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The Origins of the British: The New Prehistory of Britainby Stephen Oppenheimer
Constable & Robinson 2012; US$ 11.65Stephen Oppenheimer's extraordinary scientific detective story combining genetics, linguistics, archaeology and historical record shatters the myths we have come to live by. It demonstrates that the Anglo-Saxon invasions contributed just a tiny fraction (5%) to the English gene pool. Two thirds of the English people reveal an unbroken line of genetic descent from south-western Europeans arriving long before the first farmers. The bulk of the remaining third arrived between 7,000 and 3,000 years ago as part of long-term north-west European trade and immigration, especially from Scandinavia - and may have brought with them the earliest forms of English language. As for the Celts - the Irish, Scots and Welsh - history has traditionally placed... more...
Empireby Niall Ferguson
Basic Books 2008; US$ 17.95A splendid history.... If Americans want to be convinced of the benefits of empire, as well as apprised of its costs, they need merely pick up Ferguson's dazzling book.- Weekly Standard more...
Englishness and National Cultureby Antony Easthope
Routledge 1998; US$ 39.95Examines Englishness as a form and series of shared discourses, exerting a continuity between the 17th century and today. It argues that today's writers, historians and comedians continue to use the voice of the empiricist tradition. more...
Race And British Electoral Politicsby Shamit Saggar
Routledge 1998; US$ 52.95Providing both an historical and theoretical analysis of race and ethnicity in politics, the contributors examine the participation and influence of ethnic communities in electoral politics at both ends of the political spectrum. more...
Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon Englandby Barbara Yorke
Routledge 1990; US$ 47.95Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England provides a unique survey of the six major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and their royal families, examining the most recent research in this field. more...
Britain on the Edge of Europeby Michael Chisholm
Routledge 1995; US$ 67.95Describes Britain's post-war involvement with the continent, analysing the economic and political effects of Britian's edge-location and challenging othodox notions of distance, cost and competitiveness. more...
Between Culturesby Muhammad Anwar
Routledge 1998; US$ 59.95By considering the position of young Asians in Britain in relation to education, employment, housing and the police and the responses they encounter from these institutions, this book is a comprehensive analysis of a topical area. more...
British Foreign Policy 1874-1914by Sneh Mahajan
Routledge 2001; US$ 186.00British Foreign Policy 1874-1914 contributes to debates surrounding the origins of the First World War, the multipolar diplomacy of the late nineteenth century, and the nature of imperial connections. more...
Three Men Seeking Monstersby Nick Redfern
Simon & Schuster 2004; US$ 12.99They sought out the strange. They investigated the inexplicable. They had one hell of a hangover. On an odyssey of oddities that would take them all to the very limits of their imagination (and inebriation), bestselling author Nick Redfern teamed up with professional monster-hunters Jonathan Downes and Richard Freeman. For six weeks in the summer of 2001, the intrepid-yet-hard-partying trio rampaged across the remote wilds of Great Britain in hot pursuit of werewolves, lake monsters, giant cats, ghostly devil dogs, and ape-men. Their adventures led them deep into ancient forests, into the dark corridors of a mansion hiding a wild man, and to the shores of the legendary Loch Ness -- along the way encountering all manner of curious characters,... more...
Race, Politics and Social Changeby John Solomos; Les Back
Routledge 1995; US$ 52.95Drawing on a wealth of original sources, this book explores the changing contours of the politics of race in the present social and political environment. This will appeal to students of British politics and society. more...









