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Leading historians explore the multiple dimensions of the Irish lord lieutenancy as an institution - political, social and cultural.

La Conversación en la lengua huasteca es un documento del que teníamos noticia por menciones en otros textos pero que estuvo perdido por muchos años, hasta que fue encontrado por casualidad, traspapelado junto con otros documentos posteriores al mismo en el legado de Walter Lehmann, en la Biblioteca del Instituto Iberoamericano de Berlin (vease el Arte del idioma huasteco (1711) de Bernardo de Quiros, publicado por esta misma casa editorial). Es el unico documento de su tipo en idioma huasteco y se encuentra en la tradicion de los conocidos conversacionarios de la epoca colonial como el de Pedro de Arenas (Mexicano) y el de Diego de Nagera Yanguas (Mazahua).La Conversacion es, por tanto, un compendio de traducciones del español al huasteco de frases cortas y oraciones simples de gran valor informativo sobre diversas tematicas de la vida cotidiana, tanto de practicas culturales entre los huastecos como con respecto a asuntos comerciales o relaciones laborales, entre otros temas.La presente edicion cuenta con un aparato critico y notas al pie relacionadas tanto con aspectos dialectales reflejados en el documento como con la variacion hallada entre el registro y los datos del huasteco actual en distintos niveles de la gramatica y del lexico. Su analisis es de particular interes para los estudios coloniales, para los huastequistas y mayistas en general.

Conjunto de ensayos relativos a la producción historiográfica sobre el mundo del trabajo en América Latina en el tránsito de la época colonial al período republicano. Presenta un completo estado de la cuestion y plantea algunos problemas que se deben afrontar para avanzar en el conocimiento del mundo del trabajo en el periodo. Los articulos aqui reunidos recorren un amplio espectro historiografico y abarcan una multiplicidad tematica que incluye tanto cuestiones generales como especificas. En este sentido, los ensayos analizan aspectos institucionales o la naturaleza y caracteristicas del trabajo en ciertos sectores productivos o regiones; se ocupan tambien del estudio de algunos grupos especificos, de sus organizaciones y vinculos con otros colectivos poniendolos ademas en relacion con el desenvolvimiento politico del momento. Entre los temas especificos que se abordan se encuentra el artesanado urbano, una de las figuras centrales debido principalmente al periodo de estudio, la historia social del trabajo de las mujeres, incluyendo asi la perspectiva de genero, y el caso de los trabajadores migrantes.

Alfred Landeckers life illustrates the fate of the vast majority of Jewish people in 20th century Germany at the time.From rural eastern Prussia to an industrial city in Germanys southeast: shortly before the start of the First World War, Alfred Landecker decided to make a considerable leap. Raised in a large Jewish family in the town of Nordenburg, as a young man Alfred left the area for Mannheim. After years on the Western Front, he worked as a business representative in a machine factory, became acquainted with his future Catholic wife Maria Gener, and started a family. In 1928, Maria died. Subsequent Nazi persecution from 1933 would place Alfred and his three children designated half Jews through the Nuremberg Laws in a hopeless situation. In 1942, Landecker was deported to the east and murdered. Times change, and with the times, people change as well he had written four years earlier in a letter to his daughter. This biography describes how changed times intruded into Alfred Landeckers life and destroyed it.

Jonathan Bardons A History of Ulster is widely regarded as the definitive text on the region. Updated with a more recent preface from the author, this illustrated, abridged version offers a comprehensive but accessible overview of life in the province for anyone seeking to understand the roots of its troubled history.The Vikings, the Norman invasions, the plantations, the Penal Laws, the rise of the United Irishmen and Orangeism, the Act of Union, the linen and shipbuilding industries, the Home Rule Crisis and partition, the civil rights movement, the Troubles and the peace process its all here in this essential companion to Jonathan Bardons bestselling A History of Ireland in 100 Episodes.

Uma notável biografia de uma cidade fascinanteDo Alcorão a Shakespeare, esta cidade dos três nomes – Bizâncio, Constantinopla, Istambul – foi o centro do mundo, durante grande parte da sua história,

The Irish Civil War ended in 1923. Eighty years on, documentary-maker Tom Hurley wondered if there were many civilians and combatants left from across Ireland who had experienced the years 1919 to 1923, their prelude and their aftermath. What memories had they, what were their stories and how did they reflect on those turbulent times?In early 2003, he recorded the experiences of 18 people, conducting 2 further interviews abroad in 2004. Tom spoke to a cross section (Catholic, Protestant, Unionist and Nationalist) who were in their teens or early twenties during the civil war. The chronological approach he has taken spans 50 years, beginning with the oldest interviewees birth in 1899 and ending when the Free State became a republic in 1949.Last Voices of the Irish Revolution.

The welcome given to refugees from fascist Europe is part of our fond nostalgia for Britains role in the Second World War, nestling in our imagination next to images of evacuees clutching teddy bears, and milkmen picking their way through bomb rubble during the Blitz. But there is a darker side to this story. Then, as now, there was great suspicion, resentment and fear towards new arrivals, much of it kindled by the tabloid press. Then, as now, politicians dealt with a reluctance to accommodate refugees by hiding behind bureaucratic hurdles and obfuscation.Many of the 10,000 Kindertransport children who arrived here in the late 1930s have warm memories of the kindness they were shown, but half a million refugees were refused entry and most of them died as a result. And those who were accepted found their troubles far from over. While Britain fearfully awaited invasion in 1940, 30,000 Jews were interned as enemy aliens and some were sent off to the colonies on dangerous and sometimes fatal voyages. Nor were Jews the only refugees clamouring for the thin gruel of public sympathy. Those fleeing fascism and civil war elsewhere in Europe found that whether they were met with kindness or hostility depended on the locals political affiliations and newspapers of choice.Interweaving personal testimonies with historical sources, Paul Dowswell casts a fresh eye on the wartime era, painting a vivid picture of what life was really like for Britains refugees.

LIFE. SEX. RACE. POWER. FREE SPEECH. PROTEST. PRIVACY. DEMOCRACY. SOVEREIGNTY. DEATH.Society shapes law and law shapes society.We like to imagine that progress comes about when Parliament spots a looming groundswell in public opinion and responds by changing the laws that govern our daily lives. This is not always true.In this fascinating book, Inigo Bing unravels ten legal cases in which the decisions of judges or a jury either heralded a shift in outlook or forced Parliament to respond to simmering social change.Some of these cases demonstrate the role judges have in defending our civil liberties against overweening executive power, articulating inherent unwritten rights Parliament would prefer to keep quiet about. Others explore what happens when rapid technological or social change outpaces government, placing urgent ethical dilemmas in the lap of the court. All of them have had a lasting impact on the society we inhabit.Taken together, these stories provide a powerful insight into eighty years of British social, political and cultural history, illustrating why legal cases are just as important to making our world as laws written by Parliament or grassroots changes within society.

"A remarkable inside story of the war from the perspective of the Iraqi Commander-in-Chief. Fascinating, very readable, and recommended." Jeremy Bowen, BBC Middle East editor"Impossible Victory is the definitive memoir of Iraqs effort to save its people and many other would-be victims from the most destructive terrorist organisation in history." Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster, former US national security advisor and author of Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World"This book casts a historical light on a decisive era." Jean-Yves Le Drian, French minister for Europe and foreign affairs***By 2014, the world had grown weary of Iraq and its troubles. The Americans had all but gone and the media had turned its gaze towards Syria, but Iraqs problems were far from over. That same year, ISIS put Iraq back on the map as they crossed the border from Syria and rampaged through the country, kidnapping, raping and killing, all in the name of enforcing their murderous interpretation of Sharia law.Terror had arrived and was taking the region in its grip. Saddam Hussein, the occupation, sectarian war, corruption and political instability had collectively laid the groundwork for further violence, and Iraqis were about to see the worst of it.It was against this backdrop that Haider al-Abadi became Prime Minister. What would likely be the most formidable task of his life lay ahead of him: to help unify his homelands fractured military and politics and, slowly, to turn the tide on ISIS, ultimately achieving what once seemed an impossible victory.This is the definitive and fascinating true story of how the people of Iraq took on and eventually defeated ISIS, told by the countrys former Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi.

The Falklands War, which may prove to be the last colonial war that Britain ever fights, took place in 1982. Fought 8,000 miles from home soil, it cost the lives of 255 British military personnel, with many more wounded, some seriously.The war also witnessed many acts of outstanding courage by the UK Armed Forces after a strong Task Force was sent to regain the islands from the Argentine invaders. Soldiers, sailors and airmen risked, and in some cases gave, their lives for the freedom of 1,820 islanders.Lord Ashcroft, who has been fascinated by bravery since he was a young boy, has amassed several medal collections over the past four decades, including the worlds largest collection of Victoria Crosses, Britain and the Commonwealths most prestigious gallantry award.Falklands War Heroes tells the stories behind his collection of valour and service medals awarded for the Falklands War. The collection, almost certainly the largest of its kind in the world, spans all the major events of the war.This book, which contains nearly forty individual write-ups, has been written to mark the fortieth anniversary of the war. It is Lord Ashcrofts attempt to champion the outstanding bravery of our Armed Forces during an undeclared war that was fought and won over ten weeks in the most challenging conditions.

The year is 1987. Having made history by becoming the UKs first female Prime Minister and then driving out the most left-wing manifesto the country has ever seen, Margaret Thatcher faces a climactic third election campaign.Her eight years in power have been pivotal in guiding the UK back onto the path towards prosperity, and as he surveys the scene, David Young, Secretary of State for Employment, can see the fragile seeds of Thatchers government beginning to grow. But this third election threatens to destroy it all, plunging the nation back into the chaos of union militancy, the three-day week and the Winter of Discontent, when Britain ground to a halt and even the bodies lay unburied. Drafted in to run the campaign, Young knows one thing for certain: the country cannot afford to go back.Written in lucid, powerful prose, Youngs remarkable diary of the election that set the UK on course for the next thirty years invites readers into the room with the key players, including the Prime Minister herself. Full of gut-wrenching claustrophobia, tension and paranoia, Inside Thatchers Last Election reveals the personality clashes that threatened to derail the campaign from the beginning and presents a very different woman from the Thatcher we think we know.For those in the eye of the storm, there was little doubt about what was at stake: the future of Britains enterprise.

Najaf: Portrait of a Holy City examines the historical and social aspects of one of Iraqs most important cities, a centre of religious learning and devotion for the Shii community since medieval times. Through original contributions by leading Iraqi and international scholars, this volume presents several key aspects of the history and development of the city, its global spiritual and educational prominence and its modern role as an economic and political centre. The thirteen essays in this book cover topics such as Najafs architecture and urban design, as well as the preservation of its built environment; the impact of social movements and revolutions on the city; pilgrimage and religious authority in Najaf; and the citys libraries and intellectual development.

This book tells the story of the lives and deaths of 162 Kerrymen who died for the ideal of an independent Irish republic of 32 counties. Many were killed in action but others were executed or died while in captivity as a result of brutality or neglect. In telling their stories Tim Horgan has provided an intriguing social history of the county and a snapshot of life in Ireland.They range from the story of Thomas Ashe whose funeral was attended by over 100,000 people to that of seventeen year old Tom Moriarty who was buried secretly by his comrades. They include people like the First World War marksman, Con Healy, who though dying of tuberculosis went on to become a hero fighting for his own country and the contrasting stories of Patrick Lynch who was shot dead at his doorstep and of Tim OSullivan who was executed in faraway Donegal, though they were born in neighbouring parishes in South Kerry.This book will certainly be a collectors item and will make a wonderful gift for anyone with Kerry connections.

By equal measure state-builder and political unifier and ruthless opportunist and bloody-handed aggressor, Alexander II has been praised or vilified by past historians but has rarely been viewed in the round. This book explores the kings successes and failures, offering a fresh assessment of his contribution to the making of Scotland as a nation. It lifts the focus from an introspective national history to look at the man and his kingdom in wider British and European history, examining his international relationships and offering the first detailed analysis of the efforts to work out a lasting diplomatic solution to Anglo-Scottish conflict over his inherited claims to the northern counties of England. More than just a political narrative, the book also seeks to illuminate aspects of the kings character and his relationships with those around him, especially his mother, his first wife Joan Plantagenet, and the great magnates, clerics and officials who served in his household and administration. The book illustrates the processes by which the mosaic of petty principalities and rival power-bases that covered the map of late 12th-century Scotland had become by the mid-13th century a unified state, hybrid in culture(s) and multilingual but acknowledging a common identity as Scots.

The authorities told folk what they ought to believe, but what did they really believe? Throughout Scottish history, people have believed in fairies. They were a part of everyday life, as real as the sunrise, and as incontrovertible as the existence of God. While fairy belief was only a fragment of a much larger complex, the implications of studying this belief tradition are potentially vast, revealing some understanding of the worldview of the people of past centuries. This book, the first modern study of the subject, examines the history and nature of fairy belief, the major themes and motifs, the demonising attack upon the tradition, and the attempted reinstatement of the reality of fairies at the end of the seventeenth century, as well as their place in ballads and in Scottish literature.

This volume aims to critically examine the bad reputation gained by the Comyns in post-Bruce Scotland. The name "Comyn" has long been associated in Scottish tradition with treachery: the family were involved in the infamous kidnapping of the young Alexaner III in 1257, were accused of treachery against William Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk in 1298, and of betraying Robert Bruce to Edward I of England 1306. This reappraisal of the Comyns role concludes that the period 1212 to 1314 should be regarded as the "Comyn century" in Scottish history. The book highlights the Comyns role as pillars of the Scottish monarchy and leaders of the political community of the realm in this formative century. The familys interests and influence extended into every corner of Scotland and their castles controlled key lines of communication, especially in Northern Scotland. It is against this background that Bruces political ambitions in Scotland and Edward Is attempts to influence Scottish affairs in the late-13th century are set. Comyn dominance of the Scottish political scene adds a new twist to the murder of John Comyn by Robert Bruce in the Greyfriars Church at Dumfries in 1306, and to the impact of the Battle of Bannockburn (1314) on the power struggle within Scotland. This study of the Comyns intends to help establish the strength of opposition to Robert Bruce at the end of the 13th century. A non-Bruce view of the 13th-century Scottish history.The issue of power politics within Scotland, and between England and Scotland, is a constant central theme.

What more could there be to know about FDR, given how exhaustively his life has been written about? As it happens, there is more and that focuses on Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, the queen of her Washington social circle, later FDRs friend and love-and Eleanors rival, as the title of Christine Tottens work points out. In Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd: Eleanors Rival, FDRs Other Love, Totten presents a carefully structured case for a deep and lasting but chaste love between Lucy and FDR, against the prevailing view that they were clandestine lovers. Tottens research into the personal memories of the Rutherfurd family and the public holdings of the FDR Library establishes a new rich understanding of Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd--her early life, her education, and her role in the social and political scene in Washington. This work gives Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd her due, as a woman in her own right as well as FDRs valued soul mate and friend.

This is the first book in English to provide a systematic treatment of Panhellenism. The author argues that in archaic and classical Greece Panhellenism defined the community of the Hellenes and gave it political substance. Panhellenism also responded to other needs of the community, in particular serving to locate the Hellenes in time and space. One of the chief Panhellenic narratives, the war against the barbarian, provided the conceptual framework in which Alexander the Great could imagine his Asian campaign.

Covering three hundred years of history, G.B. Burnet uncovers the beginnings and downfall of the Scottish Quaker movement, which, during its period of 1650-1850, had an estimated 1500 adherents. The story of Quakerism can be divided into four main periods: its rise during the few years of Cromwells rule; the epic period during the latter Stuart dynasty, during which it reached a height and simultaneously underwent its cruellest persecutions in Aberdeen; its gradual decline with occasional surges of social activity; and its dwindling activities in the nineteenth century. Burnet writes with clarity and depth on the four main periods, taking the reader along the movements history from Edinburgh to Aberdeen, Angus, the Borders, the Highlands and beyond. As the study approaches the end of the nineteenth century, Burnet addresses the ultimate question of why Quakerism failed in Scotland. An Epilogue, written by William H. Marwick, Clerk to the Friends General Meeting for Scotland, expands still further onthe progress of Quakerism from 1850-1950. The pioneer Quakers were nothing if not strong in zeal to win converts, and the Movement had hardly obtained a footing in England before the dark carnal people of Scotland were marked down for missionary enterprise. Extract from Chapter 1.