Analyzes the reasons for the outbreak of the Second World War, one of the most controversial historical topics. The author considers: the long-term factors that led to war; the effect of British appeasement policies; the significance of American isolation; the ambitions of Italy, Japan and Russia.
Analyzes the reasons for the outbreak of the Second World War, one of the most controversial historical topics. The author considers: the long-term fa...
Updated and expanded, this second edition of Bismarck and the German Empire, 1871-1918 is an accessible introduction to this important period in German history.
Providing both a narrative of events at the time and an analysis of social and cultural developments across the period, Lynn Abrams examines the political, economic and social structures of the Empire. Including the latest research, the book also covers:
how Bismarck consolidated his regime
the Wilhelmian period
the factors that led to the outbreak of World War One.
With...
Updated and expanded, this second edition of Bismarck and the German Empire, 1871-1918 is an accessible introduction to this important per...
Updated and expanded, this second edition of Bismarck and the German Empire, 1871-1918 is an accessible introduction to this important period in German history.
Providing both a narrative of events at the time and an analysis of social and cultural developments across the period, Lynn Abrams examines the political, economic and social structures of the Empire. Including the latest research, the book also covers:
how Bismarck consolidated his regime
the Wilhelmian period
the factors that led to the outbreak of World War One.
With...
Updated and expanded, this second edition of Bismarck and the German Empire, 1871-1918 is an accessible introduction to this important per...
This pamphlet examines recent research into the poor laws of Tudor and Stuart England. Dr Beier asks the question who were the poor? and in answering it places the problem of the poor in its historical context, examining it in relation to medieval provisions for dealing with poverty. He shows how far legislation was influenced by economic changes, by ideas about poverty and by the interests of the legislators themselves. Dr Beier evaluates the varying interpretations of the poor laws, from those who have seen them as an early welfare state to those who have considered them to be the...
This pamphlet examines recent research into the poor laws of Tudor and Stuart England. Dr Beier asks the question who were the poor? and in answeri...
Whereas one particular image of the interwar years portrays this period to contain depression, decay and deprivation, more recent works have shown it to be a time of more optimistic social conditions. This book discusses this much debated argument.
Whereas one particular image of the interwar years portrays this period to contain depression, decay and deprivation, more recent works have shown it ...
This pamphlet makes use of the most recent revisionist literature to reassess the view, much propagated by nationalist sources, that Ireland was a land of impoverished peasants oppressed by English laws and absentee English landlords. The land question has always been closely linked to the development of Irish national consciousness, and greatly exercised the minds of English politicians in the latter part of the nineteenth century. The author examines the nature of English understanding of Irish problems, which was often limited or ignorant, and attributes to it much of the unsound and...
This pamphlet makes use of the most recent revisionist literature to reassess the view, much propagated by nationalist sources, that Ireland was a lan...
Luther provides a clear exposition of the state of German politics on the eve of the Reformation. Dr Mullett concentrates particularly on the evolution of Luther's thought and its central preoccupation with re-aligning the church's theology with that of the New Testament.
Luther provides a clear exposition of the state of German politics on the eve of the Reformation. Dr Mullett concentrates particularly on the...
Dr Bliss s pamphlet discusses in detail the Restoration settlement as both an expedient solution to the problems facing Charles II and the political nation in 1660 and as a basis for a long term solution to the problems of relations between crown and parliament, public, finance and religion. These are the principle recurring themes of this, but explicit attention is also given to foreign policy, to relations between central and local government, and to the structure of central government itself. The book combines a broadly narrative approach with concentration on certain problems, e.g....
Dr Bliss s pamphlet discusses in detail the Restoration settlement as both an expedient solution to the problems facing Charles II and the politica...
The theme of Professor Evans' book is the growth of a recognizable modern party system from the much looser and often family-based attachments from the eighteenth century. Many periods and topics are dealt with in this comprehensive book.
The theme of Professor Evans' book is the growth of a recognizable modern party system from the much looser and often family-based attachments from th...