Tag: British

Free Download J.R. Oldfield, "Popular Politics and British Anti-Slavery"
English | 1998 | ISBN: 0714644625 | EPUB | pages: 208 | 0.8 mb
In 1792, 400,000 people put their signature to petitions calling for the abolition of the slaves trade. This work explains how this remarkable expression of support for black people was organized and orchestrated, and how it contributed to the growth of popular politics in Britain.

Free Download The Throne: 1,000 Years of British Coronations by Ian Lloyd
English | February 27, 2024 | ISBN: 1803992867 | 248 pages | PDF | 11 Mb
The eventful history of British coronations from 1066 to the present day.

Free Download Michael Leifer, "Constraints and Adjustments in British Foreign Policy"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0415709652, 0415710626 | EPUB | pages: 208 | 0.5 mb
This book, first published in 1972, offers a detailed analysis of the post-war formulation of foreign policy, as Britain sought to detach itself from its imperialist past and moved towards a European future. The contributors – all experts in their fields – together provide a comprehensive commentary on the complexities of the external pressures that moulded British foreign policy during these years. The subjects covered highlight the dichotomy of, and interaction between, residual obligations and new goals and national aspirations. These include the examination of past policies regarding the Commonwealth, South-East Asia, NATO, and the ‘special relationship’ with the U.S.A., as well as multi-national companies and Britain’s place in the changing global society. This reissue will of particular interest to students and academics researching the history of British foreign policy, international diplomacy and development, and post colonialism.

Free Download Brian McFarlane, "The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth Edition"
English | ISBN: 0719091381 | 2014 | 1000 pages | PDF | 29 MB
With well over 6,300 articles, this fourth edition of The Encyclopedia of British Film is a fully updated invaluable reference guide to the British film industry. It is the most authoritative volume yet, stretching from the inception of the industry to the present day, with minute listings of the producers, directors, actors and studios behind a century or so of great British cinema.

Free Download Supply Chain Justice: The Logistics of British Border Control by Mary Bosworth
English | December 17th, 2024 | ISBN: 0691259860 | 216 pages | True EPUB | 13.86 MB
How the UK’s immigration detention and deportation system turns people into monetized, measurable units on a supply chain

Free Download Understanding Colonial Nigeria: British Rule and Its Impact
by Toyin Falola
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1009337181 | 702 Pages | PDF | 7.8 MB

Free Download Jerry Bannister, "The Loyal Atlantic: Remaking the British Atlantic in the Revolutionary Era"
English | ISBN: 144261109X | 2012 | 288 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Adding to a dynamic new wave of scholarship in Atlantic history, The Loyal Atlantic offers fresh interpretations of the key role played by Loyalism in shaping the early modern British Empire. This cohesive collection investigates how Loyalism and the empire were mutually constituted and reconstituted from the eighteenth century onward. Featuring contributions by authors from across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, The Loyal Atlantic brings Loyalism into a genuinely international focus.

Free Download Italian Partisans and British Forces in the Second World War: Working with the Enemy (Italian and Italian American Studies) by Nicola Cacciatore
English | April 12, 2023 | ISBN: 3031286812 | 257 pages | MOBI | 0.80 Mb
This book proposes a significant new interpretation of the relations between Italian partisans and British forces during the Italian campaign of 1943-1945. The core of the argument challenges many assumptions that are today still present both in Italian and in the Anglophone historiography on the subject. In current historiography, the debate is still ongoing as to whether the British were a hostile force to the Italian Resistance, trying to weaken it to better control it, or a genuine and committed ally. Instead of a clear-cut and artificial dichotomy between the ‘Italians’ and the ‘British’ this book posits the idea that lines were often blurred, and relations existed on a scale that included lots of grey and overlapping areas. Thanks to an original approach that examines the Italo-British interaction from a point of view as close as possible to the ‘action’, it proposes a new interpretation based on the way the British image was cast in Italy. Politics is left in the background in favour of an analysis of the concrete problems and difficulties that Italians and the British had to face when working together and how these processes influenced the image of Great Britain in Italy in the following decades. This produces a final interpretation that enriches current historiography and pushes forward our understanding of the relationship between Italian partisans and British forces.

Free Download Geoffrey Walford, "British Private Schools: Research on Policy and Practice"
English | 2003 | pages: 230 | ISBN: 071300228X | PDF | 1,9 mb
British private schools are a continuing topic of fascination for many. In particular, the leading so-called public schools have long been subjected both to criticism for their elitism and praise for their academic success. Traditionally, Conservative governments have strongly supported the private sector through special funding such as the Assisted Places Scheme, while Labour governments have reduced the private sector’s support from the state and threatened to abolish it. However, the present new Labour government has reversed Labour’s former oppostion to private schools and sought co-operation between the two sectors. This has led to an increasing interest in the realities of the private schools; and this book brings together the best of recently conducted research on the various aspects of private schooling, through a series of specially commissioned, previously unpublished essays.