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Tehila Sasson
The Solidarity Economy

The untold story of the role of humanitarian NGOs in building the neoliberal order after empireAfter India gained independence in 1947, Britain reinvented its role in the global economy through nongovernm…

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The Papers of Admiral George Grey: Volume 69

The Papers of Admiral George Grey presents the memoir, journal, and correspondence of George Grey, son of the Whig prime minister the Earl Grey. By documenting the Grey family's experience of the Whig min…

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James M Campbell
Reluctant Abolitionists

Britain abolished the death penalty for murder in 1965, but many of Britain's last colonies retained capital murder laws until the 1990s. In this book, James M. Campbell presents the first history of the …

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Nicolas Bell-Romero
The University of Cambridge in the Age of Atlantic Slavery

In this powerful history of the University of Cambridge, Nicolas Bell-Romero considers the nature and extent of Britain's connections to enslavement. His research moves beyond traditional approaches which…

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James M. Campbell
Reluctant Abolitionists

Britain abolished the death penalty for murder in 1965, but many of Britain's last colonies retained capital murder laws until the 1990s. In this book, James M. Campbell presents the first history of the …

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Rachel Chin
War of Words

War of Words analyses Franco-British relations during the Second World War through the lens of rhetoric and empire. Through a comparative and transnational perspective, Rachel Chin shows how conflicts ove…

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Sarah Flew
Charitable Giving in Victorian Britain

This book examines the growth of charity in 19th century Britain through the lens of the philanthropic activities of Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone, over a 40-year period.Sarah Flew incorporates c…

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Clare Jackson
The Mirror of Great Britain

History has not been kind to King James. A cradle king who was crowned in Scotland in 1567 and England and Ireland in 1603, James VI and I has long been eclipsed in fame and reputation by his predecessor …

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Eamonn Gearon
The Arab Bureau

In the midst of the First World War, an extraordinary intelligence unit operated from Cairo's Savoy Hotel, combining the skills of archaeologists, academics and soldiers to revolutionize how Britain gathe…

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Peter Gurney, Matthew Grant, Joel Morley
National Service Life Stories

National Service Life Stories studies the impact that compulsory military service had on men, using original, in-depth oral interviews with over one hundred ex-national servicemen to shine new light on ch…

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Victoria Taylor
Eagle Days

TELEGRAPH HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025By the summer of 1940, Great Britain watched as France succumbed to the might of Adolf Hitler's forces. Her forces driven off the continent, many rescued from captur…

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Callie Wilkinson
Empire of Influence

An important new account of how the East India Company established a transregional system of indirect rule in India in the early nineteenth century. Callie Wilkinson argues that the formation of the Compa…

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Rebekah Higgitt, Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin, Noah Moxham
Metropolitan Science

Exploring distinctive practices in the artisanal, mercantile, and governmental sites of London, Metropolitan Science offers a new perspective on the development of a scientific culture between the years 1…

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John Heywood
In Search of Technological Excellence

Using a plethora of previously unpublished sources, this book analyses the policymaking and policy implementation in the education of British engineers and technologists between 1944-1994.

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Monika Barget
Uprisings in Eighteenth-Century Britain

This study examines how the British Empire of the 18th century contained revolution by integrating opposition agents as new spaces of power opened up. Monika Barget convincingly argues that this process o…

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Matt Myers
The Halted March of the European Left

The Halted March of the European Left provides a bold reinterpretation of the 1970s. It provides a comparative analysis of the crisis of purpose and identity of the British, French, and Italian left and i…

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John Wyver
Magic Rays of Light

On the evening of 26 January 1926, inventor John Logie Baird held a public demonstration in his workspace on London's Frith Street of a 'seeing by wireless' apparatus that he and many others had been work…

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John Wyver
Magic Rays of Light

On the evening of 26 January 1926, inventor John Logie Baird held a public demonstration in his workspace on London's Frith Street of a 'seeing by wireless' apparatus that he and many others had been work…

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The Historical Contexts and Contemporary Uses of Mass Observation

A multifaceted exploration of Mass-Observation as an innovative research organization, a social-movement, and an archival project.

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Ren Pepitone
Brotherhood of Barristers

How did ideas of masculinity shape the British legal profession and the wider expectations of the white-collar professional? Brotherhood of Barristers examines the cultural history of the Inns of Court - …

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