General and world history

These are the stories Vietnam vets tell over beers at Legion halls and VFW postsstories of young men tangled up in the chaos of landing zones and nameless jungle hills, in the boredom of base camps, in the confusion of a controversial war.

The eighteenth-century bishops of the Church of England and its sister communions had immense status and authority in both secular society and the Church.

This book investigates how discourses of colonial policy and nation explicitly overlapped in Portugal during the 1930s and 1940s.

The rough-and-tumble life of Special Forces vet and Sixties pop star Barry SadlerThe top Billboard Hot 100 single of 1966 wasn't ';Paint It Black' or ';Yellow Submarine'--it was ';The Ballad of the Green Berets,' a hyper-patriotic tribute to the men of the Special Forces by Vietnam vet Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler.

The unofficial guide to the home of the Knights!

In an extended account of national identity, this companion volume to People, Places and Passions provides the first detailed study of the sexual and spiritual life of Wales in the period 1870-1945.

This monograph offers a comprehensive contextual analysis of Maine's Ancient Law, emphasising the author's use of various sources to construct the book's key themes.

Between 1836 and 1861, Mexico's difficulties as a sovereign state became fully exposed.

This book investigates how discourses of colonial policy and nation explicitly overlapped in Portugal during the 1930s and 1940s.

In the aftermath of major violent events that affect many, we seek to know the 'truth' of what happened.

The unofficial guide to the home of the Knights!

The study of the Civil War in the Western Theater is more popular now than ever before, and the center of that interest is the months-long Vicksburg Campaign, which is the subject of National Park Historian Terrence J.

This volume carves out a new area of study, the 'industrial Gothic', placing the genre in dialogue with the literature of the Industrial Revolution.

Thousands of literary, popular, non-fiction and archival texts since the eighteenth century document the human experience of the British industrial canal.

This book explores the ways in which television has engaged directly and indirectly with the new realities of the post-9/11 world.

Through the eyes of a Marine radioman, Sudden Death unveils the constant threat of death in Vietnam's unforgiving jungles.

Jahrhundertelang existierten Inseln auf europaischen Seekarten, die kein Schiff je betreten hatte.

The story of New England is built on an endless armature offascinating tales of Yankee ingenuity and hardy, intrepid characters.

The story of New England is built on an endless armature offascinating tales of Yankee ingenuity and hardy, intrepid characters.

This is the first book-length treatment of the 'turncoat' John Poyer, the man who initiated the Second Civil War through his rebellion in south Wales in 1648.

In the aftermath of major violent events that affect many, we seek to know the 'truth' of what happened.

The Welsh Folk Museum at St Fagans was the first large open-air folk museum in Britain.

Through the eyes of a Marine radioman, Sudden Death unveils the constant threat of death in Vietnam's unforgiving jungles.

After Dunkirk the British Army was broken, the country isolated and invasion imminent.

Shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing 2016The wave of unrest which took place in 1840s Wales, known as 'Rebeccaism' or 'the Rebecca riots', stands out as a success story within the generally gloomy annals of popular struggle and defeat.

In 1837, a failed scholar in a small Chinese village fell into a fever so violent his family began preparing his funeral.

This is the first general history of early modern Wales for more than a generation.

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Barry Island was one of the most cherished leisure spaces in twentieth-century south Wales, a playground of generations of working-class day-trippers.

This is the first book-length treatment of the 'turncoat' John Poyer, the man who initiated the Second Civil War through his rebellion in south Wales in 1648.

A study of the thirty-five Carnegie libraries built in towns and industrial communities in Wales before the First World War.

Scientific Essay from the year 2004 in the subject History of Europe - Ages of World Wars, grade: keine, Cornell University Ithaca (NY) (History Departement), course: Interdisciplinary Conference: German Suffering / Deutsches Leid - (Re)presentations, language: English, abstract: In the 20th century no decisive event left its mark on the people of Central Europe as much as the time of the Second World War.

This is the first book to examine the full range of the evidence for Irish charms, from medieval to modern times.

The true, action-packed account of how a bogus Welsh nationalist infiltrated German Military Intelligence during the Second World War.

Slow down, breathe deep, and walk with Dr.

The Welsh Folk Museum at St Fagans was the first large open-air folk museum in Britain.

Swansea University: Campus and Community in a Post-War World, 1945-2020 marks Swansea University's centenary.

Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionA Book of the Year in The Times, TLS and Prospect The definitive history of Britain's tumultuous relationship with Europe - as it's never been told before.

This book asks why so many authors drew on Cornwall for inspiration across the long nineteenth century, and considers the seismic cultural changes in Cornwall that spurred this interest - from the collapse of the mining industry to the developing national rail network; from the birth of tourism to the neomedieval rise in interest in King Arthur.

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This book explores the history of the Flat Earth idea and its advocates to determine what the political dimensions inherent to the idea of a Flat Earth are.

This book explores the history of the Flat Earth idea and its advocates to determine what the political dimensions inherent to the idea of a Flat Earth are.

A study of the thirty-five Carnegie libraries built in towns and industrial communities in Wales before the First World War.

The first of two volumes on the social history of Wales in the period 1870-1948, People, Places and Passions concentrates on the social events and changes which created and forged Wales into the mid-twentieth century.