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Free Download Artisans Abroad: British Migrant Workers in Industrialising Europe, 1815-1870 by Fabrice Bensimon
English | May 16, 2023 | ISBN: 0198835841 | 304 pages | MOBI | 18 Mb
Between 1815 and 1870, when European industrialisation was in its infancy and Britain enjoyed a technological lead, thousands of British workers emigrated to the continent. They played a key role in several sectors, like textiles, iron, mechanics, and the railways. These men and women thereby contributed significantly to the industrial take-off in continental Europe. Artisans Abroad examines the lives and trajectories of these workers who emigrated from manufacturing centres in Britain to France, Belgium, Germany, and other countries, considering their mobilities, their culture, their politics, and their relations with the local populations. Fabrice Bensimon reminds us that the British economy was not just oriented towards the Empire and the USA, but also towards the continent, long before the European Union and Brexit, and shows the critical role played by migrant workers in the Industrial Revolution. Artisans Abroad is the first social and cultural history of this forgotten migration.

Free Download British Battles of the Spanish Civil War: How Volunteers from Britain Fought against Franco by Charles J Esdaile
English | September 30, 2023 | ISBN: 1526782812 | 248 pages | PDF | 21 Mb
The Spanish Civil War continues to attract attention as a brutal political and military struggle which foreshadowed the wider war across Europe that followed, and it has given rise to myths that have become commonplace since the war ended eighty years ago. Few of these myths are as potent as those associated with the International Brigades, the 45,000 volunteers from many countries who traveled to Spain to fight for the Second Republic. That is why this perceptive and original study by Charles Esdaile is so valuable. Using the recorded experience of the British Brigaders as well as primary research in the Spanish archives, he thoroughly re-examines the contribution they made to the war effort against the Nationalists of General Franco.

Free Download British Steam: GWR Collett Castle Class by Keith Langston
English | May 24, 2016 | ISBN: 1473823560 | True EPUB | 240 pages | 166 MB
The ‘Castle’ class 4-6-0 locomotives designed by Charles Collett and built at Swindon Works were the principal passenger locomotives of the Great Western Railway. The 4-cylinder locomotives were built in batches between 1923 and 1950, the later examples being constructed after nationalization by British Railways.

Free Download British Steam: GWR Collett Castle Class by Keith Langston
English | May 24, 2016 | ISBN: 1473823560 | True EPUB | 240 pages | 166 MB
The ‘Castle’ class 4-6-0 locomotives designed by Charles Collett and built at Swindon Works were the principal passenger locomotives of the Great Western Railway. The 4-cylinder locomotives were built in batches between 1923 and 1950, the later examples being constructed after nationalization by British Railways.

Free Download The Third British Empire (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0DB6KFDD4 | 2024 | 5 hours and 57 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 331 MB
Author: Alfred Eckhard Zimmern
Narrator: Graham Dunlop
The Third British Empire. Sir Alfred Eckhard Zimmern (1879-1957) was an English classical scholar, historian, and political scientist writing on international relations. His book, The Third British Empire, was among the first to apply the expression "British Commonwealth" to the British Empire. He is also credited with the phrase "welfare state", which was made popular a few years later by William Temple.

Free Download The British in India: A Social History of the Raj (Audiobook)
English | December 18, 2018 | ASIN: B07KRHL5YG | M4B@64 kbps | 23h 11m | 687 MB
Author: David Gilmour | Narrator: Michael Page
An immersive portrait of the lives of the British in India, from the seventeenth century to Independence
Who of the British went to India, and why? We know about Kipling and Forster, Orwell and Scott, but what of the youthful forestry official, the enterprising boxwallah, the fervid missionary? What motivated them to travel halfway around the globe, what lives did they lead when they got there, and what did they think about it all?

Free Download Forgotten War: The British Empire and Commonwealth’s Epic Struggle Against Imperial Japan, 1941-1945 (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D6NNPZ2L | 2024 | 11 hours and 29 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 332 MB
Author: Brian E. Walter
Narrator: Julian Elfer
The monumental struggle fought against Imperial Japan in the Asia/Pacific theater during World War II is primarily viewed as an American affair. While the United States did play a dominant role, the British and Commonwealth forces also made major contributions. It was a difficult and often desperate conflict fought against a skilled and ruthless enemy that initially saw the British suffer the worst series of defeats ever to befall their armed forces. Still, the British persevered and slowly turned the tables on their Japanese antagonists. Fighting over an immense area that stretched from India in the west to the Solomon Islands in the east and Australia in the south to the waters off Japan in the north, British and Commonwealth forces eventually scored a string of stirring victories that avenged their earlier defeats and helped facilitate the demise of the Japanese Empire. Often overlooked by history, this substantial war effort is fully explored in Forgotten War. Meticulously researched, the book provides a complete, balanced and detailed account of the role that British and Commonwealth forces played on land, sea, and in the air during this crucial struggle. It also provides unique analysis regarding the effectiveness and relevance of this collective effort and the contributions it made to the overall Allied victory.

Free Download False Prophets: British Leaders’ Fateful Fascination with the Middle East from Suez to Syria by Nigel Ashton
English | March 3, 2022 | ISBN: B0B57GWJ5L | 16 hours and 26 minutes | MP3 64 Kbps | 451 Mb
Britain shaped the modern Middle East through the lines that it drew in the sand after the First World War and through the League of Nations mandates over the fledgling states that followed.
Less than forty years later, the Suez crisis dealt a fatal blow to Britain’s standing in the Middle East and is often represented as the final throes of British imperialism. However, as this insightful and compelling new book reveals, successive prime ministers have all sought to extend British influence in the Middle East and their actions have often led to a disastrous outcome.
While Anthony Eden and Tony Blair are the two most prominent examples of prime ministers whose reputations have been ruined by their interventions in the region, they were not alone in taking significant risks in deploying British forces to the Middle East. There was an unspoken assumption that Britain could help solve its problems, even if only for the reason that British imperialism had created the problems in the first place.

Free Download British Architecture: A Very Short Introduction (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D7QXCLHP | 2024 | 4 hours and 19 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 228 MB
Author: Dana Arnold
Narrator: Julia Anthony
British Architecture presents an original and engaging overview of the architecture of the British Isles, from medieval times to the present day. Avoiding the traditional approach of a chronological survey of architects and architectural style, each chapter presents a thematic exploration of key aspects of British architecture that endure across time and still have relevance today. Arnold also highlights the ways in which architecture can project national and regional identities. British architecture tells of the intrinsic nature of Britishness and is an important means of understanding Britain’s connection with the world. There is no doubt about the international significance of the work of recent and contemporary British architects. But Arnold also relates how a preoccupation with the past has been a constant theme in design. A thematic, historical understanding of British architecture in terms of its form and purpose explains much about society and culture. Architecture continues to shape patterns of living and social interaction and responds to new demands. Equally, debates about how best to express the nation through its architecture reveal much about Britain’s perception of itself. Finally, Arnold explores how subsequent generations can offer new interpretations and meanings that change our view of British architecture’s legacy.

Free Download A History of British India [TTC Audio]
English | January 06, 2017 | ASIN: B01MSZKS0L | M4B@64 kbps | 12h 11m | 362 MB
Lecturer: Hayden J. Bellenoit
No era is more pertinent to understanding how present-day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh evolved than the nearly 200 years of British rule. This colonial period was a time of deep change and transformation – for India and for the world. These 24 engrossing lectures offer you new perspectives on the history of European imperialism, on world economic history, on the features of British colonialism, and on the rich cultures of the Indian subcontinent.
Over the course of this remarkable saga you’ll explore: