Culloden and the `45, Black, Jeremy

Автор: Black, Jeremy
Название: A brief history of london
ISBN: 1472146719 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472146717
Издательство: Little Brown
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Описание: A brilliantly concise history of London, with a distinctive perspective focusing on the city in its national and, more importantly, international contexts, rather than London itself. Why did London become the foremost international city, how did it sustain that position, and what is happening to it now?

Автор: Black Jeremy
Название: George iii
ISBN: 0241248108 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241248102
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: King of Britain for sixty years and the last king of what would become the United States, George III inspired both hatred and loyalty and is now best known for two reasons: as a villainous tyrant for America's Founding Fathers, and for his madness, both of which have been portrayed on stage and screen. In this concise and penetrating biography, Jeremy Black turns away from the image-making and back to the archives, and instead locates George's life within his age: as a king who faced the loss of key colonies, rebellion in Ireland, insurrection in London, constitutional crisis in Britain and an existential threat from Revolutionary France as part of modern Britain's longest period of war. Black shows how George III rose to these challenges with fortitude and helped settle parliamentary monarchy as an effective governmental system, eventually becoming the most popular monarch for well over a century.

He also shows us a talented and curious individual, committed to music, art, architecture and science, who took the duties of monarchy seriously, from reviewing death penalties to trying to control his often wayward children even as his own mental health failed, and became Britain's longest reigning king.

Автор: Jeremy Black
Название: Avoiding Armageddon
ISBN: 1441157131 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781441157133
Издательство: Continuum
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Описание: An original and up-to-date account of the years between the World Wars which locates the period in terms of long-term questions and military and global history.

Автор: Black Jeremy
Название: History of the British Isles
ISBN: 0230362060 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230362062
Издательство: Macmillan ELT
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Описание: Jeremy Black's vigorous and fascinating study tells the story of a group of islands, their peoples, and their remarkable impact on the rest of the world. From the earliest pre-history right up to the present day, this stirring account describes the astonishingly varied stages through which the British Isles have passed to achieve their current identity. Unlike most other texts, 'A History of the British Isles' is not just a history of England. Proper weight is given to all four, often fractious, components of the British Isles - England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales - providing the reader with an admirably balanced and absorbing narrative of an extraordinary shared past. Thoroughly revised and up-to-date, this timely third edition now contains fresh insights and incorporates more material on social and cultural history.

Автор: Jeremy Black
Название: Maps of War
ISBN: 1472830512 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472830517
Издательство: Osprey
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Описание: A magnificent visual survey of how conflict was recorded and planned, using maps produced at the time to reveal how warfare and its documentation has changed through the centuries.

Автор: Black Jeremy
Название: Geographies of an Imperial Power: The British World, 1688a1815
ISBN: 0253031583 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253031587
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: From explorers tracing rivers to navigators hunting for longitude, spatial awareness and the need for empirical understanding were linked to British strategy in the 1700s. This strategy, in turn, aided in the assertion of British power and authority on a global scale. In this sweeping consideration of Britain in the 18th century, Jeremy Black explores the interconnected roles of power and geography in the creation of a global empire. Geography was at the heart of Britain’s expansion into India, its response to uprisings in Scotland and America, and its revolutionary development of railways. Geographical dominance was reinforced as newspapers stoked the fires of xenophobia and defined the limits of cosmopolitan Europe as compared to the "barbarism" beyond. Geography provided a system of analysis and classification which gave Britain political, cultural, and scientific sovereignty. Black considers geographical knowledge not just as a tool for creating a shared cultural identity but also as a key mechanism in the formation of one of the most powerful and far-reaching empires the world has ever known.

Автор: Black Jeremy
Название: The Age of Total War, 1860-1945
ISBN: 1442207000 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781442207004
Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Описание: What is total war? Definitions abound, but one thing is certain-the concept of total war has come to be seen as a defining concept of the modern age. In The Age of Total War, celebrated historian Jeremy Black explores the rise and demise of an era of total war, which he defines in terms of the intensity of the struggle, the range (geographical and/or chronological) of conflict, the nature of the goals, and the extent to which civil society was involved. He contends that this era (roughly 1860-1945) was markedly different from the warfare that characterized earlier periods, and that it is very different from the situation that has evolved since, with its emphasis on asymmetrical conflict and limited warfare.

Acknowledging that various definitions are problematic and often contradictory, Black argues that 1860 to 1945 was an era in which the prospect of war and the consequences of it were crucially important for human history. He focuses primarily on conflict between Western powers, including Japanese participation in the Russo-Japanese War. Trends and developments subsequent to 1945 have combined, Black asserts, to make a return to total war unlikely.

Автор: Jeremy Black
Название: Forts
ISBN: 1472827635 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472827630
Издательство: Osprey
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Описание: Provides an introduction to the representation theory of quivers and finite dimensional algebras. It gives a thorough and modern treatment of the algebraic approach based on Auslander-Reiten theory as well as the approach based on geometric invariant theory. The book is suitable for a graduate course in quiver representations and has numerous exercises and examples throughout.

Автор: Jeremy Black
Название: Mapping Shakespeare
ISBN: 1844865177 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781844865178
Издательство: Bloomsbury
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Описание:

An exploration through maps of the land and time in which Shakespeare wrote.

This beautiful new book looks at the England, Europe, and wider world in which William Shakespeare worked through maps and illustrations that reveal the way that he and his Tudor contemporaries saw their land and their place in the world. Lovers of Shakespeare's plays will delight in seeing Romeo and Juliet's 16th century Verona, and the Venice of Antonio and Shylock. Mapping Shakespeare explores the locations of his plays and looks at the possible inspirations for these and why Shakespeare would have chosen to set his stories there.

Автор: Jeremy Black
Название: Contesting History: Narratives of Public History
ISBN: 1472519515 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472519511
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: Contesting History is an authoritative guide to the positive and negative applications of the past in the public arena and what this signifies for the meaning of history more widely. Using a global, non-Western model, Jeremy Black examines the employment of history by the state, the media, the national collective memory and others and considers its fundamental significance in how we understand the past. Moving from public life pre-1400 to the struggle of ideologies in the 20th century and contemporary efforts to find meaning in historical narratives, Jeremy Black incorporates a great deal of original material on governmental, social and commercial influences on the public use of history. This includes a host of in-depth case studies from different periods of history around the world, and coverage of public history in a wider range of media, including TV and film. Readers are guided through this material by an expansive introduction, section headings, chapter conclusions and a selected further reading list. Written with eminent clarity and breadth of knowledge, Contesting History is a key text for all students of public history and anyone keen to know more about the nature of history as a discipline and concept.

Автор: Black, Jeremy
Название: Brief history of the british monarchy
ISBN: 1472147901 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472147905
Издательство: Little Brown
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Описание: A concise complete history of British monarchy, from its pre-Roman origins to the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II.

Автор: Black Jeremy M.
Название: Plotting Power: Strategy in the Eighteenth Century
ISBN: 0253026083 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253026088
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: -Military strategy takes place as much on broad national and international stages as on battlefields. In a brilliant reimagining of the impetus and scope of eighteenth-century warfare, historian Jeremy Black takes us far and wide, from the battlefields and global maneuvers in North America and Europe to the military machinations and plotting of such Asian powers as China, Japan, Burma, Vietnam, and Siam. Europeans coined the term -strategy- only two centuries ago, but strategy as a concept has been practiced globally throughout history. Taking issue with traditional military historians, Black argues persuasively that strategy was as much political as battlefield tactics and that plotting power did not always involve outright warfare but also global considerations of alliance building, trade agreements, and intimidation.---Provided by publisher.