Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The making of the English working class The making of the English working class E. P. Thompson,E. P. Thompson Thompson turned history on its head by focusing on the political agency of the people, whom historians had treated as anonymous masses. OL2761522W
Politics in the age of Fox, Pitt, and Liverpool Politics in the age of Fox, Pitt, and Liverpool John W. Derry "For many people the late eighteenth century was a period of political corruption, with the political world waiting for the triumph of reform. In this study, now in a revised edition, John Derry show… OL4098168W
State, capital, and labour State, capital, and labour Gill Ursell ix, 235 p. ; 23 cm OL4829267W
Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce John Piper John Piper's succinct and superbly perceptive study of William Wilberforce deserves to become an acclaimed bestseller. It not only tells the story of a great man's life-it also tells us how to unders… OL8318820W
Science and Colonial Expansion Science and Colonial Expansion Lucile H. Brockway "This book analyzes the political effects of scientific research as exemplified by one field, economic botany, during one epoch, the nineteenth century, when Great Britain was the world's most powerf… OL9222860W