"In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries revolutionary dissent, political upheaval and social protest spread throughout Europe - and Wales was no exception. In this unique examination of British social history, J.E. Thomas focuses upon the power of the local gentry in Wales, …
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries revolutionary dissent, political upheaval and social protest spread throughout Europe, and Wales was no exception. In this unique examination of British social history, J.E. Thomas focuses upon the power of the local gentry in Wales, an…
"In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries revolutionary dissent, political upheaval and social protest spread throughout Europe - and Wales was no exception. In this unique examination of British social history, J.E. Thomas focuses upon the power of the local gentry in Wales, …
Annotation In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries revolutionary dissent, political upheaval and social protest spread throughout Europe -- and Wales was no exception. In this unique examination of British social history, J.E. Thomas focuses upon the power of the local gentry…
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 A World Destroyed -- 2 From Nietzsche to the Antipodes -- 3 Australia and the Science of Man -- 4 Eugenics and the Science of Population -- 5 Becky and the Nazis -- 6 'My dear cousin Clementine' …
George Pitt-Rivers began his career as one of Britain's most promising young anthropologists, conducting research in the South Pacific and publishing articles in the country's leading academic journals. With a museum in Oxford bearing his family name, Pitt-Rivers appeared to be …
"George Pitt-Rivers began his career as one of Britain's most promising young anthropologists, conducting research in the South Pacific and publishing articles in the country's leading academic journals. With a museum in Oxford bearing his family name, Pitt-Rivers appeared to be…
In Royalism, Religion and Revolution : Wales, 1640-1688, Sarah Ward Clavier provides a ground-breaking analysis of the role of long-term continuities in the political and religious culture of Wales from the eve of the Civil War in 1640 to the Glorious Revolution. A final chapter…
This study on masculinity focuses on the English landed gentry. It covers the period from 1700 to 1900 and is based on thousands of letters written by 19 families. It concentrates on the experiences of sons' upbringing, particularly schooling university or business, foreign trav…
This study on masculinity focuses on the English landed gentry. It covers the period from 1700 to 1900 and is based on thousands of letters written by 19 families. It concentrates on the experiences of sons' upbringing, particularly schooling university or business, foreign trav…
