A History of the English Parish

A History of the English Parish
Author: N. J. G. Pounds
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521633512

A 'grass roots' cultural history of the English parish from the earliest times to Queen Victoria.

The Amateur and the Professional

The Amateur and the Professional
Author: P. J. A. Levine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2003-02-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521530507

This book highlights the growing divide in nineteenth-century intellectual circles between amateur and professional interest, and explores the institutional means whereby professional ascendancy was achieved in the broad field of studies of the past. It is concerned with how antiquarian 'gentlemen of leisure', pursuing their interests through local archaeological societies, were, by the end of the century, relegated to the sidelines of the now university-based discipline of history. At the same time it explores the theological as well as technical barriers which arrested the development of archaeology in this period. This is a notable contribution to the intellectual history of Victorian England, attending not simply to the ideas perpetrated by these communities of scholarship but to their social status, relating such social consideration to a more traditional intellectual history to create a new social history of ideas.

History of Agriculture in Ontario 1613-1880

History of Agriculture in Ontario 1613-1880
Author: Robert Leslie Jones
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1946-12-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1487590628

This comprehensive history of Ontario's agricultural development, first published in 1946, is a classic of scholarship and readability. It will appeal not only to agriculturalists and historians but also to anyone interested in life in early Ontario.

The History of Blacks in Canada

The History of Blacks in Canada
Author: George H. Junne
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2003-03-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0313017107

This fascinating bibliography of source materials clearly demonstrates the significant roles blacks have played in the history and culture of Canada from its beginnings as well as their 400-year fight for equity and justice. Organized by area of endeavor and by province, the source materials detailed here reveal that blacks in Canada have created a rich, diverse, and complex legacy. This volume lists resources that point to blacks' history as soldiers, prospectors, educators, cowboys, homesteaders, entertainers, legislators, athletes, artists, servants, and writers. The most comprehensive bibliography about blacks in Canada that has been published, it is well organized to facilitate locating specific topics or people spanning black history. Also included are newspapers and videos that add their own unique contribution. Academicians, researchers, students, and interested lay people will find an organized compilation of a vast number of primary and secondary sources about blacks in Canada.

Iron Age Communities in Britain

Iron Age Communities in Britain
Author: Barry Cunliffe
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 701
Release: 2006-08-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134938039

Since its first publication in 1971, Barry Cunliffe's monumental survey has established itself as a classic of British archaeology. This fully revised fourth edition maintains the qualities of the earlier editions, whilst taking into account the significant developments that have moulded the discipline in recent years. Barry Cunliffe here incorporates new theoretical approaches, technological advances and a range of new sites and finds, ensuring that Iron Age Communities in Britain remains the definitive guide to the subject.