Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Brideshead Generation The Brideshead Generation Humphrey Carpenter Biographical and literary study. Oxford in the 1920s and Waugh's life afterwards. OL12072301W
Debrett's illustrated guide to the Canadian establishment Debrett's illustrated guide to the Canadian establishment Peter C. Newman A portrait in text and photographs of Canada's twenty-one dynastic families. Includes a directory of the power-elites in business, the arts, politics, and the professions, with brief biographies and … OL17996145W
Elites in South Asia Elites in South Asia Edmund Ronald Leach,S. N. Mukherjee A study of elitism particularly concerned with Indian elites in the context of British influence and its aftermath. The problems delineated are by no means peculiar to the Indian subcontinent. Nearly… OL17996182W
British gentlemen in the Wild West British gentlemen in the Wild West L. Milton Woods In the freewheeling days of the open range, a group of English gentlemen saw and seized a unique opportunity to graze huge herds of cattle free of charge on public lands in the unsettled American Wes… OL3342818W
Tono-Bungay Tono-Bungay H. G. Wells George Ponderovo's quiet young life is changed forever when he is forced to leave home and is apprenticed to his dynamic Uncle Edward in his chemist's shop. Edward, determined to "strike out", invent… OL52269W