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Global Anti-Vice Activism, 1890–1950
by Jessica R. Pliley Pliley, Jessica R. and Kramm, Robert and Fischer-Tiné, Harald Robert Kramm Harald Fischer-TinéVice was one of the primary shared interests of the global community at the turn of the twentieth century. Anti-vice activists worked to combat noxious substances such as alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, and 'immoral' sexual activities such as prostitution. Nearly all of these activists approached the issue of vice by expressing worries about the body, its physical health, and functionality. By situating anti-vice politics in their broader historical contexts, Global Anti-Vice Activism, 1890–1950 sheds fresh light on the initiatives of various actors, organizations and institutions which have previously been treated primarily within national and regional boundaries. Looking at anti-vice policy from both social and cultural historical perspectives, it illuminates the centrality of regulating vice in imperial and national modernization projects. The contributors argue that vice and vice regulation constitute an ideal topic for global history, because they bridge the gap between discourse and practice, and state and civil society.
Gothic Topographies: Language, Nation Building and ‘Race’
by Matti SavolainenIn demonstrating the global reach of Gothic literatures, this collection takes up the influence of the Gothic mode in literatures that may be geographically remote from one another but still share related issues of minor languages, nation building, place and race. Suggesting that there is a parallel between certain motifs and themes found in the Gothic of the North (Scandinavia, Northern Europe and Canada) and South (Australia, South Africa and the US South), the essays explore the transgressions and confusion of borders and limits, whether they be linguistic, literary, generic, class-based, gendered or sexual. The volume includes essays on a wide diversity of authors and topics: Jan Potocki, Gustav Meyrink, William Godwin, Alan Hollinghurst, Marlene van Niekerk, John Richardson, antislavery discourse and the Gothic imagination, the Australian aboriginal Gothic, vampires of Post-Soviet Gothic society, Danish, Swedish and Finnish fiction and film, and the Canadian female Gothic and the death drive. What distinguishes this book from other collections on the Gothic is the coverage of themes and literatures that are either lacking in the mainstream research on the Gothic or are referred to only briefly in other book-length studies. Experts in the Gothic and those new to the field will appreciate the book's commitment to situating Gothic sensibilities in an international context.
Haciendo historia
by John H. ElliottEsta autobiografía intelectual es el apasionante testimonio intelectual de uno de los más importantes historiadores contemporáneos y, al tiempo, una gran historia de amor con España. Desde la privilegiada perspectiva de sus casi sesenta años dedicado a investigar y escribir sobre historia, John H. Elliott, el más prestigioso hispanista contemporáneo, se detiene a reflexionar sobre los avances que ha experimentado el estudio de esta disciplina. Basándose en su propia experiencia como historiador de España, Europa y las Américas, el autor británico ofrece un brillante y agudo análisis del trabajo de los historiadores y de cómo ha evolucionado desde la década de los cincuenta. Elliott parte de las raíces de su interés en España y en el pasado, y de los retos que supone escribir sobre la historia de un país que no es el propio, para ir adentrándose en temas como la historia del declive de las naciones y los imperios, la historiapolítica, la biografía o la historia cultural y del arte. Analiza también los cambios que se han producido en la forma de abordar la historia en el último medio siglo, incluyendo el impacto de la tecnología digital, y defiende la crucial importancia de tener una visión de conjunto del pasado. Los amantes de la historia encontrarán en este fascinante libro una nueva apreciación del trabajo necesario para dar forma a las obras de historia y de cómo estas a su vez dan forma al mundo del pensamiento y de la acción. La crítica ha dicho...«Toda una vida dedicado a la historia lleva el autor de este maravilloso libro, que es lección magistral, confesión apasionada de amor al trabajo y ejercicio de lucidez.»Manuel Lucena, ABC «John Elliott ha publicado un libro que es en parte una memoria personal y en parte una reflexión sobre el oficio al que ha dedicado la vida. La calidez y la viveza de las rememoraciones es tan seductora como el rigor intelectual en el examen de las posibilidades, los límites, los márgenes de error e incertidumbre del conocimiento histórico.»Antonio Muñoz Molina, El País «No resulta frecuente que la erudición, la claridad y el entusiasmo se aúnen sin estridencias. Tal es el caso de John Elliott.»El Cultural «Elliott es infatigable en su investigación, global en su visión, magistral en la organización del material e infalible identificando las evidencias más reveladoras o representativas. En resumen, su labor académica es lo más cercano a la perfección que se puede encontrar.»Felipe Fernández-Armesto «Elliott es un excelente conocedor del pasado español y un extraordinario especialista en la Monarquía Hispánica. Ha podido realizar una tarea gigantesca que le ha convertido en maestro de varias generaciones de historiadores, tanto en España como en otros países. Con este libro, ofrece a todos los lectores interesados en la historia una nueva lecciónde gran maestro y, para los jóvenes investigadores, un tesoro de sugerencias que sería insensato no considerar.»Octavio Ruiz Manjón, El Cultural, El Mundo
Hannah
by Christian GálvezEl Diario de Anna FrankEl Ángel de VarsoviaLa Lista de SchindlerAhora conocerás al Guardián del Ponte Vecchio «Emotiva y poderosa. La historia de dos generaciones unidas por el amor y el arte».JAVIER CASTILLO Una llamada, una cartilla de reclutamiento de las fuerzas armadas de la Alemania nazi y una frase escrita a mano en su interior desencadenan una crisis emocional en Hannah. «Hannah, niña número 37. G. Wolf» El nombre de G. Wolf surgirá con fuerza y se convertirá en el hilo conductor que le permitirá sumergirse en la historia de su abuela, una superviviente de la Segunda Guerra Mundial que nunca contó a su nieta la odisea de su familia en la Italia ocupada por los nazis. Hannah revela una danza entre pasado y presente en una ciudad: Florencia. La ciudadde los puentes sobre el Arno como testigo de la barbarie y la crueldad del fascismo en 1944, pero también como cuna de hombres y de mujeres, amantes del arte y de la cultura, que, a pesar del conflicto bélico, trataron de hallar algo de luz en un periodo de oscuridad. Hannah es un relato vital y apasionado, una novela de ritmo trepidante en la que Christian Gálvez rescata del pasado la historia olvidada de un cónsul alemán en Florencia, Gerhard Wolf, y unos acontecimientos cuyas consecuencias sirven de advertencia en un presente cargado de incertidumbre.
Indentured Muslims in the Diaspora: Identity and Belonging of Minority Groups in Plural Societies
by Goolam Vahed Lomarsh Roopnarine Maurits S. HassankhanThis is the fourth publication originating from the conference Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Past, Present and Future, which was organised in June 2013 by the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR), Anton de Kom University of Suriname. The core of the book is based on a conference panel which focused specifically on the experience of Muslim with indentured migrants and their descendants. This is a significant contribution since the focus of most studies on Indian indenture has been almost exclusively on Hindu religion and culture, even though an estimated seventeen percent of migrants were Muslims. This book thus fills an important gap in the indentured historiography, both to understand that past as well as to make sense of the present, when Muslim identities are undergoing rapid changes in response to both local and global realities. The book includes a chapter on the experiences of Muslim indentured immigrants of Indonesian descent who settled in Suriname. The core questions in the study are as follows: What role did Islam play in the lives of (Indian) Muslim migrants in their new settings during indenture and in the post-indenture period? How did Islam help migrants adapt and acculturate to their new environment? What have been the similarities and differences in practices, traditions and beliefs between Muslim communities in the different countries and between them and the country of origin? How have Islamic practices and Muslim identities transformed over time? What role does Islam play in the Muslims’ lives in these countries in the contemporary period? In order to respond to these questions, this book examines the historic place of Islam in migrants’ place of origin and provides a series of case studies that focus on the various countries to which the indentured Indians migrated, such as Mauritius, South Africa, Guyana, Trinidad, Suriname and Fiji, to understand the institutionalisation of Islam in these settings and the actual lived experience of Muslims which is culturally and historically specific, bound by the circumstances of individuals’ location in time and space. The chapters in this volume also provide a snapshot of the diversity and similarity of lived Muslim experiences.
Lord Montagu's Page: A Historical Romance (classic Reprint) (Classics To Go)
by G.P.R. JamesExcerpt: "It was a dark and stormy night,—a very dark night indeed. No dog's mouth, whether terrier, mastiff, or Newfoundland, was ever so dark as that night. The hatches had been battened down, and every aperture but one, by which any of the great, curly-pated, leaping waves could jump into the vessel, had been closed. What vessel? the reader may perhaps inquire."
Nightless City Of Geisha
by De_BeckerFirst Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Slave Trades, 1500–1800: Globalization of Forced Labour (An Expanding World: The European Impact on World History, 1450 to 1800 #Vol. 15)
by Patrick ManningThe trade in slaves is perhaps the most notorious feature of the era of European expansion. Though begun in ancient times, and continued well after 1800, in the early modern period there developed a particular nexus in which it boomed. This volume distinguishes between procurement and trade, and the exploitation of settled slaves (the subject of a separate volume in the series, edited by Judy Bieber), and underscores the importance of the slave trade as a factor in world history. A rank redistribution of wealth and power, it permitted the exploitation and reconstruction of much of the globe. The articles address issues of the volume and flow of trade, the various populations enslaved, factors of sex, age, and ethnicity, and its impact on economic change, as in the monetization of Africa or economic growth in England.
The Everything Family Guide To Washington D.C.: All the Best Hotels, Restaurants, Sites, and Attractions
by Jesse LeafA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
The Spitfire: An Icon of the Skies
by Philip Kaplan&“An amazing tribute to the people who designed, built and flew it—a comprehensive history of one of the most beautiful aircraft ever manufactured.&”—Books Monthly The magnificent Vickers Supermarine Spitfire, together with its able partner the Hawker Hurricane, saved Britain from Nazi invasion in the summer of 1940 and irrevocably changed the course of the Second World War. This book from Philip Kaplan celebrates one of history&’s most important weapons in a glorious new light. A British national icon, the Spitfire is the best-known symbol of the war years for generations of Britons. From the deep, haunting growl of its Rolls-Royce engine, to the elegant style of its elliptical wing, it is perhaps the most famous and revered combat airplane ever built. Kaplan investigates just what it is that fuels the Spitfire&’s compelling mystique. During wartime, it held an unrivaled reputation amongst Allied and Axis airmen. Today, it continues to hold aviation enthusiasts in thrall. Kaplan highlights the immeasurable contributions of Spitfire designers Reginald J. Mitchell and Joseph Smith, test pilots Jeffrey Quill, Mutt Summers and Alex Henshaw, and ace Spitfire pilots including Al Deere, Sailor Malan and Pierre Clostermann. All added to the legend of this lovely, but deadly, little fighter. &“Can be considered a &‘Potted History&’ of the Spitfire and its military and civilian service, with particular emphasis being placed on the restoration of AR213. On that basis it will probably appeal to Spitfire aficionados in particular and to aviation and war-bird enthusiasts in general.&”—NZ Crown Mines
Tracing Your Ancestors' Parish Records: A Guide for Family and Local Historians (Tracing Your Ancestors)
by Stuart RaymondParish records are essential sources for family and local historians, and Stuart Raymond's handbook is an invaluable guide to them. He explores and explains the fascinating and varied historical and personal information they contain. His is the first thoroughgoing survey of these resources to be published for over three decades. In a concise, easy-to-follow text he describes where these important records can be found and demonstrates how they can be used. Records relating to the poor laws, apprentices, the church, tithes, enclosures and charities are all covered. The emphasis throughout is on understanding their original purpose and on revealing how relevant they are for researchers today. Compelling insights into individual lives and communities in the past can be gleaned from them, and they are especially useful when they are combined with other major sources, such as the census.Your Ancestors' Parish Records is an excellent introduction to this key area of family and local history research it is a book that all family and local historians should have on their shelf.
Writing Time: Studies in Serial Literature, 1780–1850 (Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought)
by Sean FranzelWriting Time shows how serial literature based in journals and anthologies shaped the awareness of time at a transformative moment in the European literary and political landscapes. Sean Franzel explores how German-speaking authors and editors "write time" both by writing about time and by mapping time itself through specific literary formats.Through case studies of such writers as F. J. Bertuch, K. A. Böttinger, J. W. Goethe, Ludwig Börne, and Heinrich Heine, Franzel analyzes how serial writing predicated on open-ended continuation becomes a privileged mode of social commentary and literary entertainment and provides readers with an ongoing "history" of the present, or Zeitgeschichte. Drawing from media theory and periodical studies as well as from Reinhart Koselleck's work on processes of temporalization and "untimely" models of historical time, Writing Time presents "smaller" literary forms—the urban tableau, cultural reportage, and caricature—as new ways of imagining temporal unfolding, recentering periodicals and other serial forms at the heart of nineteenth-century print culture.
Divine Origin Of Craft Of Herbal: The Divine Origin Of The Craft Of The Herbalist
by BudgeFirst Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Les Miserables: In English Translation
by Victor HugoVictor Hugo's Les Miserables is an epic story of injustice, revolution, and redemption set in the slums of 19th century France. Jean Valjean is sent to prison for stealing bread to feed his sister's starving children. Unusually strong and cunning, Valjean escapes, only to be pursued for nearly twenty years by police detective Javert, whose rigid adherence to the law prevents him from seeing the injustice of Valjean's life. Along the way, Valjean becomes a heroic figure, rescuing Cosette, the daughter of an exploited young woman named Fantine, and raising her as his own. One of the most popular novels ever published, Les Miserables has been adapted as an award-winning musical and as well as numerous film versions.
The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook: 100 Delicious Heritage Recipes from the Farm and Garden
by Josh Kilmer-Purcell Brent RidgeDr. Brent Ridge and New York Times bestselling author Josh Kilmer-Purcell are not your average couple: The two Manhattanites left their big city lives behind, and found themselves living in bucolic Sharon Springs, New York, where they became "accidental goat farmers." But what began as a way to reconnect with their own style of modern country living soon exploded into a wildly successful brand, Beekman 1802, named after their historic home. Brent and Josh are now world-renowned for producing everything from magnificent handcrafted goat's milk soaps to artisanal Blaak cheese, and now, with The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook, they're bringing their special vintage-modern touch to classic, remarkable recipes bound to become family favorites year after year.The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook will show off the delicious and decadent recipes that the Beekman Boys have collected from across the generations of their family, from Brent's grandmother's Fourth of July Fruitcake to Josh's mother's Hot Chocolate Dumplings. Each recipe will be accompanied by a personal memory from the authors or a story about how that recipe came to be. With eco-conscious and vintage-oriented food production gaining traction as a major culinary trend, this beautiful package will reel in readers, whether they're nostalgic for some classic Americana in their kitchen or just hankering for the perfect Blackberry Betty recipe.
An Empire of Print: The New York Publishing Trade in the Early American Republic (Penn State Series in the History of the Book)
by Steven Carl SmithHome to the so-called big five publishers as well as hundreds of smaller presses, renowned literary agents, a vigorous arts scene, and an uncountable number of aspiring and established writers alike, New York City is widely perceived as the publishing capital of the United States and the world. This book traces the origins and early evolution of the city’s rise to literary preeminence.Through five case studies, Steven Carl Smith examines publishing in New York from the post–Revolutionary War period through the Jacksonian era. He discusses the gradual development of local, regional, and national distribution networks, assesses the economic relationships and shared social and cultural practices that connected printers, booksellers, and their customers, and explores the uncharacteristically modern approaches taken by the city’s preindustrial printers and distributors. If the cultural matrix of printed texts served as the primary legitimating vehicle for political debate and literary expression, Smith argues, then deeper understanding of the economic interests and political affiliations of the people who produced these texts gives necessary insight into the emergence of a major American industry. Those involved in New York’s book trade imagined for themselves, like their counterparts in other major seaport cities, a robust business that could satisfy the new nation’s desire for print, and many fulfilled their ambition by cultivating networks that crossed regional boundaries, delivering books to the masses.A fresh interpretation of the market economy in early America, An Empire of Print reveals how New York started on the road to becoming the publishing powerhouse it is today.
Great Projects: The Epic Story of the Building of America, from the Taming of the Mississippi to the Invention of the Internet
by James TobinSince the earliest days of the republic, great engineering projects have shaped American landscapes and expressed American dreams. The ambition to build lies as close to the nation's heart as the belief in liberty. We live in a built civilization, connected one to another in an enormous web of technology. Yet we have all too often overlooked the role of engineers and builders in American history. With glorious photographs and epic narrative sweep, Great Projects at last gives their story the prominence it deserves.Each of the eight projects featured in this masterful narrative was a milestone in its own right: the flood-control works of the lower Mississippi, Hoover Dam, Edison's lighting system, the spread of electricity across the nation, the great Croton Aqueduct, the bridges of New York City, Boston's revamped street system, known as the Big Dig, and the ever-evolving communica- tions network called the Internet. Each project arose from a heroic vision. Each encountered obstacles. Each reveals a tale of genius and perseverance.James Tobin, winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award, explains the four essential tasks of the engineer: to protect people from the destructive force of water while harnessing it for the enormous good it can do; to provide people with electricity, the motive force of modern life; to make great cities habitable and vital; and to create the pathways that connect place to place and person to person. Tobin focuses on the indi- viduals behind our greatest structures of earth and concrete and steel: James Buchanan Eads, who walked on the floor of the Mississippi to learn the river's secrets; Arthur Powell Davis and Frank Crowe, who imagined a dam that could transform the West; Thomas Edison, who envisioned a new way to light the world; Samuel Insull, the organizational mastermind of the electrical revolution; the long-forgotten John Bloomfield Jervis, who assured New York's future with the gift of clean water; Othmar Ammann, the modest Swiss-American who fought his mentor to become the first engineer to bridge the lower Hudson River; Fred Salvucci, the antihighway rebel who transformed the face of Boston; and J.C.R. Licklider, the obscure scientist who first imagined the Internet. Here, too, are the workers who scorned hardship to turn the engineers' dreams into reality, deep underground and high in the sky, through cold and heat and danger. In Great Projects -- soon to be a major PBS television series by the Emmy Award-winning Great Projects Film Company -- we share their dreams and witness their struggles; we watch them create the modern world we walk through each day -- the "city upon a hill" that became our America.
Moon Baseball Road Trips: The Complete Guide to All the Ballparks, with Beer, Bites, and Sights Nearby (Travel Guide)
by Timothy MalcolmSunshine, hot dogs, friends, and the excitement of the game: Baseball is called America's pastime for a reason. Experience the best of the MLB cities and stadiums with Moon Baseball Road Trips.Flexible Itineraries: Explore the 30 major league cities with a variety of road trip options, including a Boston to DC route, a loop through the Midwest, a dip into Toronto, a cruise along the West Coast, and moreVisit all the Ballparks: From the ivy walls of Wrigley to Fenway's Green Monster and Dodger Stadium's gorgeous mountain views, experience every ballpark in the league and dive into local fan cultureCatch a Game: Find valuable tips for snagging tickets and get the inside scoop on the best places to park or catch public transit, where to eat and drink nearby, and events like music festivals, the Hall of Fame Weekend, Fourth of July celebrations, and moreExplore the Major League Cities: Get to know the MLB hometowns with full chapters on each city. Pay respects to Babe Ruth in Baltimore, visit Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and stroll through the Boston Common. Find the best local craft breweries, and chow down on chili dogs, barbecue, fresh crab, and more foodie specialties. Hold back a tear at the Field of Dreams, grab a seat for a Spring Training game, or rent a kayak on the bay and try to catch a fly ball from San Francisco's Oracle ParkExpertise and Know-How: Former baseball writer and avid Phillies fan Timothy Malcolm shares his advice for planning the perfect baseball road tripMaps and Driving Tools: Easy-to-use maps, along with mileages, driving times, and directions, with full-color photos throughoutHelpful resources on COVID-19Planning Tips: Where to stay, when and where to get gas, how to avoid traffic, and tips for driving in different road and weather conditions, plus suggestions for seniors, families with kids, and more With Moon Baseball Road Trips' practical tips, local expertise, and flexible itineraries, you're ready to step up to the plate and hit the road.
Science, Sexuality, and Race in the United States and Australia, 1780–1940, Revised Edition
by Gregory D. SmithersScience, Sexuality, and Race in the United States and Australia, 1780–1940, Revised Edition is a sociohistorical tour de force that examines the entwined formation of racial theory and sexual constructs within settler colonialism in the United States and Australia from the Age of Revolution to the Great Depression. Gregory D. Smithers historicizes the dissemination and application of scientific and social-scientific ideas within the process of nation building in two countries with large Indigenous populations and shows how intellectual constructs of race and sexuality were mobilized to subdue Aboriginal peoples. Building on the comparative settler-colonial and imperial histories that appeared after the book’s original publication, this completely revised edition includes two new chapters. In this singular contribution to the study of transnational and comparative settler colonialism, Smithers expands on recent scholarship to illuminate both the subject of the scientific study of race and sexuality and the national and interrelated histories of the United States and Australia.
Conduct Unbecoming: Gays & Lesbians in the U.S. Military
by Randy Shilts&“A thoroughly researched and engrossingly readable history&” of gay men and women in the American armed forces by the author of And the Band Played On (The New York Times Book Review). Published during the same year the American military instituted Don&’t Ask, Don&’t Tell, and eighteen years before President Barack Obama repealed it, Conduct Unbecoming is a landmark work of social justice and a searing indictment of the military establishment&’s historic bigotry toward its gay servicemen and women. Randy Shilts&’s eye-opening book describes the bravery, both exceptional and everyday, not only of gay soldiers throughout history, but also of gay men and women serving in our modern military. With each anecdote and investigation, Shilts systematically dismantles the arguments against allowing gays to serve in the military. At once a history of the American military and an account of the gay rights movement, Conduct Unbecoming is a remarkable testament to the progress achieved for gays in the military—and a revealing look at how far we have yet to go.
Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society Volume 6, No. 1 (2020): Volume 6, No. 1 (2020)
by Julie Andreas Fedor Makarychev Andrey Umland Dimova GerganaThis special section deals with Russia’s post-Maidan foreign policy towards the so-called “near abroad,” or the former Soviet states. This is an important and timely topic, as Russia’s policy perspectives have changed dramatically since 2013/2014, as have those of its neighbors. The Kremlin today is paradoxically following an aggressive “realist” agenda that seeks to clearly delineate its sphere of influence in Europe and Eurasia while simultaneously attempting to promote “soft-power” and a historical-civilizational justification for its recent actions in Ukraine (and elsewhere). The result is an often perplexing amalgam of policy positions that are difficult to disentangle. The contributors to this special issue are all regional specialists based either in Europe or the United States.
Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston
by Samuel Adams Drake"Your Old Landmarks of Boston is a perfect storehouse of Information," Henry W. Longfellow told Samuel Adams Drake almost a century ago. That being true a hundred years ago, the praise is even more relevant today, when many of the old and venerated landmarks are gone, victims of time and progress in a rapidly changing world.One hundred years ago the author bemoaned the disappearance of the really historic buildings of Boston. This monumental history of Boston work was his appeal to the historical conscience. He wrote: "For Fifty years our men of progress have been pulling down the old and building up the new city. The Great Fire of 1872 left few of its original features, except in the North End, and in and about Dock Square. It is only at the price of perpetual vigilance that a few of these old edifices, known throughout the whole world, remain on their foundation at this hour."Drake not only deplored their disappearance but, like a proper Bostonian, did something about it, giving posterity an imperishable record.This treasure of his historic Bostonian lore goes a long way in reconstructing the Boston of our forefathers, rebuilding in fact and fancy their habitations.
Souvenirs
by Patrick BuckleyNovela en la que Patrick Buckley, guionista de Cuéntame, nos ofrece un ameno relato de la España de los 60 y cómo la especulación inmobiliaria llegó a la costa española Un relato lleno de nostalgia, la historia agridulce de la España que fuimos 1960. La Dorada, un pequeño pueblo de la costa Brava, empieza a albergar turistas de toda Europa que descubren por primera vez las playas españolas. El profesor Gerald Fraser es uno de ellos. Después de llegar al pueblo y conocer a sus gentes, de un carácter tan distinto a la sofisticación de los veraneantes, Gerald se enamora del ambiente distendido y diferente que aloja el lugar y decide quedarse a vivir allí. Sin embargo, el contraste cultural y los nuevos aires extranjeros no solo traen modernidad sino también un cambio radical en el ecosistema costero: el boom inmobiliario. En este contexto, Gerardo, como le llaman sus nuevos vecinos, será espectador del cambio profundo de una sociedad atónita que el profesor defenderá e intentará salvar, junto a algunos de los pobladores, de la voracidad del negocio del ladrillo del que algunos intentan aprovecharse sin ningún escrúpulo. Con una voz narrativa en primera persona, descripciones y reflexiones llenas de lirismo y la visión del extranjero que aterriza en una cultura impresa por décadas de cerrazón y censura, Patrick Buckley, creador y guionista de la exitosa serie de televisión Cuéntame cómo pasó, nos traslada a un momento de nuestra historia cercana marcado por la inocencia de un país que emergía asustado a su libertad.
A Great and Glorious Victory: New Perspectives on the Battle of Trafalgar
by Richard HardingIn October 2005 an international naval conference was held at Portsmouth and well-known historians and naval officers from around the world, including Colin White, Brian Lavery, Contre Amiral Remi Monaque and Admiral Sir Jonathan Band, now First Sea Lord, gave a series of papers on aspects of the battle of Trafalgar. Containing a wealth of new information they are now form the core of this book. Twelve chapters cover every aspect of the battle but also explore important associated themes such as the Grand Armee and the invasion threat, and the British defenses against invasion in the years before 1805. On the battle itself there are pieces on the ships, men and the tactics, and important chapters from the French and Spanish perspectives. Perhaps the most groundbreaking contribution is from the Inshore Squadron, a naval war-gaming group, which produced a timeline that is the most accurate yet available and reveals, amongst other things, the nature of the ship-on-ship actions and the timing of some of the set events. Put into its strategic, political and economic context, the battle is brought to life in a way which distinguishes it from all the other accounts that have appeared and offers enthusiasts and historians the most up-to-date and important reassessment that is available.
A Treatise of the Laws for the Relief and Settlement of the Poor: Volume I (Routledge Library Editions: The History of Social Welfare)
by Michael NolanFirst published in 1805, this work summarises the vast array of laws at the time on the relief of the poor in Great Britain. Split across two volumes, it not only condenses the laws themselves but also disentangles the theory and doctrine of each law and explains how the theory should have been applied in practice. This work will be a valuable primary source for those studying 19th poor relief and welfare.