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Books > History > History of specific subjects > Local history

Greyfriars Bobby - The Story of an Edinburgh Dog (Hardcover): David Ross Greyfriars Bobby - The Story of an Edinburgh Dog (Hardcover)
David Ross
R128 Discovery Miles 1 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This classic, illustrated book tells the story of the famous faithful Skye terrier, Greyfriars Bobby, who watched over his master's grave for 14 years in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh. The Corbies series brings the heroes and rogues, triumphs and tragedies of Scottish history vibrantly into life.

Housing the People in Victorian Bristol (Paperback): Peter Malpass Housing the People in Victorian Bristol (Paperback)
Peter Malpass
R507 Discovery Miles 5 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Discover Dorset Farming (Paperback): J.H. Bettey Discover Dorset Farming (Paperback)
J.H. Bettey
R180 Discovery Miles 1 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Follies (Paperback): Jonathan Holt Follies (Paperback)
Jonathan Holt
R191 Discovery Miles 1 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Saxons and Vikings (Paperback): David A. Hinton Saxons and Vikings (Paperback)
David A. Hinton
R150 Discovery Miles 1 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Stone Houses of Jefferson County (Hardcover): Maureen Hubbard Barros, Brian W. Gorman, Robert A Uhlig Stone Houses of Jefferson County (Hardcover)
Maureen Hubbard Barros, Brian W. Gorman, Robert A Uhlig; Photographs by Richard Margolis
R1,368 R1,106 Discovery Miles 11 060 Save R262 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Jefferson County, New York, has one of the richest concentrations of stone houses in America. As many as 500 limestone houses, churches, and commercial buildings were built there before 1860. Some of the buildings are beautiful mansions built by early entrepreneurs, and others are small vernacular farmhouses. Some are clustered together; others dot the countryside near limestone outcroppings. Embedded in the fabric of each building are the stories of its location, its maker, and those who have lived there. Lavishly illustrated with almost 300 photographs, this volume highlights eighty-five stone houses in the region. The editors explore both the beauty and permanence of the stonework and the courage and ambition of the early dwellers. They detail the ways in which skilled masons utilized local limestone and sandstone, crafting double-faced stone walls to protect against fire and harsh winters. The book includes detailed discussions of the geology of the region, the stone buildings that have been lost, and the preservation and care of existing structures. Stone Houses of Jefferson County provides a fascinating look at the intrinsic beauty of these buildings and the historical links they provide to our early settlement.

South Bronx Rising - The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of an American City (Paperback): Jill Jonnes South Bronx Rising - The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of an American City (Paperback)
Jill Jonnes; Foreword by Nilka Martell
R1,001 R835 Discovery Miles 8 350 Save R166 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Thirty-five years after this landmark of urban history first captured the rise, fall, and rebirth of a once-thriving New York City borough-ravaged in the 1970s and '80s by disinvestment and fires, then heroically revived and rebuilt in the 1990s by community activists-Jill Jonnes returns to chronicle the ongoing revival of the South Bronx. Though now globally renowned as the birthplace of hip-hop, the South Bronx remains America's poorest urban congressional district. In this new edition, we meet the present generation of activists who are transforming their communities with the arts and greening, notably the restoration of the Bronx River. For better or worse, real estate investors have noticed, setting off new gentrification struggles.

Sinkhole: A Natural History of a Suicide - A Natural History of a Suicide (Hardcover): Juliet Patterson Sinkhole: A Natural History of a Suicide - A Natural History of a Suicide (Hardcover)
Juliet Patterson
R479 Discovery Miles 4 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A sublimely elegant, fractured reckoning with the legacy and inheritance of suicide in one American family. In 2009, Juliet Patterson was recovering from a serious car accident when she learned her father had died by suicide. His death was part of a disturbing pattern in her family. Her father's father had taken his own life; so had her mother's. Over the weeks and months that followed, grieving and in physical pain, Patterson kept returning to one question: Why? Why had her family lost so many men, so many fathers, and what lay beneath the silence that had taken hold? In three graceful movements, Patterson explores these questions. In the winter of her father's death, she struggles to make sense of the loss-sifting through the few belongings he left behind, looking to signs and symbols for meaning. As the spring thaw comes, she and her mother depart Minnesota for her father's burial in her parents' hometown of Pittsburg, Kansas. A once-prosperous town of promise and of violence, against people and the land, Pittsburg is now literally undermined by abandoned claims and sinkholes. There, Patterson carefully gathers evidence and radically imagines the final days of the grandfathers-one a fiery pro-labor politician, the other a melancholy businessman-she never knew. And finally, she returns to her father: to the haunting subjects of goodbyes, of loss, and of how to break the cycle. A stunning elegy that vividly enacts Emily Dickinson's dictum to "tell it slant," Sinkhole richly layers personal, familial, political, and environmental histories to provide not answers but essential, heartbreaking truth.

Victorian Cornwall - A Look at Cornwall Through the Eyes of our Forefathers (Paperback): Malcolm McCarthy Victorian Cornwall - A Look at Cornwall Through the Eyes of our Forefathers (Paperback)
Malcolm McCarthy
R607 R503 Discovery Miles 5 030 Save R104 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

`Victorian Cornwall' is a tour around the county from the north coast on the Devon border right around to Land's End, out to the Scillies and back up the south coast with a few inland villages interspersed. The book is illustrated by photographs taken from the 1850s right through to 1901-a large span of Queen Victoria's reign. The photographs used where practicable are as early as possible in an effort to save these rare and treasured images for generations to come. The photographs all come from the author's personal collection and will take the reader back to Cornwall of 150 years ago; included in the book are photographs of characters, customs, villages, harbours, mines and buildings of note. This fascinating book is well researched using the knowledge of many local people.

The Georgians (Paperback, illustrated edition): Jo Draper The Georgians (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Jo Draper
R151 Discovery Miles 1 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Big Sky, Big Parks - An Exploration of Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks, and All That Montana in Between (Paperback):... Big Sky, Big Parks - An Exploration of Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks, and All That Montana in Between (Paperback)
Ednor Therriault
R666 R556 Discovery Miles 5 560 Save R110 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Montana is home to two of America's most popular national parks, and many of the twelve million visitors who travel to Big Sky Country each year include both Glacier and Yellowstone in their plans. It's about a day's drive between these two western jewels, and there are dozens of routes road trippers can select to build their journey. There are also thousands of travel guides on the shelf that provide information about the region, but Big Sky, Big Parks is a unique among them, a blend of history, culture, and local flavor that's more of an entertaining travel companion for those visiting the two national parks and the vast chunk of Montana that connects them. Author Ednor Therriault shares his experiences on the road and in the parks with humor and insight in 36 stories that chronicle the triumphs and tragedies that make traveling between Glacier and Yellowstone such a rewarding endeavor. Discover the reasons behind Yellowstone's devilish place names and read about Butte's version of Disneyland in this road trip handbook/travelogue that features insider tips on regional delicacies, interesting places to lay your head, local trivia, and even road trip playlists to provide a soundtrack to your Montana adventure.

Prehistoric Age (Paperback): Bill Putnam Prehistoric Age (Paperback)
Bill Putnam
R180 Discovery Miles 1 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Isle of Purbeck (Paperback): Paul Hyland Isle of Purbeck (Paperback)
Paul Hyland
R150 Discovery Miles 1 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Shipwrecks (Paperback): Maureen Attwooll Shipwrecks (Paperback)
Maureen Attwooll
R180 Discovery Miles 1 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Fenland Garden - Creating a haven for people, plants & wildlife (Hardcover): Francis Pryor A Fenland Garden - Creating a haven for people, plants & wildlife (Hardcover)
Francis Pryor
R847 R655 Discovery Miles 6 550 Save R192 (23%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The story of how Francis Pryor created a haven for people, plants and wildlife in a remote corner of the fens. A Fenland Garden is the story of the creation of a garden in a complex and fragile English landscape - the Fens of southern Lincolnshire - by a writer who has a very particular relationship with landscape and the soil, thanks to his distinguished career as an archaeologist and discoverer of some of England's earliest field systems. It describes the imagining, planning and building of a garden in an unfamiliar and sometimes hostile place, and the challenges, setbacks and joys these processes entail. This is a narrative of the making of a garden, but it is also about reclaiming a patch of ground for nature and wildlife - of repairing the damage done to a small slice of Fenland landscape by decades of intensive farming. A Fenland Garden is informed by the empirical wisdom of a practising gardener (and archaeologist) and by his deep understanding of the soil, landscape and weather of the region; Francis's account of the development of the garden is counterpointed by fascinating nuggets of Fenland lore and history, as well as by vignettes of the plantsman's trials and tribulations as he works an exceptionally demanding plot of land. Above all, this is the story of bringing something beautiful into being; of embedding a garden in the local landscape; and thereby of deepening and broadening the idea of home.

Twenty Football Towns (Paperback): Steve Leach Twenty Football Towns (Paperback)
Steve Leach 1
R308 R252 Discovery Miles 2 520 Save R56 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In our world of global superstar footballers, it's easy to forget the grassroots of a sport where loyalty to a hometown club is often rock solid - and counts for everything. Even as local communities come under threat, football fandom still pulls us together. But why is this? What is the special magic that connects towns and teams? For many of us, the local club offers it all: passion, hope, heartache, drama. And a sense of belonging. The town where we grew up and all the places we've lived are the bedrock of our lives, and memories of seeing the local team play are inextricably intertwined with our sense of place and identity. Steve Leach spends a year visiting the twenty towns and clubs that are special to him. He celebrates the distinctiveness of these places, the fascinating differences between Lincoln and Leyton, Barrow and Birmingham, Macclesfield and Morecambe - towns and teams that may not be glamorous, but they are unique and, more importantly, they are home.

Thames Mudlarking - Searching for London's Lost Treasures (Paperback): Jason Sandy, Nick Stevens Thames Mudlarking - Searching for London's Lost Treasures (Paperback)
Jason Sandy, Nick Stevens
R257 Discovery Miles 2 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A beautifully illustrated introduction to mudlarking which tells the incredible, forgotten history of London through objects found on the foreshore of the River Thames. Often seen combing the shoreline of the River Thames at low tide, groups of archaeology enthusiasts known as 'mudlarks' continue a tradition that dates back to the eighteenth century. Over the years they have found a vast array of historical artefacts providing glimpses into the city's past. Objects lost or discarded centuries ago - from ancient river offerings such as the Battersea Shield and Waterloo Helmet, to seventeenth-century trade tokens and even medals for bravery - have been discovered in the river. This book explores a fascinating assortment of finds from prehistoric to modern times, which collectively tell the rich and illustrious story of London and its inhabitants - illustrated with and array of photographs taken of the items in situ in the mud and gravel of the Thames estuary, at the same time both gritty and glimmering.

Insurrection - Scotland's Famine Winter (Paperback, New in Paperback): James Hunter Insurrection - Scotland's Famine Winter (Paperback, New in Paperback)
James Hunter
R403 R366 Discovery Miles 3 660 Save R37 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'A gripping, heart-breaking account of the famine winter of 1847' - Rosemary Goring, The Herald Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize When Scotland's 1846 potato crop was wiped out by blight, the country was plunged into crisis. In the Hebrides and the West Highlands a huge relief effort came too late to prevent starvation and death. Further east, meanwhile, towns and villages from Aberdeen to Wick and Thurso, rose up in protest at the cost of the oatmeal that replaced potatoes as people's basic foodstuff. Oatmeal's soaring price was blamed on the export of grain by farmers and landlords cashing in on even higher prices elsewhere. As a bitter winter gripped and families feared a repeat of the calamitous famine then ravaging Ireland, grain carts were seized, ships boarded, harbours blockaded, a jail forced open, the military confronted. The army fired on one set of rioters. Savage sentences were imposed on others. But thousands-strong crowds also gained key concessions. Above all they won cheaper food. Those dramatic events have long been ignored or forgotten. Now, in James Hunter, they have their historian. The story he tells is, by turns, moving, anger-making and inspiring. In an era of food banks and growing poverty, it is also very timely.

Defending Leicestershire and Rutland (Paperback): Mike Osborne Defending Leicestershire and Rutland (Paperback)
Mike Osborne
R525 R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Save R95 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Leicestershire and Rutland, occupying the area between the Great North Road and Watling Street have seen the movement of armies from Roman times to the Civil War, with the decisive battles of Bosworth and Naseby fought within or close to their borders. The Victorian era saw the development of both the regular and volunteer forces that would later fight in two world wars, while the development of military flight in both defensive and offensive roles was a twentieth-century theme. Leicestershire and Rutland witnessed defence against the Zeppelins in the First World War; jet engines and US airborne forces in the Second World War; and elements of Britain's nuclear deterrent during the Cold War. The eavesdroppers of the 'Y' Service at Beaumanor Hall provided much of the raw material for Bletchley Park's code-breakers during the Second World War. Evidence of this military activity is visible in the landscape: castles of earthwork, stone or brick; barracks and volunteer drill halls; airfields, missile sites and munitions factories; pillboxes, observer corps posts and bunkers. This book places sites into their social, political, historical and military contexts, as well as figures such as William the Conqueror, Richard III, and Oliver Cromwell.

Battleground Sussex (Hardcover, New): John Grehan, Martin Mace Battleground Sussex (Hardcover, New)
John Grehan, Martin Mace
R426 Discovery Miles 4 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From its south-eastern tip Sussex is little more than sixty miles from continental Europe and the county's coastline, some seventy-six miles long, occupies a large part of Britain's southern frontier. Before the days of Macadam and the Turnpike, water travel could prove more certain than land transportation and the seas that define the borders of our nation aided, rather than deterred, the invader.Though the last successful invasion of Britain took place almost 1,000 years ago, the gently shelving beaches of Sussex have tempted the prospective invader with the promise of both an easy disembarkation and a short and direct route to London - the last time being just seven decades ago.As the authors demonstrate, the repeated threat of invasion from the Continent has shaped the very landscape of the county. The rounded tops of the Iron Age hill forts, the sheer walls of the medieval castles, the squat stumps of Martello towers, the moulded Vaubanesque contours of the Palmerstone redoubts and the crouched concrete blocks and bricks of the Second World War pillboxes constitute the visible evidence of Sussex's position on Britain's front line.

The Spires Still Point to Heaven - Cincinnati's Religious Landscape, 1788-1873 (Hardcover): Matthew Smith The Spires Still Point to Heaven - Cincinnati's Religious Landscape, 1788-1873 (Hardcover)
Matthew Smith
R2,543 Discovery Miles 25 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A case study about the formation of American pluralism and religious liberty, The Spires Still Point to Heaven explores why-and more importantly how-the early growth of Cincinnati influenced the changing face of the United States. Matthew Smith deftly chronicles the urban history of this thriving metropolis in the mid-nineteenth century. As Protestants and Catholics competed, building rival domestic missionary enterprises, increased religious reform and expression shaped the city. In addition, the different ethnic and religious beliefs informed debates on race, slavery, and immigration, as well as disease, temperance reform, and education. Specifically, Smith explores the Ohio Valley's religious landscape from 1788 through the nineteenth century, examining its appeal to evangelical preachers, abolitionists, social critics, and rabbis. He traces how Cincinnati became a battleground for newly energized social reforms following a cholera epidemic, and how grassroots political organizing was often tied to religious issues. He also illustrates the anti-immigrant sentiments and anti-Catholic nativism pervasive in this era. The first monograph on Cincinnati's religious landscape before the Civil War, The Spires Still Point to Heaven highlights Cincinnati's unique circumstances and how they are key to understanding the cultural and religious development of the nation.

The Mexican American Experience in Texas - Citizenship, Segregation, and the Struggle for Equality (Hardcover): Martha Menchaca The Mexican American Experience in Texas - Citizenship, Segregation, and the Struggle for Equality (Hardcover)
Martha Menchaca
R816 R666 Discovery Miles 6 660 Save R150 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A historical overview of Mexican Americans' social and economic experiences in Texas For hundreds of years, Mexican Americans in Texas have fought against political oppression and exclusion--in courtrooms, in schools, at the ballot box, and beyond. Through a detailed exploration of this long battle for equality, this book illuminates critical moments of both struggle and triumph in the Mexican American experience. Martha Menchaca begins with the Spanish settlement of Texas, exploring how Mexican Americans' racial heritage limited their incorporation into society after the territory's annexation. She then illustrates their political struggles in the nineteenth century as they tried to assert their legal rights of citizenship and retain possession of their land, and goes on to explore their fight, in the twentieth century, against educational segregation, jury exclusion, and housing covenants. It was only in 1967, she shows, that the collective pressure placed on the state government by Mexican American and African American activists led to the beginning of desegregation. Menchaca concludes with a look at the crucial roles that Mexican Americans have played in national politics, education, philanthropy, and culture, while acknowledging the important work remaining to be done in the struggle for equality.

Tyne and Weird II (Paperback): Rob Kilburn Tyne and Weird II (Paperback)
Rob Kilburn
R316 Discovery Miles 3 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Stories like this tend to have a life of their own...' From privateers to monkey murderers, kleptomaniacs to automatons and giant bugs to fart lamps - it's time to gather round the fire once again for more tales of North East madness. In this second installment of Tyne and Weird, Rob Kilburn embraces the odd and ventures further than ever into the strange world of Tyne and Wear.

Cornish Passport (Paperback): Anna Davidson Cornish Passport (Paperback)
Anna Davidson
R202 R113 Discovery Miles 1 130 Save R89 (44%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Newcastle upon Tyne - Mapping the City (Hardcover): Michael Barke, Brian Robson, Anthony Champion Newcastle upon Tyne - Mapping the City (Hardcover)
Michael Barke, Brian Robson, Anthony Champion
R994 R892 Discovery Miles 8 920 Save R102 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Newcastle has a long and distinguished history through two millennia: a Roman fortress at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall; an important centre of monasticism; a 'royal' bulwark against attacks and invasion from Scotland; and the principal centre for the export of coal to London. In the 19th century it was transformed into an elegant Georgian townscape with dramatic streets and handsome public buildings. It and other towns on the Tyne - Gateshead, Jarrow, Wallsend, Tynemouth, North and South Shields - developed important industries: shipbuilding, glass and heavy engineering. Tyneside suffered severe contraction in the 20th century as heavy industry declined, but it has begun to reinvent itself and create new growth shoots, not least its vibrant cultural industries including music and art. This book takes an innovative approach to telling the story of the area's history by focusing on the historic maps and plans that record the growth and development of Newcastle and Tyneside over many centuries.

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