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Books > History > History of specific subjects > Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours

Talking of the Royal Family (Paperback, New Ed): Prof Michael Billig, Michael Billig Talking of the Royal Family (Paperback, New Ed)
Prof Michael Billig, Michael Billig
R1,476 Discovery Miles 14 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The public seem to have an insatiable appetite for information about the Royal family. Every day the media carry news and pictures about the most famous family in the world. Yet social scientists have virtually ignored this strange mass obsession. Now, Michael Billig, a social psychologist, examines the significance of this interest in royalty. He argues that the Royal family is a symbol of continuity in national consciousness. He supports this claim with analyses of 63 English families discussing the Royal family. As the families talk about royalty, they are talking about much more: about gender, nationality, family life, the media, inequality, sex. Above all, they are talking about themselves. The book shows how this talk can be simultaneously serious and funny. There are jokes, criticism, praise and, above all, acceptance. Billig does much more than simply portray attitudes' towards royalty. He shows how our commonsense attitudes and ordinary desires are constructed and contributes new insights about ideology and popular memory. This book should be of interest to students of sociology, cultural studies, psychology, and the general reader.

Unofficial Guide to Familysearch.Org: How to Find Your Family History on the World's Largest Free Genealogy Website... Unofficial Guide to Familysearch.Org: How to Find Your Family History on the World's Largest Free Genealogy Website (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
Dana McCullough
R733 R615 Discovery Miles 6 150 Save R118 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Discover how to use FamilySearch.org! Learn how to tackle the largest free genealogy website with this in-depth user guide, newly updated to reflect the site's latest developments. The Unofficial Guide to FamilySearch.org, second edition, shows you how to find your family in the site's databases of more than 3.5 billion names and millions of digitized historical records spanning the globe. Learn how to maximize all of FamilySearch.org's research tools--including hard to find features--to extend your family tree in the United States and the old country. This comprehensive guide contains valuable FamilySearch.org tips, including: Step-by-step strategies for crafting search queries that find ancestors fast Practical pointers for locating your ancestors in record collections that aren't keyword searchable Detailed overviews of FamilySearch.org's major US, European, Canadian, and Mexican collections, plus records from more than 100 other countries Tips for creating and managing your family tree on FamilySearch.org Expert tips for utilizing user-submitted genealogies, digitized family history books, and the FamilySearch catalog of 2.4 million offline resources you can borrow through a local Family History Center Illustrated step-by-step examples that will teach you exactly how to apply these tips and techniques to your own research Worksheets and checklists to track your research progress Whether you're new to FamilySearch.org or a longtime user, you'll find the guidance you need in the Unofficial Guide to FamilySearch.org to discover your ancestors and make the most of the site's valuable resources.

Family History and Local History in England (Paperback): David Hey Family History and Local History in England (Paperback)
David Hey
R1,211 R1,084 Discovery Miles 10 840 Save R127 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a book for those thousands of family historians who have already made some progress in tracing their family tree and have become interested in the places where their ancestors lived, worked and raised children. It emphasises the diversity and extraordinary complexity of the rural and urban communities in provincial England even before the great changes associated with the Industrial Revolution.

The Camerons - The Origins of the Clan Cameron and Their Place in History (Paperback): John Mackay The Camerons - The Origins of the Clan Cameron and Their Place in History (Paperback)
John Mackay
R123 R99 Discovery Miles 990 Save R24 (20%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Hold On Edna! - The heartwarming true story of the first baby born on the NHS (Paperback): Aneira Thomas Hold On Edna! - The heartwarming true story of the first baby born on the NHS (Paperback)
Aneira Thomas
R279 R228 Discovery Miles 2 280 Save R51 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

THIS HEARTBREAKING, HEARTWARMING, TRUE STORY FOLLOWING THE HISTORY OF A FAMILY IN WALES IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS EVER WRITTEN. 'I am a proud supporter of our National Health Service which has shown yet again what an important and valued institution it is in the UK. As the first NHS baby through to her work today, Aneira's story shows her dedication and passion for protecting this phenomenal service for future generations.' KEIR STARMER 'This book speaks from the heart about a passion to preserve our NHS - as powerful a symbol of goodness as we have. Nye's own experience and that of her family represents our deep need to fight for a society where all are equal in worth and value. And how the NHS stands fast as a symbol of equality, of fairness, and of compassion for all.' MICHAEL SHEEN 'Aneira has written a memoir which is a deeply personal, richly researched and incredibly timely tribute to Britain's commitment to provide free and equal healthcare to all.' - DAILY MAIL Book of the Week, 22 May 2020 'Moving tribute to the NHS.' - WI Life _____________________________________________________________ 'Edna,' says the doctor, coming to stand beside her bed. 'You need to wait. It's not long now. Don't push. Just hold on, Edna!' The birth of the National Health Service coincided with the birth of one little girl in South Wales: Aneira 'Nye' Thomas, the first baby delivered by the NHS. This is the touching story of Nye's family - their loves and losses - and the launch of a treasured public service that has touched the lives of every family in the nation.

Art and Magic in the Court of the Stuarts (Paperback): Vaughan Hart Art and Magic in the Court of the Stuarts (Paperback)
Vaughan Hart
R1,353 Discovery Miles 13 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Spanning from the inauguration of James I in 1603 to the execution of Charles I in 1649, the Stuart court saw the emergence of a full expression of Renaissance culture in Britain. Hart examines the influence of magic on Renaissance art and how in its role as an element of royal propaganda, art was used to represent the power of the monarch and reflect his apparent command over the hidden forces of nature. Court artists sought to represent magic as an expression of the Stuart Kings' divine right, and later of their policy of Absolutism, through masques, sermons, heraldry, gardens, architecture and processions. As such, magic of the kind enshrined in Neoplatonic philosophy and the court art which expressed its cosmology, played their part in the complex causes of the Civil War and the destruction of the Stuart image which followed in its wake.

England Without a King 1649-60 (Paperback, New Ed): Austin Woolrych England Without a King 1649-60 (Paperback, New Ed)
Austin Woolrych
R1,094 Discovery Miles 10 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Professor Woolrych surveys the establishment and history if the Commonwealth and Protectorate, first explaining how the country lost its king, and how Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector. Professor Woolrych challenges accepted views on the nature of the Protectorate, and finally offers some guidelines to the tangled period between Cromwell's death and the Restoration.

The Habsburgs - To Rule the World (Paperback): Martyn Rady The Habsburgs - To Rule the World (Paperback)
Martyn Rady
R577 R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Save R139 (24%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Two Dollar Radio Guide To Naming Your Baby (Paperback): Travis Hoewischer Two Dollar Radio Guide To Naming Your Baby (Paperback)
Travis Hoewischer
R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Football Baby Names - Your Child is Born a Champion with a Name Like This (Hardcover): Boudewijn Bosman, Tim Nikken Football Baby Names - Your Child is Born a Champion with a Name Like This (Hardcover)
Boudewijn Bosman, Tim Nikken
R396 R323 Discovery Miles 3 230 Save R73 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Future parents have many choices to make. Which colour should we paint the room? Do we give birth at home or in the hospital? And, most importantly: what will be the name of the baby? Evidently, you would like to pick a name that gives the child a headstart, that might even raise expectations and ultimately, a name that suits the successful and fabulous human being it will evolve into. In bygone days, children were named after Biblical or heroic figures. But where do you find modern-day heroes? On the football field, of course! Names like Jari, Lionel, Cristiano or Johan - they immediately evoke an emotion or an image. With these football names your baby is ahead of the game.

The Heraldic Art of John Ferguson (Hardcover): Stephen Friar The Heraldic Art of John Ferguson (Hardcover)
Stephen Friar
R927 R878 Discovery Miles 8 780 Save R49 (5%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Write Your Own Egyptian Hieroglyphs - Names * Greetings * Insults * Sayings (Paperback): Angela McDonald Write Your Own Egyptian Hieroglyphs - Names * Greetings * Insults * Sayings (Paperback)
Angela McDonald 2
R287 R229 Discovery Miles 2 290 Save R58 (20%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a handy and colourful illustrated guide to reading, writing and understanding ancient Egyptian names, epithets, titles and phrases. The Egyptians believed that the creator god Ptah brought the world into being by naming everything in it. Names had great power, and kings often over-wrote their own names on the monuments of earlier rulers. A person's name was a vitally important part of them, and the Egyptians were very concerned that their names should be recorded, remembered and spoken. Criminals and those who had fallen out of favour could be punished - wiped out of history - by having their names destroyed or defaced. The hieroglyphic script provided a beautiful, flexible and expressive means to write the names of humans, gods and animals. Angela McDonald explains the meanings of Egyptian personal names and how they were made up (Rameses = 'Ra has given birth to him') and demonstrates how they were written in different ways to convey various shades of meaning. Royal and divine names are always given special treatment. The Egyptians were not always formal, and nicknames were common. Even the names of pet animals are recorded in tomb paintings.

Thomson - The Origins of the Thomsons and Their Place in History (Paperback): Iain Gray Thomson - The Origins of the Thomsons and Their Place in History (Paperback)
Iain Gray
R123 R99 Discovery Miles 990 Save R24 (20%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Graham - The Origins of the Clan Graham and Their Place in History (Paperback): George Forbes Graham - The Origins of the Clan Graham and Their Place in History (Paperback)
George Forbes
R123 R99 Discovery Miles 990 Save R24 (20%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
On Becoming Apache (Paperback): Harry Mithlo, Conger Beasley Jr On Becoming Apache (Paperback)
Harry Mithlo, Conger Beasley Jr
R745 R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Save R138 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the story of Watson Mithlo, Chiricahua Apache, his family, and his life. Watson's story embodies the life of the Chiricahua Apache people, who in 1886 were forced into exile to Fort Marion, Florida, by the US government and considered prisoners of war until 1914. This story tells Watson's lived history as the Chiricahua were relocated from Arizona to Florida to Alabama and finally to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. But this is also a story of Harry Mithlo, Watson's son, and Conger Beasley, Harry's friend. It is a story of telling a story. The three voices that serve as our narrators--Watson, Harry, and Conger--all contribute information and emotions, caught up in a kind of ongoing, never-ending, simultaneous present. This story is a composite, a mosaic, a song. It is imbued with oral tradition, Apache medicine, and the dance of the Chiricahua Mountain Spirits. Through Watson, Harry, and Conger, one man's life becomes a circle, blending history with the sacred in the telling of a distinctly Native story.

Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors (Paperback, 7th Edition): National Records Of Scotland Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors (Paperback, 7th Edition)
National Records Of Scotland
R410 R374 Discovery Miles 3 740 Save R36 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This is a new edition of the bestselling guide to this increasingly popular pursuit. Scotland has the best-maintained records and facilities of any country in the world for undertaking family research, and now that the National Records of Scotland are available online they can be consulted by anyone from whatever country. Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors is the National Records' official guide and is written in an accessible style from the unique perspective of a custodian of the records. It details all the latest internet developments, including a chapter on family history on the web. It also points to more traditional resources, explaining step by step how to research records of births, marriages and wills.

Heraldry, Pageantry and Social Display in Medieval England (Paperback, New Ed): Peter Coss, Maurice H. Keen Heraldry, Pageantry and Social Display in Medieval England (Paperback, New Ed)
Peter Coss, Maurice H. Keen; Contributions by Adrian Ailes, Brian & Moira Gittos, Caroline M. Barron, …
R825 Discovery Miles 8 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Discussion of display through a range of artefacts and in a variety of contexts: family and lineage, social distinction and aspiration, ceremony and social bonding, and the expression of power and authority. Medieval culture was intensely visual. Although this has long been recognised by art historians and by enthusiasts for particular media, there has been little attempt to study social display as a subject in its own right. And yet,display takes us directly into the values, aspirations and, indeed, anxieties of past societies. In this illustrated volume a group of experts address a series of interrelated themes around the issue of display and do so in a waywhich avoids jargon and overly technical language. Among the themes are family and lineage, social distinction and aspiration, ceremony and social bonding, and the expression of power and authority. The media include monumental effigies, brasses, stained glass, rolls of arms, manuscripts, jewels, plate, seals and coins. Contributors: MAURICE KEEN, DAVID CROUCH, PETER COSS, CAROLINE SHENTON, ADRIAN AILES, FREDERIQUE LACHAUD, MARIAN CAMPBELL, BRIAN and MOIRA GITTOS, NIGEL SAUL, FIONN PILBROW, CAROLINE BARRON and JOHN WATTS.

The Lighthouse Stevensons (Paperback): Bella Bathurst The Lighthouse Stevensons (Paperback)
Bella Bathurst
R334 R228 Discovery Miles 2 280 Save R106 (32%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An exciting new edition of Bella Bathurst's epic story of Robert Louis Stevenson's ancestors and the building of the Scottish coastal lighthouses against impossible odds. 'Whenever I smell salt water, I know that I am not far from one of the works of my ancestors,' wrote Robert Louis Stevenson in 1880. 'When the lights come out at sundown along the shores of Scotland, I am proud to think they burn more brightly for the genius of my father!' Robert Louis Stevenson was the most famous of the Stevensons, but not by any means the most productive. The Lighthouse Stevensons, all four generations of them, built every lighthouse round Scotland, were responsible for a slew of inventions in both construction and optics, and achieved feats of engineering in conditions that would be forbidding even today. The same driven energy which Robert Louis Stevenson put into writing, his ancestors put into lighting the darkness of the seas. The Lighthouse Stevensons is a story of high endeavour, beautifully told; indeed, this is one of the most celebrated works of historical biography in recent memory.

The Roth Family, Anthropology, and Colonial Administration (Hardcover): Russell McDougall, Iain Davidson The Roth Family, Anthropology, and Colonial Administration (Hardcover)
Russell McDougall, Iain Davidson
R4,221 Discovery Miles 42 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

No family better represents the overlapping roles of administrator and scientist in the British empire than the Roths. Descended from a Hungarian emigrant to Australia, two generations of Roths served the empire on four continents and, at the same time, produced ethnographic, archaeological, and linguistic studies that form the basis for much modern research. This volume assesses the often-conflicting roles and contributions of the Roths as government servants and anthropologists. Most of the volume deals with Walter E. Roth, who developed foundational studies of both the Australian Aborigines-considered to be among the first systematic ethnographies anywhere-and South American tribes while serving as Chief Protector of Aborigines in Queensland and later medical officer, magistrate, museum curator and indigenous relations officer in British Guyana. Henry Ling Roth's contributions to the anthropology of Tasmania, Benin, Sarawak, and New Zealand are also enumerated, as are the publications and administrative activities of the succeeding generation of Roths. This volume serves the reader as a family biography, a slice of the English colonial history, and an important introduction to the history of anthropology.

Almanach de Gotha 2015 - Volume II Part III (Hardcover): John E. James Almanach de Gotha 2015 - Volume II Part III (Hardcover)
John E. James
R1,883 Discovery Miles 18 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Name Game - Cultural Modernization and First Names (Hardcover): Jurgen Gerhards The Name Game - Cultural Modernization and First Names (Hardcover)
Jurgen Gerhards
R3,907 Discovery Miles 39 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From decade to decade, significant changes occur in the choice of first names for children. One-time favorites are perceived as old fashioned and replaced by new choices. In "The Name Game," Jrgen Gerhards shows that shifts in the choice of names are based on more than arbitrary trends of fashion. Instead, he demonstrates, they are determined by larger currents in cultural modernization.
Using classic tools of sociology, Gerhards focuses on changing atterns of first names in Germany from the end of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth, using these as an indicator of cultural change. Among the influences he considers are religion, and he notes a trend toward greater secularization in first names. He considers the extent to which Christian names have been displaced, and whether the process is similar for Catholics and Protestants. He traces the impact of different political regimes (Second Empire, Weimar Republic, Third Reich, West Germany, East Germany) and the accompanying rise and fall of German nationalist sentiment. He also investigates the dissolution of the family as a unit of production, and its impact on the naming of children. He shows that the weakening of traditional ties of religion, nation, and family has led to greater individuation and greater receptivity toward foreign first names. Gerhards concludes with a discussion of whether the blurring of gender and sex roles is reflected in the decrease of gender-specific names.
Written in a lucid, approachable style, "The Name Game" will be of interest not only to sociologists and cultural studies specialists, but also non-professionals, especially parents who are interested in reflecting on the process of name giving.
Jrgen Gerhards is professor of sociology at the Free University of Berlin. He was a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin and at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences. He is co-author with Myra Marx Ferree, William A. Gamson, and Dieter Rucht of "Shaping Abortion Discourse: Democracy and the Public Sphere in Germany and the United States."

Family History Record Book - An 8-generation family tree workbook to record your research (Paperback): Heritage Hunter Family History Record Book - An 8-generation family tree workbook to record your research (Paperback)
Heritage Hunter
R332 Discovery Miles 3 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Singh - The Origins of the Singh Family and Their Place in History (Paperback): Iain Gray Singh - The Origins of the Singh Family and Their Place in History (Paperback)
Iain Gray
R123 R99 Discovery Miles 990 Save R24 (20%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Grandpa's Old Photos - Including His Family Tree Dating Back to the 1700s (Hardcover): Neal Bertrand Grandpa's Old Photos - Including His Family Tree Dating Back to the 1700s (Hardcover)
Neal Bertrand; Foreword by Carola L Hartley; Cover design or artwork by Elizabeth Bell Landry
R1,314 Discovery Miles 13 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers - 3rd edition (Hardcover, 3 Revised Edition): Cecil R.Humphery- Smith The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers - 3rd edition (Hardcover, 3 Revised Edition)
Cecil R.Humphery- Smith
R1,547 R1,216 Discovery Miles 12 160 Save R331 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Parish registers are a vast, important but widely scattered archive. They are essential to the family historian, providing the only written record of the vast majority of our ancestors who left but three brief mentions - a baptism, a marriage and a burial. This guide to parish registers, now in its third edition, and covering England, Scotland and Wales, is a vital, time-saving tool that has become universally known as 'the genealogist's bible'. The Atlas includes the famous county 'parish' maps, which show pre-1832 parochial boundaries, colour-coded probate jurisdictions, starting dates of surviving registers, and churches and chapels, where relevant. Topographical maps face each 'parish' map, and show the contemporary road system and other local features, to help deduce the likely movement of people beyond the searcher's starting point. The Index lists the parishes, with grid references to the county maps. It indicates the present whereabouts of original registers and copies, and whether a parish is included in other indexes. It also gives registration districts and census information. Thus in this invaluable guide, the user may quickly find answers to such questions as: Have the registers been deposited? Where may they be found? What outside dates do they cover? Have they been copied or indexed, and by whom?

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