Matthew Hilton 
Consumerism in Twentieth-Century Britain [PDF ebook] 
The Search for a Historical Movement

Alabama State University is well known as a historically black university and for the involvement of its faculty and students in the civil rights movement. Less attention has been paid to the school& …

From Vacillation to Resolve tells the little-known story of the French Communist Party’s role in the Resistance movement against the Nazis during World War II. Author Julian Mc Phillips Jr. researche …

Binge drinking and illicit sex were just as common in the Dutch Golden Age as they are today, if not more so. Sex, Drugs and Rock ”n” Roll in the Dutch Golden Age is a compelling narrative about th …

This thought-provoking collection of essays analyses the complex, multi-faceted, and even contradictory nature of Stalinism and its representations. Stalinism was an extraordinarily repressive and vi …

Perceptions of the Great War have changed significantly since its outbreak and children”s authors have continually attempted to engage with those changes, explaining and interpreting the events of 1 …

Merriam Press World War 2 In Review Series. Provides a detailed chronology of the war from September 1, 1939, and includes a selection of 474 B&W and color photographs covering the war from beginning …

This is the first book to appear on British intelligence operations based in both India and London, which defended the Indian Empire against subversion during the first two decades of the twentieth c …

First Published in 1965. This is a general account of the influence on English history of the period of the French Revolution. This volume seeks to fill that gap and to sketch an outline of the worki …

First published in 2001. The dramatic rise to power of the Sa’udi family in Central Arabia and The emergence of the country from early Moslem ways into The modern materialism of The West are vividly …

Who was Learie Constantine? And what can he tell us about the politics of race and race relations in 20th-century Britain and the Empire? Through examining the life, times and opinions of this Trinid …