The Oxford Companion To British History
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The Oxford Companion to British History
Author | : John Cannon,Robert Crowcroft |
Publsiher | : Oxford Companions |
Total Pages | : 1030 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780199677832 |
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Here is the essential reference book for anyone with an interest in British history. Drawing on the latest scholarship, over 100 contributors describe and analyse people and events that have shaped and defined life in Britain over 2000 years. This edition is revised and updated to extend the coverage.
The Oxford Companion to Black British History
Author | : David Dabydeen,John Gilmore,Cecily Jones |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 600 |
Release | : 2007-03-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39015066822761 |
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This edited work explores the Black experience in the British Isles from Roman times to the present day. The detailed timeline charts key dates for people and events from the 2nd century AD to the 21st century.
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth century British Politics
Author | : John Ramsden |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 806 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105025771655 |
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From Tony Blair to Tonypandy, the BBC to the Bank of England, The Oxford Companion to 20th Century British Politics is an essential source of information on the full range of British political life during the last 100 years. In this comprehensive and authoritative guide, more than 100 contributors--journalists, scholars, former cabinet secretaries, and other specialists--provide more than 3,000 entries on a wide variety of subjects. Organized alphabetically, the entries cover the important ideas, institutions, people and events that have defined modern British politics. The scope of the Companion is necessarily wide, moving from formal politics to the political culture of films, television, and the media, and from domestic economic debates to Britain's changing role on the world stage. Major conflicts and economic events, slogans and sayings, clubs, charities, and societies--the complete world of British politics is captured in this unique reference source. The Companion also includes a wealth ofadditional,resources: a list of office holders from 1900 to the present day, a table of election results up to and including the 2001 elections, the dates of ministries, and a topical table of contents.
The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History
Author | : David Hey |
Publsiher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 704 |
Release | : 2010-02-25 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780191044939 |
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The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History is the most authoritative guide available to all things associated with the family and local history of the British Isles. It provides practical and contextual information for anyone enquiring into their English, Irish, Scottish, or Welsh origins and for anyone working in genealogical research, or the social history of the British Isles. This fully revised and updated edition contains over 2,000 entries from adoption to World War records. Recommended web links for many entries are accessed and updated via the Family and Local History companion website. This edition provides guidance on how to research your family tree using the internet and details the full range of online resources available. Newly structured for ease of use, thematic articles are followed by the A-Z dictionary and detailed appendices, which includefurther reading. New articles for this edition are: A Guide for Beginners, Links between British and American Families, Black and Asian Family History, and an extended feature on Names. With handy research tips, a full background to the social history of communities and individuals, and an updated appendix listing all national and local record offices with their contact details, this is an essential reference work for anyone wanting advice on how to approach genealogical research, as well as a fascinating read for anyone interested in the past.
A Dictionary of British History
Author | : John Cannon,Robert Crowcroft |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 0191758027 |
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"Written by over 100 specialist contributors, this dictionary describes the people and events that have shaped and defined domestic, political, social, and cultural life in Britain since 55 BC. New entries to this edition include Diamond Jubilee 2012, Ed Miliband, and United Kingdom Independence Party; and existing entries on David Cameron, Elizabeth II, national debt, and Alex Salmond have been updated. Derived from the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to British History, A Dictionary of British History has been a leading historical reference work since its publication in 2001. Now thoroughly revised and fully updated, this invaluable A-Z remains essential for anyone studying British history"--
A Dictionary of British History
Author | : John Cannon,Robert Crowcroft |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 736 |
Release | : 2015-07-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780191044809 |
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Written by over 100 specialist contributors, this dictionary describes the people and events that have shaped and defined domestic, political, social, and cultural life in Britain since 55 BC. New entries to this edition include Diamond Jubilee 2012, Ed Miliband, and United Kingdom Independence Party; and existing entries on David Cameron, Elizabeth II, national debt, and Alex Salmond have been updated. Derived from the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to British History, A Dictionary of British History has been a leading historical reference work since its publication in 2001. Now thoroughly revised and fully updated, this invaluable A-Z remains essential for anyone studying British history.
The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History
Author | : David Hey |
Publsiher | : Oxford [England] : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 536 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105018343108 |
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Some 2,000 entries provide detailed summaries of the latest knowledge in social, urban, agricultural, legal, family, and ecclesiastical history in the British Isles, from prehistory to the present. Contains entries on key figures including writers, social commentators, and mapmakers; institutions and organizations; and activities from bear- baiting and Morris dancing to aerial photography and the use of computers. An appendix lists national and major county record offices and special collections. For general readers. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Oxford Companion to United States History
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 985 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : 9780195082098 |
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In this volume that is as big and as varied as the nation it portrays are over 1,400 entries written by some 900 historians and other scholars, illuminating not only America's political, diplomatic, and military history, but also social, cultural, and intellectual trends; science, technology, and medicine; the arts; and religion.