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Borough Government and Politics: Reading 1835-1985
1st Edition
By Alan Alexander
January 19, 2026
Originally published in 1985, this book was a study of one example of an all-purpose, unitary, borough council in the UK. It covers the years since the democratization of the borough councils in 1835, through the attainment of county borough status in 1888, the major expansion in local government ...
Brahms: His Life and Work
1st Edition
By Karl Geiringer, Irene Geiringer
January 19, 2026
Originally published in 1936, as a second edition in 1948 and as an enlarged and third edition in 1982, Karl Geiringer’s biography of Brahms is generally regarded as one of the finest studies of the composer ever published in any language. It is based on the body of material in the archives of the ...
Bricks: to build a house
1st Edition
By John Woodforde
January 19, 2026
First published in 1976, Bricks tells the story of bricks in Britain. The story of the brick begins with the sun-dried, mud bricks formed with hands alone. Walls built with such bricks have been found in the ruins of Jericho – probably the oldest town in the world. John Woodforde describes bricks ...
Britain and America, 1850–1939: A Study of Economic Change
1st Edition
By Philip S. Bagwell, G. E. Mingay
January 19, 2026
First published in 1970, Britain and America 1850–1939 is a key text for anyone seeking to trace and interpret the development of the two great trans-Atlantic economies. The authors present a comparative survey of the economic development of Britain and America. The book compares and contrasts the ...
Britain and the Commonwealth
1st Edition
By H Wiseman
January 19, 2026
First published in 1965, Britain and the Commonwealth provides a comprehensive account of Britain’s role in the Commonwealth and of the Commonwealth's place in the modern world. The author gives sufficient historical background, deals thoroughly with the present, and on the basis of his analysis ...
Britain and the Politics of Rhodesian Independence
1st Edition
By Elaine Windrich
January 19, 2026
First published in 1978, Britain and the Politics of Rhodesian Independence is a study of British policy towards Rhodesia and an account of the failure of both Labour and Conservative governments to find a satisfactory solution to its ‘decolonization’. The essential bar to a solution was that the ...
British Cabinet Ministers: The Roles of Politicians in Executive Office
1st Edition
By Bruce Headey
January 19, 2026
First published in 1974, British Cabinet Ministers is about the opportunities and constraints of executive political office. It is mainly based on interviews with fifty contemporary British Ministers and twenty-five senior civil servants. Hitherto political observers have referred simply to ‘strong...
British Defence Policy in a Changing World
1st Edition
Edited
By John Baylis
January 19, 2026
First published in 1977, British Defence Policy in a Changing World provides an analysis of the changes which have taken place in Britain’s security policies since the Second World War. Domestic political, economic, and social factors are discussed as well as the range of international ...
British Democracy at the Crossroads: Voting and Party Competition in the 1980s
1st Edition
By Patrick Dunleavy, Christopher T. Husbands
January 19, 2026
Those who keep a finger on the pulse of British democracy often announce that the patient is in a critical state. In the 1970s, the diagnosis most often came from the right, with dire warnings of the debilitating effects of social democracy. Since the 1979 election, it is those on the left who are ...
British Government Since 1918: With an Introduction by The Rt. Hon. Sir John Anderson
1st Edition
By Lord Campion, D. N. Chester, W.J.M. Mackenzie, William Robson, Sir Arthur Street, J. H. Warren
January 19, 2026
First published in 1950, British Government Since 1918 presents a comprehensive, well-balanced account of the machinery by which public affairs are regulated in Britain. The Institute of Public Administration asked six experts to make a broad survey of the significant happenings in each of the main...
British Politics and the Policy Process: An Arena Approach
1st Edition
By A. G. Jordan, J. J. Richardson
January 19, 2026
In British Politics and the Policy Process (originally published in 1987), Grant Jordan and Jeremy Richardson provide an introduction to the workings of British political process and a guide to the ways in which it can be studied. They show how political decisions are taken and policies are adopted...
Britons Abroad: A Report on the Package Tour
1st Edition
By Charles Owen
January 19, 2026
Britons Abroad (1968) takes the lid off nine 1960s package tours, mainly in Europe, revealing the kind of people taking part, what they got for their money and the adventures that befell them. Air tours, ski parties, coach tours, villa holidays, student tours and ocean cruises are among the ...