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From the arrival of the First Fleet to the present, Irish immigrants and their descendants have been at the centre of Australian life. This book takes the reader on a journey through the Irish experience in Australia, visiting locations right across the nation where the Irish story unfolds. It concentrates on the period 1788 to 1921.

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A study of the social and political history of England and Wales in one of its most turbulant periods - that of the 15th and early 16th centuries. The book looks at the ancestors of the present Lord Dynevor, who played a central role in the Wars of the Roses in Wales.

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A memoir of a life in the Qing dynasty. It reveals a sensitive and artistic man, who failed at the civil service examinations that were the gateway to official employment and had to settle for becoming an itinerant private secretary, dabbling unsuccessfully in making a living as an artist and a merchant.

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Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer The aeroplane Alastair Panton captained throughout this intense period was a Bristol Blenheim Mark IV and this is very much the story of a pilot and his plane. He saw hisBlenheim as his friend and hero. It was the vehicle from which he and his crew were able to spot the enemy and subsequently save lives.

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Looks at the controversies surrounding the interpretation of slavery's history in the public arena. This book takes on contemporary reactions to the fundamental contradiction of American history, and offers an analysis of how people remember their past, and how the lessons they draw influence American politics and culture.

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This powerful work demonstrates how slavery shaped the day-to-day experience of New Yorkers, black and white, and how slavery, as a way of doing business, propelled New York to become the commercial and financial power it is today.

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Most studies of ancient Greek politics focus on formal institutions such as the political assembly and the law courts. This book suggests that Greek literature reveals traces of popular culture that can be further illuminated by comparison with later historical periods.

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This classic volume by acclaimed historian Ira Berlin is a moving portrait of life for the thousands of free black people living in the American South before the Civil War.

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Amid the disintegration of the Kingdom of Italy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, a new form of collective government--the commune--arose in the cities of northern and central Italy. Sleepwalking into a New World takes a bold new look at how these autonomous city-states came about, and fundamentally alters our understanding of one of the most

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In this comprehensive global history, Alan Mayne explores the evolution and meaning of the 'slum', from its origins in London early in the nineteenth century to its use to describe favela communities in the lead up to the Rio de Janeiro Olympic games in 2016.

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'A gripping history of Stalin's military intelligence service filled with new details on previously unknown operations and the brutal characters of the Soviet secret world.' Simon Sebag Montefiore, BBC History Magazine Books of the Year. Winner, the inaugural St Ermin's Hotel Intelligence Book of the Year Award, 2012.

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Test your knowledge of the most important era of rock music.

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This is the first comprehensive social history of Ireland in the years between the Famine and independence/partition (1850-1922) to appear in a quarter-century, Lively and colourful, it offers new perspectives on work, education, emigration, marriage, health, institutions, extreme poverty, housing and diet. -- .

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