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By: Michael J. Turner

ISBN: 9780719051869
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 1999
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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British politics in an Age of Reform is an examination of principal themes in the political history of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. It evaluates much research, links the politics of the elite with the politics of the people, and seeks to explain developments with reference to both their long- and short-term causes.


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By: David Andress

ISBN: 9780719051913
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 1999
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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French society in revolution aims to retrieve the social history of the French Revolution from neglect. This study plots a narrative course through a turbulent time, examining both the structural and cultural elements behind the breakdown of the eighteenth-century monarchic state and its aristocratic social system.


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By: Alan O'Day

ISBN: 9780719037764
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 1998
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Considers the pre-eminent issue in British politics during the late-19th and early 20th centuries. It provides an account the various self-government plans, places them in context and examines the motives for puttin gthe schemes forward.


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By: Frank McDonough

ISBN: 9780719048326
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 1998
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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McDonough takes a broad approach which brings social, economic and strategic factors together with a detailed analysis of Chamberlain's policy, allowing students to explore questions of continuity and change more clearly.


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By: Barry Coward

ISBN: 9780719043178
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Oct 2002
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Examining the nature of the first regime to have effective control of the British Isles and the impact it had on England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales and on Britain's international reputation, this study views the Cromwellian period as one of acheivement rather than merely a reactionary regime.


(Paperback, 2nd edition)

By: Conan Fischer

ISBN: 9780719060670
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 2002
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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In this study of the growth of the Nazi Party, Fischer examines both long standing assumptions and newly released works in order to provide a new take on the subject.


(Paperback, 2nd edition)

By: Helen Skelton

ISBN: 9780719063770
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2003
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This is a penetrating and up-to-date account of one of the dramatic aspects of 20th-century history. Published fifty years after Stalin's death, and fully revised and expanded, this second edition looks at the entire period of his rule including ideology, politics, development, social change, the Second World War and the Great Terror. -- .


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By: Bruce Gordon

ISBN: 9780719051180
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jul 2002
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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In this comprehensive study of the Swiss Reformation, Gordon examines the event in the context of the history of the Swiss Federation. The Reformation is presented as a narrative of events followed by an examination of various key themes surrounding the event.