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The Succession Debate and Contested Authority in Elizabethan England, 1558-1603
This book examines the succession debate in England during the reign of Elizabeth I. It considers the succession question in its entirety, instead of...
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Sexuality and the Church of England, 1918-1980
This book presents an original and archivally rich account of the Church of England’s institutional grappling with matters of sex, relationships,...
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Agency and Locality in the London Blitz
This book takes a fresh approach to the London Blitz by viewing this time through individual local boroughs of the metropolis. The term ‘London...
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Gold, Finance and Imperialism in South Africa, 1887–1902 A View from the Stock Exchange
This book provides a unique account of the financial and political history of the South African War by analysing the organisation and operations of...
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Tuberculosis and Irish Fiction, 1800–2022 A Lingering Condition
This book focuses on Ireland’s lived experience of tuberculosis as represented in the nation’s fiction; not surprisingly, the disease both manifests...
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Britain and the Dhofar War in Oman, 1963–1976 A Covert War in Arabia
This book explores Britain’s involvement in the Dhofar War of 1963-1976, focusing on the military aspects of this conflict in Southern Oman. It...
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The Centenary of the Irish Free State Constitution Constituting a Polity?
This book deals with the role, development, and legacy of the first Constitution of independent Ireland within the wider context of the establishment...
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The Scottish State and European Migrants, 1885–1939 Managing Foreignness
This book examines the efforts of the government in Scotland to manage the increase of migrants travelling to Britain at the end of the nineteenth...
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The British Police and Home Food Production in the Great War Police as Ploughmen, 1917–1918
This book explores the role of the British Police in home food production during the First World War, a critical time when decreasing food imports...
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Constitutional Monarchy of the Twenty-First Century
This is the first book to investigate how constitutional monarchy could survive in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, during which many...
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Our Sea of Islands New Approaches to British Insularity in the Late Middle Ages
This book considers how to conceive of the group of islands known in our time as the British Isles in the Late Middle Ages. Was the archipelago...
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Religion and the Science of Human Nature in the Scottish Enlightenment
This book examines how enlightened Scottish social theorists c.1740 to c.1800 understood the origin and development of religion. Challenging...
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Alcohol and Liver Cirrhosis in Twentieth-Century Britain
The relationship between alcohol consumption and liver cirrhosis has long been contested by doctors and medical professionals, creating numerous...
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Acid Attacks in Britain, 1760–1975
This Palgrave Pivot examines the history of the largely urban offence once known as vitriol throwing because the substance most commonly used was...
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The Eastern Question in 1870s Britain Democracy and Diplomacy, Orientalism and Empire
This book examines mid-Victorian discourse on the expansion of the British Empire’s role in the Middle East. It investigates how British political...
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Corrupt Britain Public Ethics in Practice and Thought Since the Magna Carta
This book deploys a long-term account of political corruption in Britain to explain the phenomenon of corruption as it resides within the state and...
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Bernard Shaw Reimagining Women and Ireland, 1892–1914
Shaw emerged as a playwright in the politically charged environment of 1892, for both female suffrage and Irish independence. His plays quickly...
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Narratives of the Unspoken in Contemporary Irish Fiction Silences that Speak
This Open access book is a collection of essays and offers an in-depth analysis of silence as an aesthetic practice and a textual strategy which...
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Imagining Ireland's Future, 1870-1914 Home Rule, Utopia, Dystopia
This book attempts to delve into the connection between imagination and politics, and examines the many expectations and fears engendered by the...
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Redundancy, Community and Heritage in the Modern Church of England, 1945–2000 Closing the Church Door
This book is a reappraisal of Anglican Church redundancy from a cultural perspective. It challenges long-held perceptions about the rationale for...