Colin Kidd 
British Identities before Nationalism [PDF ebook] 
Ethnicity and Nationhood in the Atlantic World, 1600-1800

Examining the influence of Thomas Aquinas and his followers upon the seventeenth century Puritan theologian John Owen, this book breaks new ground in exploring the impact of medieval thought upon Ref …

Examining cycling from a range of geographical perspectives, this book uses historical and contemporary case studies to look at the history, politics, economy and culture of cycling. Pursuing a post- …

In 1964 Kenneth Kaunda and his United National Independence Party (UNIP) government established the nation of Zambia in the former British colony of Northern Rhodesia. In parallel with many other new …

This book addresses the issue of emerging transnationalism in the conditions of post-socialism through focusing on migrants’ identity as a social construction resulting from their experience of the ‘ …

This important book contains case studies with substantive analysis of Chinese workers in a variety of settings: state enterprises, urban collectives, township and village enterprises, domestic priva …

The LNER Class A3 Pacific locomotive No. 4472 ”Flying Scotsman” is one of the world”s most iconic steam engines. It was built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway at Doncaster Works to …

The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. Volumes contain technical articles rangi …

My enquiring mind wanted to know what my father did during WWII – from the time that he enlisted in March 1941 to serve both King and Country, and until the time he was demobbed in July 1945 and arri …

The story of the Tower of Babel and of the confounding of the languages is more than just a myth invented by someone trying to explain the existence of multiple languages. It is an actual historical …

Forty papers link the study of the military orders’ cultural life and output with their involvement in political and social conflicts during the medieval and early modern period. Divided into two vol …