Post-Medieval
Archaeology and artefacts from the sixteenth century to the present day.
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Bath Quays Waterside: The archaeology of industry, commerce and the lives of the poor in Bath’s lost quayside district [Paperback]
Cai Mason (Author); Philippa Bradley (Editor)
£15.00ISBN: 9781911137160
Published by : Wessex Archaeology
Series: Wessex Archaology Occasional Paper
Excavations at Bath Quays Waterside represent the first detailed archaeological investigation of industrial buildings and housing within a ‘slum’ district on the southern edge of the city. The area was first developed in the early 18th century, an... .... Learn More -
Liberty Brought Us Here: The True Story of American Slaves Who Migrated to Liberia [Hardback]
Susan E. Lindsey (Author)
£25.50ISBN: 9780813179339
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Between 1820 and 1913, approximately 16,000 black people left the United States to start new lives in Liberia, Africa, in what was at the time the largest out-migration in US history. When Tolbert Major, a former Kentucky slave and single father, ... .... Learn More -
Murder on the Ohio Belle [Hardback]
Stuart W. Sanders (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9780813178714
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
In March 1856, a dead body washed onto the shore of the Mississippi River. Nothing out of the ordinary. In those days, people fished corpses from the river with alarming frequency. But this body, with its arms and legs tied to a chair, struck an e... .... Learn More -
The Making of Holy Russia: The Orthodox Church and Russian Nationalism Before the Revolution [Paperback]
John Strickland (Author)
£23.99ISBN: 9781942699279
Published by : Holy Trinity Seminary Press
This book is a critical study of the interaction between Russian Church and society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. At a time of rising nationalist movement throughout Europe, Orthodox patriots advocated for the place of the Ch... .... Learn More -
Manufactured Bodies: The Impact of Industrialisation on London Health [Paperback]
Gaynor Western (Author); Jelena Bekvalac (Author)
£19.99Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789253221
Published by : Oxbow Books
Industrialisation is a notoriously complex issue in terms of the hazards and benefits it has brought to human beings in our endeavours to improve our lives. This is never more evident than in the field of health and medicine, where there are many ... .... Learn More -
Vrysaki: A Neighborhood Lost in Search of the Athenian Agora [Hardback]
Sylvie Dumont (Author)
£70.00ISBN: 9780876619698
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Between 1931 and 1939, central Athens was transformed by the expropriation and demolition of the Vrysaki neighborhood at the foot of the Acropolis. In these few years, more than 5,000 inhabitants were displaced and 348 properties were torn down so... .... Learn More -
Osteoarchaeology in Historical Context: Cemetery Research from the Low Countries [Hardback]
Roos van Oosten (Editor); Rachel Schats (Editor); Kerry Fast (Editor)
£95.00ISBN: 9789088908347
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Urban Graveyard Proceedings
Volume: 3
Osteoarchaeology is a rich field for reconstructing past lives in that it can provide details on sex, age-at-death, stature, and pathology in conjunction with the cultural, social, and economic aspects of the person’s environment and burial condit... .... Learn More -
Osteoarchaeology in Historical Context: Cemetery Research from the Low Countries [Paperback]
Roos van Oosten (Editor); Rachel Schats (Editor); Kerry Fast (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 9789088908330
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Urban Graveyard Proceedings
Volume: 3
Osteoarchaeology is a rich field for reconstructing past lives in that it can provide details on sex, age-at-death, stature, and pathology in conjunction with the cultural, social, and economic aspects of the person’s environment and burial condit... .... Learn More -
The Lost Library of the King of Portugal [Hardback]
Angela Delaforce (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781912168156
Published by : Ad Ilissum
The destruction on the morning of All Saints Day 1755 of the heart of the city of Lisbon by an earthquake, tidal wave and the urban fires that followed was a tragedy that divides the 18th century in Portugal. One casualty on that fatal morning was... .... Learn More -
A History of Romania: Land, People Civilization [Paperback]
Nicolae Iorga (Author)
£21.99Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781592110148
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
Nicolae Iorga’s A History of Romania: Land, People, Civilization is not a typical historical account of a nation’s past, reciting dates, personalities, and events. Rather, it is an intimate portrait of a land and its people written by its... .... Learn More
