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This is the first-ever book to explore illegitimacy in Wales during
the eighteenth century. Drawing on previously overlooked archival
sources, it examines the scope and context of Welsh illegitimacy,
and the link between illegitimacy, courtship and economic
precarity. It also goes beyond courtship to consider the different
identities and relationships of the mothers and fathers of
illegitimate children in Wales, and the lived experience of
conception, pregnancy and childbirth for unmarried mothers. This
book reframes the study of illegitimacy by combining demographic,
social and cultural history approaches to emphasise the diversity
of experiences, contexts and consequences.
A village-by-village survey of Suffolk, including descriptions of
church monuments, other antiquities, local ecclesiastical and
manorial customs. and property ownership, in the first five years
of the seventeenth century. The Chorography of Suffolk
reconstructed in this volume is one of the first attempts of a
county survey of Suffolk. It has remained almost unknown and
unconsidered by antiquaries since it was compiled, at the end of
the reign of Elizabeth I, for no county antiquarian tradition
comparable to those in Essex and Warwickshire ever emerged in
Suffolk. The unknown author of the Chorography intended his work to
be a village-by-village survey of the county, including
descriptions of church monuments, other antiquities, local
ecclesiastical and manorial customs, and property ownership as he
found them in his own day. The resulting work, although never
completed, is an invaluable gazetteer of Suffolk as it was in the
first five years of the seventeenth century. The manuscript passed
into the library of the eminent doctor Sir Thomas Browne, before
its acquisition by Peter Le Neve, the indefatigable but eccentric
eighteenth century antiquary. It was Le Neve who was responsible
for the dismemberment of the Suffolk Chorography manuscript into
several hundred fragments, so that from the dispersal of his
collections in the 1780s until the present day, the pieces of the
Suffolk manuscript have become scattered through at least six
different English archive collections, and some of it remains lost.
The present volume forms the fruits of a great academic jigsaw
puzzle following the first chance rediscovery of a large number of
the fragments, and it represents about 95 per cent of the text as
it existed before Le Neve's vandalism.
In White Innocence Gloria Wekker explores a central paradox of
Dutch culture: the passionate denial of racial discrimination and
colonial violence coexisting alongside aggressive racism and
xenophobia. Accessing a cultural archive built over 400 years of
Dutch colonial rule, Wekker fundamentally challenges Dutch racial
exceptionalism by undermining the dominant narrative of the
Netherlands as a "gentle" and "ethical" nation. Wekker analyzes the
Dutch media's portrayal of black women and men, the failure to
grasp race in the Dutch academy, contemporary conservative politics
(including gay politicians espousing anti-immigrant rhetoric), and
the controversy surrounding the folkloric character Black Pete,
showing how the denial of racism and the expression of innocence
safeguards white privilege. Wekker uncovers the postcolonial legacy
of race and its role in shaping the white Dutch self, presenting
the contested, persistent legacy of racism in the country.
Accounts of Irish racialization in the United States have tended to
stress Irish difference. Famine Irish and the American Racial State
takes a different stance. This interdisciplinary, transnational
work uses an array of cultural artifacts, including novels, plays,
songs, cartoons, government reports, laws, sermons, memoirs, and
how-to manuals, to make its case. It challenges the claim that the
Irish "became white" in the United States, showing that the claim
fails to take into full account the legal position of the Irish in
the nineteenth-century US state - a state that deemed the Irish
"white" upon arrival. The Irish thus not only fitted into the US
racial state; they helped to form it. Till now, little heed has
been paid to the state's role in the Americanization of the Irish
or to the Irish role in the development of US state institutions.
Distinguishing American citizenship from American nationality, this
volume journeys to California to analyze the means by which the
Irish gained acceptance in both categories, at the expense of the
Chinese. Along the way, it contests ideas that have taken hold
within American studies. One is the notion that the Roman Catholic
Church operated outside of the power structure of the
nineteenth-century United States. On the contrary, Famine Irish and
the American Racial State argues, the Irish-led corporate Catholic
Church became deeply imbricated in US state structures. Its final
chapter discusses a radical, transnational, Irish tradition that
offers a glimpse at a postnational future.
Written for both a general and academic audience, this full-length
biography of Feargus O'Connor (1795-1855) provides an overview of a
turbulent and active political career, from positions in journalism
and the House of Commons to mass demonstrations for the People's
Charter and working for the Chartist Land company. At the height of
his popularity as a leader of the Chartists' campaign for
democratic reform, O'Connor enjoyed the support of millions of
working people. But more than any other popular leader of his
generation, he sought to bring the "working Saxon and Celt"
together in a common struggle, an aspiration that had its roots
deep in the Irish past. Uniquely, this account restores the Irish
dimension of O'Connor's career to its proper place by offering, for
the first time, an evaluation of his heritage, his ideas, and his
public life on both sides of the Irish Sea.
The hill of Uisneach lies almost exactly at the geographical center
of Ireland. Remarkably, a fraction at least of the ancient Irish
population was aware of that fact. There is no doubt that the place
of Uisneach in Irish mythology, and more broadly speaking the
Celtic world, was of utmost importance: Uisneach was - and probably
still is - best defined as a sacred hill at the center of Ireland,
possibly the sacred hill of the center of Ireland. Uisneach or the
Center of Ireland explores the medieval documents connected with
the hill and compares them with both archeological data and modern
Irish folklore. In the early 21st century, a Fire Festival started
being held on Uisneach in connection with the festival of
Bealtaine, in early May, arguably in an attempt to echo more
ancient traditions: the celebration was attended by Michael D.
Higgins, the current president of Ireland, who lit the fire of
Uisneach on 6 May 2017. This book argues that the symbolic
significance of the hill has echoed the evolution of Irish society
through time, be it in political, spiritual and religious terms or,
perhaps more accurately, in terms of identity and Irishness. It is
relevant for scholars and advanced students in the fields of
cultural history, Irish history and cultural studies.
A concsie, comprehensive textbook on twentieth century Britain
inclding thematic chapters and case-study chapters on key periods
and topics that will engage attention. British History is still
widely studied and this book provides an up-to-date survey of that
history. The book is fully updated and engages with the most recent
historioigraphy as well as what people said they needed, such as
more qunatative approaches, movement away from the binary focus on
pre- and post-1945.
This book explores the intricate and intimate relationship between
military organization, imperial policy, and society in colonial
South Asia. The chapters in the volume focus on technology,
logistics, and state building. The present volume highlights the
salient features of expansion and consolidation of imperial control
over the subcontinent, and ultimate demise of the Raj. Further, it
turns the spotlight on to subaltern challenges to imperialism as
well as the role of non-combatants in warfare. The volume: * Deals
with both conventional and guerrilla conflicts and focuses on the
frontiers (both North-West and North-East, including Burma); *
Looks at the army as an institution rather than present a
chronological account of military operations, which highlights the
complex and tortuous relationship between combat institution,
colonial state, and Indian society; * Integrates top-down
approaches in military and strategic studies with the bottom-up
perspectives and discusses on how the conduct of war (organisation
and technology) is related to the economic, societal, and cultural
impact of war. A rich account of the British 'Army in India', this
book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of
South Asian history, military history, political history,
colonialism, and the British Empire.
* This collection builds a broad basis for a possible and necessary
paradigmatic shift in the field of theater and performance
historiography. * Would be recommended reading in for any
undergraduate or master's level students studying theatre history,
drama and dance. * The closest competitors do not explore the term
'entangled histories'. Therefore this collection breaks new ground
by looking at this concept as a new paradigm in the field.
This volume examines the critical factors and processes by which
the Provisional Irish Republican movement campaign from 1969 to
1998 transformed a once acquiescent nationalist population in
Northern Ireland into a counterpublic of resistance demanding
national self-determination and social justice. Considering the
establishment of Irish Republican community institutions, prison
protests, Republican Feminism, and Provisional IRA media and
communications, this volume explores the emergence of Republicanism
as a mass social movement in the nationalist Catholic ghettos and
rural regions of Northern Ireland in the 1970s - a development that
helped to sustain the armed struggle of the Provisional Irish
Republican Army for three decades. An examination of the emergence
and transformative power of the counterpublic discourse and action
of the Irish Republican movement, this volume provides a framework
for conceptualizing counterpublics in social movement studies. As
such it will appeal to scholars of sociology, history, and politics
with interests in social movements and mobilization.
WHY PUBLISH: - While there are a lot of true crime style books that
look at similar case studies, this is the only academic book on
Australian crime currently on the market pitched at an
undergraduate audience. - The author is a well-know and respected
academic, and used her connections to bring a stellar cast of
reputable contributors on board for this project. - Book is based
on a successful, long-running course offered at Newcastle
University, Australia.
Guides the reader through the process of sourcing a relevant oral
history archive for linguistic analysis, constructing a
representative corpus out of this archive and analysing this using
corpus tools Shows how corpus linguistics can illuminate themes
worthy of investigation that may otherwise remain hidden Shows what
readers can gain from blending linguistic tools and competencies
with oral history data
James VI and Noble Power in Scotland explores how Scotland was
governed in the late sixteenth century by examining the dynamic
between King James and his nobles from the end of his formal
minority in 1578 until his accession to the English throne in 1603.
The collection assesses James' relationship with his nobility,
detailing how he interacted with them, and how they fought,
co-operated with and understood each other. It includes case
studies from across Scotland from the Highlands to the Borders and
burghs, and on major individual events such as the famous Gowrie
conspiracy. Themes such as the nature of government in Scotland and
religion as a shaper of policy and faction are addressed, as well
as broader perspectives on the British and European nobility,
bloodfeuds, and state-building in the early modern period. The ten
chapters together challenge well-established notions that James
aimed to be a modern, centralising monarch seeking to curb the
traditional structures of power, and that the period represented a
period of crisis for the traditional and unrestrained culture of
feuding nobility. It is demonstrated that King James was a
competent and successful manager of his kingdom who demanded a new
level of obedience as a 'universal king'. This volume offers
students of Stuart Britain a fresh and valuable perspective on
James and his reign.
This book provides the first biographical study of Charles Pelham
Villiers (1802-1898), whose long UK parliamentary career spanned
numerous government administrations under twenty different prime
ministers. An aristocrat from a privileged background, Villiers was
elected to Parliament as a Radical in 1835 and subsequently served
the constituency of Wolverhampton for sixty-three years until his
death in 1898. A staunch Liberal free trader throughout his life,
Villiers played a pre-eminent role in the Anti-Corn Law League as
its parliamentary champion, introduced an important series of Poor
Law reforms and later split with William Gladstone over the issue
of Irish Home Rule, turning thereafter to Liberal Unionism. Hence
Villiers, who remains the longest-serving MP in British
parliamentary history, was intimately involved with many of the
great issues of the Victorian Age in Britain.
With contributions from political, social and literary historians
based in Britain, Australia and the United States, this volume
presents 11 essays on the Chartist movement.'
The Great Fire of 1666 was one of the greatest catastrophes to
befall London in its long history. While its impact on London and
its built environment has been studied and documented, its impact
on Londoners has been overlooked. This book makes full and
systematic use of the wealth of manuscript sources that illustrate
social, economic and cultural change in seventeenth-century London
to examine the impact of the Fire in terms of how individuals and
communities reacted and responded to it, and to put the response to
the Fire in the context of existing trends in early modern England.
The book also explores the broader effects of the Fire in the rest
of the country, as well as how the Great Fire continued to be an
important polemical tool into the eighteenth century.
This book traces the history of the "Church Crisis", a conflict
between the Protestant and Anglo-Catholic (Ritualist) parties
within the Church of England between 1898 and 1906. During this
period, increasing numbers of Britons embraced Anglo-Catholicism
and even converted to Roman Catholicism. Consequent fears that
Catholicism was undermining the "Protestant" heritage of the
established church led to a moral panic. The Crisis led to a
temporary revival of Erastianism as protestant groups sought to
stamp out Catholicism within the established church through
legislation whilst Anglo-Catholics, who valued ecclesiastical
autonomy, opposed any such attempts. The eventual victory of forces
in favor of greater ecclesiastical autonomy ended parliamentary
attempts to control church practice, sounding the death knell of
Erastianism. Despite increased acknowledgment that religious
concerns remained deep-seated around the turn of the century,
historians have failed to recognize that this period witnessed a
high point in Protestant-Catholic antagonism and a shift in the
relationship between the established church and Parliament.
Parliament's increasing unwillingness to address ecclesiastical
concerns in this period was not an example advancing political
secularity. Rather, Parliament's increased reluctance to engage
with the Church of England illustrates the triumph of an
anti-Erastian conception of church-state relations.
Lincolnshire is England's second-largest county-and one of the
least well-known. Yet its understated chronicles, unfashionable
towns and undervalued countryside conceal fascinating stories, and
unique landscapes: its Wolds are lonely and beautiful, its towns
characterful; its marshlands and dynamic coast are metaphors of
constant change. From plesiosaurs to Puritans, medieval ghosts to
eighteenth-century explorers, poets to politicians, and Vikings to
Brexit, this marginal county is central to England's identity.
Canute, Henry IV, John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford all called
Lincolnshire home. So did saints, world-famed churchmen and
reformers-Etheldreda, Gilbert, Guthlac and Hugh, Robert
Grosseteste, John Wycliffe, John Cotton, John Foxe and John
Wesley-as well as Isaac Newton, Joseph Banks, John Harrison and
George Boole. Lincolnshire explorers went everywhere: John Smith to
Jamestown, George Bass and Matthew Flinders to Australia, and John
Franklin to a bitter death in the Arctic. Artists and writers have
been inspired-including Byrd, Taverner, Stukeley, Stubbs, Eliot and
Tennyson-while Thatcher wrought neo-liberalism. Extraordinary
architecture testifies to centuries of both settlement and unrest,
from Saxon towers to sky-piercing spires; evocative ruined abbeys
to the wonder of the Cathedral. And in between is always the
little-known land itself-an epitome of England, awaiting discovery.
Long did she reign and peacefully may she rest: this beautiful and
thoughtful tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrates the
life of a remarkable woman whose 70 years on the throne made her
the longest-reigning monarch in British History. Royal biographer
Brian Hoey describes the childhood, accession and coronation of
young Elizabeth, and chronicles her extraordinary and dignified
transfiguration into beloved wife, mother and grandmother during
her seven decades of unflagging service and dedication as Queen of
the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth. He also explains
the constitutional roles and public duties of this accomplished
stateswoman, conducted with such outstanding grace and
professionalism throughout her life. As the royal family, her
country, and countless people around the world prepare to say
goodbye, he describes all the honour and ceremony one would expect
to be lavished on this cherished sovereign and considers the
everlasting effect that her work, life, and legacy will continue to
have for many years to come.
This book is the first scholarly work to explore male homosexual
prostitution in interwar Scotland. The male prostitute occupies a
contested position within interwar society – depending on the
perspective he was representative of a descent into turpitude, of
tenacious organised criminality or of exploitation. The book
explores connections between male prostitution and criminal gangs
prevalent during the interwar period, by detailing the emergence
and activities of Glasgow’s notorious ‘Whitehats’, a gang
composed of a number of queer male prostitutes and led by William
Paton. This book discovers that although Paton’s activities were
representative of a career criminal, the young men who joined the
‘Whitehats’ were often driven by poverty and social isolation.
This book explores the experiences of Edinburgh police detective
William Merrilees and his war on homosexuality in Edinburgh during
the 1930s through examining the tactics used to regulate homosexual
trade and the implications this held for the men involved. The book
not only explores the attitudes, opinions and actions of police
officers, politicians and the legal process but also uncovers
fragments from the lives of the men involved, through personal
reflections and letters. The book explores the anxieties that the
trade in homosexual sex provoked, not just for understandings of
sexuality but also of gender and nationhood, and offers a
comparative perspective of the forms of homosexual trade in
Scotland, England and major foreign cities. This book will have
broad appeal to academics and students in the field of social,
sexual and gender history as well as the social and criminal
histories of Scotland and Britain.
This book examines the seismic impact of Brexit on the British
political system, assessing its likely long-term effect in terms of
a significantly changed political and constitutional landscape.
Starting with the 2015 general election and covering key
developments up to "Brexit Day", it shows how Brexit "transformed"
British politics. The unprecedented turmoil - two snap elections,
three Prime Ministers, the biggest ever defeat for the Government
in Parliament, an impressive number of rebellions and reshuffles in
Cabinet and repeated requests for a second independence referendum
in Scotland - as a result of leaving the EU, calls into question
what sort of political system the post-Brexit UK will become.
Taking Lijphart's "Westminster model" as its reference, the book
assesses the impact of Brexit along three dimensions: elections and
parties; executive-legislative relationships; and the relationship
between central and devolved administrations. Based on a wealth of
empirical material, including original interviews with key
policymakers and civil servants, it focuses on the "big picture"
and analytically maps the direction of travel for the UK political
system. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students
of Brexit, British politics, constitutional, political, and
contemporary history, elections and political parties, executive
politics, and territorial politics as well as more broadly related
practitioners and journalists. Chapters one and two of this book is
freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at
http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons
[Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0
license. Funded by the University of Trento and the Sant'Anna
School of Advanced Studies.
This set of 14 volumes, originally published between 1932 and 1995,
amalgamates several topics on the history of education between the
years 1800 and 1926, including women and education, education and
the working-class, and the history of universities in the United
Kingdom. This set also includes titles that focus on key figures in
education, such as Samuel Wilderspin, Georg Kerschensteiner and
Edward Thring. This collection of books from some of the leading
scholars in the field provides a comprehensive overview of the
subject and will be of particular interest to students of history,
education and those undertaking teaching qualifications.
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