Cassell S Companion To Eighteenth Century Britain
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Cassell S Companion To Eighteenth Century Britain
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Author : Stephen Brumwell
language : en
Publisher: Cassell
Release Date : 2001
Cassell S Companion To Eighteenth Century Britain written by Stephen Brumwell and has been published by Cassell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Cassell's Companion to 18th-Century Britain covers the period from the Glorious Revolution in 1688 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. Its 1000+ entries not only deal with key political, diplomatic and military events but also provide in-depth coverage of economic, social and cultural matters. Thus the user can check key facts about the careers of politicians Walpole and Charles James Fox, as well as refer to an in-depth article on the 18th-century electoral system as a whole, or find out who the great architects were of the period.
Ace King Knave
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Author : Maria McCann
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2013-10-31
Ace King Knave written by Maria McCann and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-31 with Fiction categories.
Behind doors is another story. Behind doors you can do what you like. Sophia - rational, demure, and hiding a 'little weakness' - has recently married the charismatic Mr Zedland. But Zedland has secrets of his own and Sophia comes to suspect that her marriage is not what it seems. In cramped rooms in Covent Garden, Betsy-Ann shuffles a pack of cards. A gambler, dealer in second-hand goods, and living with a grave robber, her life could not be more different to Sophia's - but she too discovers that she has been lied to. As both women take steps to discover the truth, their lives come together through a dramatic series of events, taking the reader through the streets of 1760s London: a city wearing a genteel civility on its surface and rife with hypocrisy, oppression and violence lurking underneath.
Crime In England 1688 1815
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Author : David J Cox
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-04-24
Crime In England 1688 1815 written by David J Cox and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-24 with Social Science categories.
Crime in England 1688-1815 covers the ‘long’ eighteenth century, a period which saw huge and far-reaching changes in criminal justice history. These changes included the introduction of transportation overseas as an alternative to the death penalty, the growth of the magistracy, the birth of professional policing, increasingly harsh sentencing of those who offended against property-owners and the rapid expansion of the popular press, which fuelled debate and interest in all matters criminal. Utilising both primary and secondary source material, this book discusses a number of topics such as punishment, detection of offenders, gender and the criminal justice system and crime in contemporaneous popular culture and literature. This book is designed for both the criminal justice history/criminology undergraduate and the general reader, with a lively and immediately approachable style. The use of carefully selected case studies is designed to show how the study of criminal justice history can be used to illuminate modern-day criminological debate and discourse. It includes a brief review of past and current literature on the topic of crime in eighteenth-century England and Wales, and also emphasises why knowledge of the history of crime and criminal justice is important to present-day criminologists. Together with its companion volumes, it will provide an invaluable aid to both students of criminal justice history and criminology.
Francis Watkins And The Dollond Telescope Patent Controversy
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Author : Brian Gee
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-15
Francis Watkins And The Dollond Telescope Patent Controversy written by Brian Gee and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-15 with History categories.
Francis Watkins was an eminent figure in his field of mathematical and optical instrument making in mid-eighteenth century London. Working from original documents, Brian Gee has uncovered the life and times of an optical instrument maker, who - at first glance - was not among the most prominent in his field. In fact, because Francis Watkins came from a landed background, the diversification of his assets enabled him to weather particular business storms - discussed in this book - where colleagues without such an economic cushion, were pushed into bankruptcy or forced to emigrate. He played an important role in one of the most significant legal cases to touch this profession, namely the patenting of the achromatic lens in telescopes. The book explains Watkins's origins, and how and why he was drawn into partnership with the famous Dollond firm, who at that point were Huguenot incomers. The patent for the achromatic telescope has never been satisfactorily explained in the literature, and the author has gone back to the original legal documents, never before consulted. He teases out the problems, lays out the evidence, and comes to some interesting new conclusions, showing the Dollonds as hard-headed and ruthless businessmen, ultimately extremely successful. The latter part of the book accounts for the successors of Francis Watkins, and their decline after over a century of successful business in central London.
American Reference Books Annual
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Author : Bohdan S. Wynar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
American Reference Books Annual written by Bohdan S. Wynar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Reference books categories.
1970- issued in 2 vols.: v. 1, General reference, social sciences, history, economics, business; v. 2, Fine arts, humanities, science and engineering.
Helped On Our Way To Heaven
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Author : Matthew D. Haste
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2023-04-06
Helped On Our Way To Heaven written by Matthew D. Haste and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-06 with Religion categories.
This work is an academic study of marriage in the lives and theologies of eighteenth-century English Baptists. It explores the historical context of marriage laws and practices in eighteenth-century England and demonstrates the theological continuity that existed between the English Puritans and the Particular Baptists on the subject of marriage. The study concentrates on four specific Baptist leaders of this era: John Gill, Anne Dutton, Samuel Stennett, and Andrew Fuller. This work will benefit students of history and readers interested in the spirituality of marriage.
A Certain Share Of Low Cunning
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Author : David J. Cox
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-02-01
A Certain Share Of Low Cunning written by David J. Cox and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-01 with Social Science categories.
This book provides an account and analysis of the history of the Bow Street Runners, precursors of today's police force. Through a detailed analysis of a wide range of both qualitative and quantitative research data, this book provides a fresh insight into their history, arguing that the use of Bow Street personnel in provincially instigated cases was much more common than has been assumed by many historians. It also demonstrates that the range of activities carried out by Bow Street personnel whilst employed on such cases was far more complex than can be gleaned from the majority of books and articles concerning early nineteenth-century provincial policing, which often do little more than touch on the role of Bow Street. By describing the various roles and activities of the Bow Street Principal Officers with specific regard to cases originating in the provinces it also places them firmly within the wider contexts of provincial law-enforcement and policing history. The book investigates the types of case in which the 'Runners' were involved, who employed them and why, how they operated, including their interaction with local law-enforcement bodies, and how they were perceived by those who utilized their services. It also discusses the legacy of the Principal Officers with regard to subsequent developments within policing. Bow Street Police Office and its personnel have long been regarded by many historians as little more than a discrete and often inconsequential footnote to the history of policing, leading to a partial and incomplete understanding of their work. This viewpoint is challenged in this book, which argues that in several ways the utilization of Principal Officers in provincially instigated cases paved the way for important subsequent developments in policing, especially with regard to detective practices. It is also the first work to provide a clear distinction between the Principal Officers and their less senior colleagues.
On Common Ground
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Author : Richard D. Merritt
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2012-06-16
On Common Ground written by Richard D. Merritt and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-16 with History categories.
A large tract of land in Niagara-on-the-Lake has witnessed an extraordinarily rich military and political history. It was the site of the first parliament in Upper Canada, saw numerous negotiations between First Nations and early settlers, and was the location of a strategic battle in the War of 1812.
Alice S Evidence
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Author : Robert B. Waltz
language : en
Publisher: Robert B. Waltz
Release Date : 2013-10-31
Alice S Evidence written by Robert B. Waltz and has been published by Robert B. Waltz this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This replaces the earlier Looking Autism in the Face: Two New Perspectives on Autism. This is personal; it is the expanded combination a pair of items I wrote about autism. Part of it looks at the relationship between Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and Alice Liddell, and marshals the evidence that Dodgson was not in lust after Alice, but rather was an autistic who formed an autistic friendship with her; the rest examines six noteworthy who were afflicted with “music and mathematics” autism and shows what they accomplished, and how we should understand such people. The whole is intended to demonstrate the difficult and complicated emotions I call “autistic friendship” and trouthe. Dedicated to Catie Jo Pidel, to Elizabeth and Patricia Rosenberg, and to “Sarah Jane,” all of whom taught me lessons.
Prosecuting Homicide In Eighteenth Century Law And Practice
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Author : Drew D. Gray
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-02-19
Prosecuting Homicide In Eighteenth Century Law And Practice written by Drew D. Gray and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-19 with History categories.
This volume uses four case studies, all with strong London connections, to analyze homicide law and the pardoning process in eighteenth-century England. Each reveals evidence of how attempts were made to negotiate a path through the justice system to avoid conviction, and so avoid a sentence of hanging. This approach allows a deep examination of the workings of the justice system using social and cultural history methodologies. The cases explore wider areas of social and cultural history in the period, such as the role of policing agents, attitudes towards sexuality and prostitution, press reporting, and popular conceptions of "honorable" behavior. They also allow an engagement with what has been identified as the gradual erosion of individual agency within the law, and the concomitant rise of the state. Investigating the nature of the pardoning process shows how important it was to have "friends in high places," and also uncovers ways in which the legal system was susceptible to accusations of corruption. Readers will find an illuminating view of eighteenth-century London through a legal lens.