A useful manual for any magician or curious spectator who wonders why the tricks seem so real, th...

In this meticulous study of the impact of total war on the civilian population of Essex between 1...

The story of the enforced settlement of Gypsy travelers in southeast England, whose nomadic lifes...

Joan Thirsk was the leading English agrarian historian of the late 20th century. Perhaps best kno...

Presents a comparative study of regional theatre in Britain and Germany during the period of 1918...

This compelling new study forms part of a new wave of scholarship on the medieval rural environme...

To coincide with the 70th anniversary of its present home on Beaumont Street, Oxford, this accoun...

This compelling new study forms part of a new wave of scholarship on the medieval rural environme...

Dividing the county of Hertfordshire into four broad regions--the 'champion' countryside in the n...

Based on extensive primary-source research, this historical account considers the changing identi...

Following 18 carefully structured lessons, this Romani language primer explores the vocabulary an...

The title of this book is taken from Ebenezer Howard's visionary tract To-morrow: A Peaceful Path...

Honoring the memory of Professor Alan Everitt--who advanced the fruitful notion of the 'county co...

Utilizing the techniques developed by renowned local historian W. G. Hoskins in his landmark stud...

The landscape history of North-East England has not been studied as much as other parts of the co...

Dr David Dymond is a Vice President of the British Association for Local History and of the Suffo...

This volume contains 17 essays comprising studies of the Probate Records of early modern England

On the morning after Kristallnacht, Toby Sonneman's father walked through broken glass to apply f...

2018 marks the bicentenary of the death of Humphry Repton, one of the most important and prolific...

This collection presents 15 essays detailing the employment of women during a crucial period in E...

This study of the small cathedral city of St. Albans offers a rare insight into social change in ...

As portrayed in this monograph, sculptor Simeon Nelson's work examines human attempts to define, ...

Set in the context of the Gypsies' long and rich history, this autobiography secures the memories...

As the third and concluding volume of the series, this work examines the persecution of the Gypsy...

Based on oral histories and farm books, this account offers a fascinating analysis of some 300 ye...

Very little is known of the first workhouse in Birmingham. Even the assumed date of its building,...

The 34 scenarios that make up this book are based upon real-life teacher-trainee issues. They are...

Studies of child labour have examined the experiences of child workers in agriculture, mining, an...

Documenting the history of Hertfordshire county, this recent compilation captures an immense amou...

This thoroughly researched book on church bells cast in Hertfordshire, England, brings to life th...

The growth of 19th-century London was unprecedented, swallowing up villages, commons, and open fi...

Seeking to draw new conclusions about settlement distributions and population densities, patterns...

Dynamic and unique, this history examines pantomime productions in the English provinces--particu...

The companion to Lorraine Clarke's first major UK exhibition since returning from Italy in 2000, ...

This definitive work on the contribution of the Gypsies to the development of flamenco traces the...

This comparative study gathers together new research by local historians into aspects of welfare ...

This book focuses on the period from the seventh to eleventh centuries that witnessed the rise an...

This second volume of Hertfordshire garden history considers how Hertfordshire's historic parks a...

Exploring a range of topics, including Greek tragedy, Shakespearean theater, contemporary British...

Skillfully written and complemented with photos, this biography is the first to honor British act...

There is currently much concern about our trees and woodlands. The terrible toll taken by Dutch e...

The wars of the fourteenth-century English kings with France and Scotland resulted in a dramatic ...

Examining the contributing factors in the shaping of Gypsy identity in the United Kingdom, this s...

Between the 17th and 19th centuries, the sport of hunting was transformed: the principal prey cha...

In spite of being named the first 'Garden City, ' Letchworth was conceived as a model industrial ...

Full of stories of life on the road, this is the classic account of life as a Gypsy in the 1950s,...

English trade directories with parish descriptions and lists of residents and tradespeople were p...

The cultural, political, and economic influences on the changing fortunes of Hertfordshire's grea...