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20 produkter
Halloween
From Pagan Ritual to Party Night
E-bok, 2002
239 kr
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Boasting a rich, complex history rooted in Celtic and Christian ritual, Halloween has evolved from ethnic celebration to a blend of street festival, fright night, and vast commercial enterprise. In this colorful history, Nicholas Rogers takes a lively, entertaining look at the cultural origins and …
Eighteenth-Century English Society
Shuttles and Swords
Av Douglas Hay, Nicholas Rogers
Häftad, 1997
616 kr
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The period from 1688-1820 was marked throughout with riots and rebellions, seditions and strikes. Yet it began with the welcoming of Prince William of Orange, whose coronation was widely celebrated as a move towards a more democratic state. Parliament and the courts were set to become a central …
Halloween
From Pagan Ritual to Party Night
E-bok, 2002
212 kr
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Boasting a rich, complex history rooted in Celtic and Christian ritual, Halloween has evolved from ethnic celebration to a blend of street festival, fright night, and vast commercial enterprise. In this colorful history, Nicholas Rogers takes a lively, entertaining look at the cultural origins and …
Crowds, Culture, and Politics in Georgian Britain
Inbunden, 1998
4910 kr
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Crowds have long been part of the historical landscape. Professor Nicholas Rogers examines the changing role and character of crowds in Georgian politics through an investigation of some of the major crowd interventions in the period 1714-1821. He shows how the topsy-turvy interventions of the …
Whigs and Cities
Popular Politics in the Age of Walpole and Pitt
Inbunden, 1989
2847 kr
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Whigs and Cities is the first major study of the urban politics of the early Hanoverian era. The book challenges the view that the political nation was of minimal significance, highlighting the critical contribution of the larger towns to the agitations which beset Walpole and swept Pitt to power. …
Mayhem
Post-War Crime and Violence in Britain, 1748-53
Inbunden, 2013
884 kr
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After the end of the War of Austrian Succession in 1748, thousands of unemployed and sometimes unemployable soldiers and seamen found themselves on the streets of London ready to roister the town and steal when necessary. In this fascinating book Nicholas Rogers explores the moral panic associated …
Unfree Labour in the Development of the Atlantic World
Av Paul E. Lovejoy, Nicholas Rogers
Häftad, 1993
830 kr
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This collection of essays examines the different forms of unfree labour that contributed to the development of the Atlantic world and, by extension, the debates and protests that emerged concerning labour servitude and the abolition of slavery in the West.
Unfree Labour in the Development of the Atlantic World
Av Paul E. Lovejoy, Nicholas Rogers
Inbunden, 1993
1563 kr
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This collection of essays examines the different forms of unfree labour that contributed to the development of the Atlantic world and, by extension, the debates and protests that emerged concerning labour servitude and the abolition of slavery in the West.
Press Gang
Naval Impressment and its Opponents in Georgian Britain
E-bok, 2008
2247 kr
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The press gang, and its forcible recruitment of sailors to man the Royal Navy in times of war, acquired notoriety for depriving men of their liberty and carrying them away to a harsh life at sea, sometimes for years at a time. Nicholas Rogers explains exactly how the press gang worked, whom it was …
Unfree Labour in the Development of the Atlantic World
Av Nicholas Rogers, Paul E. Lovejoy
E-bok, 2012
981 kr
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This collection of essays examines the different forms of unfree labour that contributed to the development of the Atlantic world and, by extension, the debates and protests that emerged concerning labour servitude and the abolition of slavery in the West.
Unheard Voices
E-bok, 2011
224 kr
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I started to write this work in 1994, my first serious attempt at writingcreatively. I discovered that I just had to get them down onto paper and outof my head. In this collection I try to reveal the range of intimate emotionsand thoughts that are trapped inside of me. Often our Unheard Voicesnever …
Bristol from Below
Law, Authority and Protest in a Georgian City
Av Steve Poole, Nicholas Rogers
Inbunden, 2017
1739 kr
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Captures the substance and scale of popular politics and protest in Bristol over the course of the long eighteenth century.Bristol from Below captures the substance and scale of popular politics and protest in Bristol over the course of the long eighteenth century. It charts the lives of ordinary …
Murder on the Middle Passage
The Trial of Captain Kimber
Häftad, 2020
357 kr
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How the death of a fifteen-year-old girl aboard the slave ship Recovery shook the British establishment.On 2 April 1792, John Kimber, captain of the Bristol slave ship Recovery, was denounced in the House of Commons by William Wilberforce for flogging a fifteen-year-old African girl to death. The …
Blood Waters
War, Disease and Race in the Eighteenth-Century British Caribbean
Inbunden, 2021
1273 kr
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Far from the romanticised image of the swashbuckling genre of maritime history, the eighteenth-century Caribbean was a 'marchlands' in which violence was a way of life and where solidarities were transitory and highly volatile.This book paints a picture of the eighteenth-century British Caribbean …
Maritime Bristol in the Slave-Trade Era
Inbunden, 2024
1335 kr
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Explores the maritime history of Bristol, a leading slave port in the eighteenth centuryDelves into the hazards of the slave trade, its recruitment of seamen, its fractious labour relations and mutinies, and how these were resolved by law. One chapter examines in detail how a shipwright sought …
Sex, Sociability and the Law in Georgian Bath and Bristol
Av Nicholas Rogers, Steve Poole
Inbunden, 2026
1335 kr
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Mercenary abductions and amatory risks, the tragedies of unwanted pregnancies, the trials of marital breakdown in a patriarchal age, the hazards of gay sex, and more - and how the law disciplined and mediated sexual practices.This book offers a counterpoint to the genteel Bath of Jane Austen. Based …
Press Gang
Naval Impressment and its opponents in Georgian Britain
Inbunden, 2008
2047 kr
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Nicholas Rogers' book gives the reader a detailed and illuminating insight into the world and ways of the press gang. The press gang, and its forcible recruitment of sailors to man the Royal Navy in times of war, acquired notoriety for depriving men of their liberty and carrying them away to a …
