Railways and culture in Britain :, Carter, Ian.

Автор: Rob Lloyd Jones
Название: See Inside the History of Britain
ISBN: 1409550192 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781409550198
Издательство: Usborne
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Описание: With stunning illustrations and over 60 flaps to lift, children can explore plague-ridden London, the British Empire, a Victorian factory and other key events in Britain`s incredible history in this lift-the-flap book for older children.

Автор: Minnis John
Название: Britain`s Lost Railways: The Twentieth-Century Destruction of Our Finest Railway Architecture
ISBN: 1781317194 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781781317198
Издательство: Aurum Press
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Цена: 7430.00 T
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Описание: From the most cavernous engine sheds, like Old Oak Common, through the eccentric country halts on the Tollesbury line and the gantries of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, to the soaring viaducts of Belah and Cumlin, Britain`s Lost Railways offers a sweeping celebration of our railway heritage. The selection of images and the removable facsimile memorabilia, including tickets, posters, timetables and maps, allows the reader to step into that past, serving as a testimony to an age of ingenuity and ambition when the pride we invested in our railways was reflected in the grandeur of the architecture we built for them.

Автор: Wogan Browne Jocelyn
Название: Language and Culture in Medieval Britain
ISBN: 1903153476 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781903153475
Издательство: Wiley
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Цена: 46450.00 T
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Описание: Groundbreaking surveys of the complex interrelationship between the languages of English and French in medieval Britain.

Автор: Jonathan Conlin
Название: Evolution and the Victorians: Science, Culture and Politics in Darwin`s Britain
ISBN: 144113090X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781441130907
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: Charles Darwin’s discovery of evolution by natural selection was the greatest scientific discovery of all time. The publication of his 1859 book, On the Origin of Species, is normally taken as the point at which evolution erupted as an idea, radically altering how the Victorians saw themselves and others. This book tells a very different story. Darwin's discovery was part of a long process of negotiation between imagination, faith and knowledge which began long before 1859 and which continues to this day. Evolution and the Victorians provides historians with a survey of the thinkers and debates implicated in this process, from the late 18th century to the First World War. It sets the history of science in its social and cultural context. Incorporating text-boxes, illustrations and a glossary of specialist terms, it provides students with the background narrative and core concepts necessary to engage with specialist historians such as Adrian Desmond, Bernard Lightman and James Secord. Conlin skilfully synthesises material from a range of sources to show the ways in which the discovery of evolution was a collaborative enterprise pursued in all areas of Victorian society, including many that do not at first appear "scientific".

Автор: Antony Taylor
Название: London`s Burning: Pulp Fiction, the Politics of Terrorism and the Destruction of the Capital in British Popular Culture, 1840 - 2005
ISBN: 1472528948 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472528940
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: From the early years of the nineteenth century, cultural pessimists imagined in fiction the political forces that might bring about the destruction of London. Periods of popular protest or radicalism have generated novels that consider the methods insurgents might use to terrorise the metropolis. There has been a tendency to dismiss such writings as the lurid imaginings of pulp novelists but this book re-evaluates the contribution of popular fiction to the construction of the terrorist threat. It analyses the high-points for the production of such works, and locates them in their cultural and historical context. From the 1840s, when a fear of Chartist insurgency was paramount in the minds of authors, it moves through the anarchist thrillers of the 1890s, considers writers' fears about Bolshevik revolution in the East End of the 1920s and 1930s, explores fears of Fascism in the inter-war years, and assesses the concerns with underground counter-culture that feature in the thriller literature of the 1970s. It concludes with a re-evaluation of the metropolitan background to the figure of the Islamist terrorist.

Автор: Sam Smith
Название: Great Britain Quiz Book
ISBN: 1474921523 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474921527
Издательство: Usborne
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Цена: 5270.00 T
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Описание: Which Roman emperor built a huge wall in 122AD? How many birthdays does the Queen have? And what is bubble and squeak? Packed with legends, landmarks, monarchs and more, this book has over 250 questions for the whole family to enjoy. Includes multiple choice and true or false questions with all the answers at the back of the book.

Автор: Turnbull Stephanie
Название: Atlas of Britain Picture Book
ISBN: 1409599892 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781409599890
Издательство: Usborne
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Цена: 8790.00 T
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Описание: An illustrated, fact-filled atlas showing the most interesting sights across Britain and Northern Ireland, from world famous attractions to local festivals, activities and animal life. Each double page shows a different region, with key geographic and historic features and towns plus a list of things to spot. Includes a contents list and index, and internet links to further information and ideas for things to do in each region, available via the Usborne Quicklinks website.

Автор: Hurley Paul
Название: Changing Railways of Britain
ISBN: 0750989823 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780750989824
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Цена: 26400.00 T
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Описание: As the days of steam ended, other forms of power took over...