Britain
Yesterday and Today: 1830 to the Present (History of England (Houghton
Mifflin Company: Eighth Edition), 4.)
by Walter L. Arnstein
(Hardcover -- January 2001)
Brunel's
Ships
by Denis Griffiths, et al
Book Description Isambard Kingdom Brunel was one of the most
celebrated and innovative engineers of his day. He helped design a number
of revolutionary steamships: the first transatlantic paddle-steamer Great
Western, the first iron-built screw-driven liner Great Britain, and the
largest ship in the world for almost half a century Great Eastern. Besides
these well-known wonders, Brunel also worked with the British Admiralty
on the introduction of the screw propeller into the naval service. Although
legendary in the maritime world, Brunel and the story of his ships have
been surrounded by myth and self-created propaganda. This heavily illustrated
book sets the record straight. A talented team of writers, including a
marine engineer, a historian, and a naval architect have combined their
expertise to analyze the scientific and economic context of the period,
the reality of Brunel's contributions, and the technical features of his
ships. They shed new light on some of the biggest names of nineteenth-century
shipbuilding and provide never-before-published images to illustrate this
great age of innovation.
Hardcover: 160 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.64 x
11.56 x 9.77
Naval Institute Press; ; (April 2000)
The
Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire
edited by P.J. Marshall.
Churchill: A Biography
by Roy Jenkins
Listed under Winston Churchill
Civilising
Subjects: Colony and Metropole in the English Imagination, 1830-1867
by Catherine Hall
Paperback from University of Chicago Press
Book Published: May, 2002
Daily Life in a Victorian House
by Laura Wilson
Listed under Children's
History Books
Daily
Life in Victorian England
by Sally Mitchell
Hardcover: 336 pages
Greenwood Publishing Group; ISBN: 0313294674; (October
1996)
English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth-Century: A Comprehensive
Guide With 1,117 Illustrations
by C. Willett Cunnington
Listed under Fashion History
The
Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy
by David Cannadine
Paperback: 832 pages
Vintage Books; ISBN: 0375703683; (September 1999)
The
Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer
by Doron Swade, Charles Babbage
What a difference a century makes. Doron Swade, technology historian
and assistant director of London's Science Museum, investigates the troubles
that plagued 19th-century knowledge engineers in The Difference Engine:
Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer. The author is
in a unique position to appreciate the technical difficulties of the time,
as he led a team that built a working model of a Difference Engine, using
contemporary materials, in time for Babbage's 1991 bicentenary. The meat
of the book is comprised of the story of the first computing machine design
as gathered from the technical notes and drawings curated by Swade. Though
Babbage certainly had problems translating his ideas into brass, the reader
also comes to understand his fruitless, drawn-out arguments with his funders.
Swade had it comparatively easy, though his depictions of the frustrating
search for money and then working out how best to build the enormous machine
in the late 1980s are delightful. It is difficult--maybe impossible--to
draw a clear, unbroken line of influence from Babbage to any modern computer
researchers, but his importance both as the first pioneer and as a symbol
of the joys and sorrows of computing is unquestioned. Swade clearly respects
his subject deeply, all the more so for having tried to bring the great
old man's ideas to life. The Difference Engine is lovingly comprehensive
and will thrill readers looking for a more technical examination of Babbage's
career. --Rob Lightner - Amazon.com
Hardcover: 352 pages
Viking Press; ISBN: 0670910201; 1 Amer Ed edition (September
10, 2001)
Fairies in Victorian Art
by Christopher Wood
Listed under Fairies
Farewell
the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat
by Jan Morris
Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars
by Robert Gardiner
Listed under Nelson
The Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the
Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by Which They Forced Her
Gates
by Peter Ward Fay
Listed under Opium Wars
Parallel
Lives: Five Victorian Marriages
by Phyllis Rose
(Paperback -- October 1984)
Pax
Britannica: The Climax of an Empire
by Jan Morris
About the Author
Jan Morris served as an intelligence officer with the 9th Queen's Royal
Lancers, studied at Oxford University, and was a reporter for the Times
and the Guardian before launching into a successful career as a novelist,
history author, and travel writer. Her other books include Last Letters
from Hav, Fifty Years of Europe, Conundrum, Hong Kong, Oxford, The World
of Venice, and Farewell the Trumpets.
Paperback: 552 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.35 x
8.12 x 5.38
Publisher: Harvest Books; (November 2002)
ISBN: 0156028018
Queen
Victoria's Little Wars
by Byron Farwell
(Paperback -- February 1988)
Queen Victoria's Family
by Charlotte Zeepvat
Listed under Queen Victoria
The
Rise and Fall of the British Empire
by Lawrence James.
Social
Paralysis and Social Change: British Working-Class Education in the Nineteenth
Century
by Neil J. Smelser
(Hardcover -- October 1991)
Special Order
Soldier
Sahibs: The Daring Adventurers Who Tamed India's Northwest Frontier
by Charles Allen
Hardcover: 384 pages
Carroll & Graf; ISBN: 0786708611; 1 Carroll edition
(May 10, 2001)
The
Victorian Celebration of Death
by James Stevens Curl
Hardcover: 336 pages
Sutton Publishing; ISBN: 0750923180; (March 1, 2001)
Victorian Costume for Ladies
by Linda Setnik
Listed under Fashion History
Victorian
Literature and the Victorian State: Character and Governance in a Liberal
Society
by Lauren M. E. Goodlad
Hardcover from Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Book Published: January, 2004
Victorian
Paintings
by Christopher Wood
Hardcover from Bulfinch
Book Published: 01 October, 1999 |
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The
Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England: From
1811-1901 (Writer's Guide to Everyday Life)
by Kristine Hughes
Hardcover: 240 pages
Writers Digest Books; ISBN: 0898798124; (February 1998)
What
Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew : From Fox Hunting to Whist-The
Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England
by Daniel Pool
(Paperback -- April 1994)
Sir
Garnet Wolseley: Victorian Hero
by Halik Kochanski
Hardcover from Hambledon Pr
Book Published: April, 2001
Victorian
London Street Life in Historic Photographs
by John Thomson
Paperback from Dover Pubns
Book Published: 13 July, 1994
Victorian
Babylon: People, Streets and Images in Nineteenth-Century London
by Lynda Nead
Book Description: In this innovative look at nineteenth-century London,
Lynda Nead offers a fresh account of modernity and metropolitan life. Taking
a highly interdisciplinary approach, Nead charts the relationship between
London's formation into a modern city in the 1860s and the emergence of
new ways to produce and consume visual culture. She explores topics ranging
from the emergence of obscenity legislation to the impact of gas lighting
and glass on urban leisure.
Hardcover from Yale Univ Pr
Book Published: November, 2000
City
of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London
(Women in Culture and Society)
by Judith R. Walkowitz, Catherine R. Stimpson, Catharine R. Stimpson
Paperback from University of Chicago Press (Trd)
Book Published: October, 1992
The
Great Stink of London: Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian
Metropolis
by Stephen Halliday, Adam Hart-Davis
Paperback from Sutton Publishing
Book Published: April, 2001
Unconscious
Crime: Mental Absence and Criminal Responsibility in Victorian London
by Joel Peter Eigen
Hardcover from Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Book Published: November, 2003
Capital
Offenses: Geographies of Class and Crime in Victorian London (Victorian
Literature and Culture Series)
by Simon Joyce
Hardcover from University of Virginia Press
Book Published: June, 2003
The
Victorians
by A. N. Wilson
Paperback from W.W. Norton & Company
Book Published: February, 2004 |
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Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress
by Jan Morris
Paperback: 564 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.25 x 8.00 x 5.25
Publisher: Harvest Books; (May 1980)
ASIN: 0156400065
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