This is the the three-volume set of the Cambridge History of British Theatre, general editor: Peter Thomson. The individual volumes are: Milling and Thomson/Cambridge History of British Theatre, vol. 1: Origins to 1660 (0521 650402) Donohue/The Cambridge History of British Theatre, vol. 2: 1660 to 1895 (0521 650682) Kershaw/The Cambridge History of British Theatre, vol. 3: Sin...(展开全部)

This new edition of a compelling atlas tells the changing story of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as presenting a cartographic overview of the expansion and gradual disintegration of Britain's overseas empire. The fourth edition now includes: * politics: from the Saxon kingdoms and the collapse of Britain's French Empire to the Jacobites, Parliamentary Reform, t...(展开全部)

This new edition of a compelling atlas tells the changing story of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as presenting a cartographic overview of the expansion and gradual disintegration of Britain's overseas empire. The fourth edition now includes: * politics: from the Saxon kingdoms and the collapse of Britain's French Empire to the Jacobites, Parliamentary Reform, t...(展开全部)

This collection of 200 posters from the archives of British Airways provides a stunning visual history of air travel from the earliest days to the present. Airline posters often evoked the glamour of

The fifth edition of British Politics is a significantly expanded work that draws on the contribution of three new political scientists and redresses the balance between the historical context of British Politics and key theoretical debates. British Politics 5/e overcomes the traditional problem of looking at Britain in isolation and the narrow, institution-based approach to p...(展开全部)

尼日利亚作家，1930年生于尼日利亚，代表作有《这个世界土崩瓦解了》《再也不得安宁》等。曾获曼布克国际文学奖、英联邦诗歌奖、德国书业和平奖、尼日利亚国家奖等多项大奖，被英美等国大学授予了二十多个荣誉博士学位，入选“全球百名公共知识分子”。

A reassessment of the history and role of the British empire is timely. It is the aim of The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire to present to general readers in a clear and accessible way the findings of historians of empire over recent years. The book serves both as a full survey of the chronological development and impact of the British empire in history for ...(展开全部)

Up to World War II and beyond, the British ruled over a vast empire. Modern western attitudes towards the imperial past tend either towards nostalgia for British power or revulsion at what seem to be the abuses of that power. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire adopts neither of these approaches. It aims to create historical understanding about the British e...(展开全部)

This book examines the British discovery of Buddhism during the Victorian period. It was only during the nineteenth century that Buddhism became, in the western mind, a religious tradition separate from Hinduism. As a result, Buddha emerged from a realm of myth and was addressed as a historical figure. Almond's exploration of British interpretations of Buddhism - of its founder...(展开全部)

This book examines the British discovery of Buddhism during the Victorian period. It was only during the nineteenth century that Buddhism became, in the western mind, a religious tradition separate from Hinduism. As a result, Buddha emerged from a realm of myth and was addressed as a historical figure. Almond's exploration of British interpretations of Buddhism - of its founder...(展开全部)