, effeminate bushrangers and women-shortage woes - here is the first ever history of sex in Australia, from Botany Bay to the present day. In this highly readable social history, Frank Bongiorno us ... |
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Culture and Ideology in the 1990s
Author: Ariana Hernandez-Reguant
This collection examines Cuban cultural production during the Special Period of the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet bloc. Contributors address the cultural forms; and the associated ethics and practices of la ... |
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Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End
Author: Duncan Barrett & Nuala Calvi
Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End Factories 'On an autumn day in 1944, Ethel Alleyne walked the short distance from her house to Tate & Lyle's refinery on the shining curve of the Thames. Lo ... |
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Author: Anna Funder
In the former East there was one agent of the Stasi, the secret police, for every six citizens. What did it do to people to be so watched? And what sort of people were they, all those watchers? In her internationally acc ... |
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The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
Author: Lady Almina
Lady Fiona Carnarvon became the chatelaine of Highclere Castle - the setting of the hit series Downton Abbey - eight years ago. In that time she's become fascinated by the rich history of Highclere, and by the extraordin ... |
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Women's Lives in the Second World War
Author: Virginia Nicholson
In "Millions Like Us" Virginia Nicholson tells the story of the women's Second World War, through a host of individual women's experiences. We tend to see the Second World War as a man's war, featuring Spitfire crews and ... |
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a Social and Political History of Britain Since 1870
Author: Martin Pugh
As a vigorous interpretation of political and social developments in Britain since the late-Victorian era, State and Society has rapidly become one of the most respected and widely read introductions to the history of mo ... |
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A History
Author: Melissa Bellanta
From the true-blue Crocodile Hunter to the blue humour of Stiffy and Mo, from the Beaconsfield miners to The Sentimental Bloke, Australia has often been said to possess a 'larrikin streak'. Today, being a larrikin has po ... |
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William Harvey's Revolutionary Idea
Author: Thomas Wright
Diminutive, brilliant and choleric, William Harvey had a huge impact on anatomy and modern biology. Arguably the greatest Englishman in the history of science after Newton and Darwin, Harvey's obsessive quest to understa ... |
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Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation 1940-44
Author: Charles Glass
An elegantly written and highly informative account of a group of Americans living in Paris when the city fell to the Nazis in June 1940. In the early hours of 14 June 1940, Nazi troops paraded through the streets of Pa ... |
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The Fortunes of My Viennese Family
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Author: Tim Bonyhady
In 1900 Vienna was one of the most exciting places to live in the world. Its glamorous high society was the envy of Europe, and it was the centre of an exploding arts movement that set the tone for the following century. ... |
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Author: William Guthrie Spence
History of the AWU is a first-hand account of the making of a union and the makings of a nation. It depicts the industrial and political struggles of workers in the late 19th century, and explains the motivations behind ... |
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Author: Thomas Levenson
Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint. And there, Newton became drawn into a battle with William Chaloner, th ... |
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Author: David A. Kirsch
Was the electric car ever a viable competitor for the petrol one? This book examines the relationship of technology, society and environment to choice, policy and outcome in the history of American transportation. |
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Selected Proceedings of the St. Hilda's Conference, 1993
Author: Lesley J. Smith & Jane H. M. Taylor
Taking a variety of critical approaches, the papers in 'Women, the Book and the Godly' analyse the subject of women and religion, illustrating clearly the wealth of previously untapped material on this topic, whether in ... |
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Scenes from the Class Struggle in America's Paradise
Author: Corey Dolgon
In this absorbing account of New York's famous vacation playground, Corey Dolgon goes beyond the celebrity tales and polo games to tell us the story of this complex and contentious land. From the displacement of Native A ... |
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Cultures of Revolt in Italy from 1968 to 1978
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"An Edition and Translation of the 16th-century 'Livre Fort Excellent De Cuysine'
Author: Timothy J. Tomasik
The Livre fort excellent de cuysine is one of a family of cookery books that first saw the light with Pierre Sergent's La Fleur de toute cuysine (renamed Le Grand cuisinier de toute cuisine) of 1542. This edition of the ... |
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Victorian and Edwardian Scotland in Colour
Author: John Hannavy
This is John Hannavy's reflective look at how Scotland was depicted in photographs and postcards 100 - 170 years ago. In many ways, it redefines our view of Scotland's past as we are familiar with seeing Victorian and Ed ... |
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