Albion articles from June 2002

Albion archives from June 2002

Estate management and inflation: the honor of Gloucester, 1183-1263 (1).
June 22, 2002... Long ago, in an ambitious and valuable study, Sidney Painter sought to trace the progress of incomes from the estates of lay baronies between 1086 and 1350. (2) While Painter suggested that some of the nominal growth in baronial incomes he...

King James's civic pageant and parliamentary speech in March 1604.
June 22, 2002... Near the end of a speech to his first Parliament (19 March 1604), James makes a rhetorical move, disingenuous and shrewd. He offers an excuse "in case you have not found such Eloquence in my Speech, as peradventure you might have looked for at...

Freelance writers and the changing terrain of intellectual life in Britain, 1880-1980.
June 22, 2002... The terrain of British intellectual life in the twentieth century was dominated by two major features: freelance writers and university scholars. At the elite level, as Noel Annan showed, the two types--independent thinkers and academics--can...

King Arthur's Round Table: An Archaeological Investigation. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Martin Biddle. King Arthur's Round Table: An Archaeological Investigation. Rochester, N.Y.: Boydell. 2000. Pp. xxxi, 553. $55.00. ISBN: 0-85115-626-6. In the summer of 1977 I walked up the steep street from Winchester Cathedral to the...

Family and Household in Medieval England. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Peter Fleming. Family and Household in Medieval England. (Social History in Perspective.) New York: Palgrave. 2001. Pp. viii, 162. $69.95. ISBN 0-333-61078-4. Fleming's book is part of the Social History in Perspective series, whose...

Aliens in Medieval Law: the Origins of Modern Citizenship. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Keechang Kim. Aliens in Medieval Law: the Origins of Modern Citizenship. (Cambridge Studies in English Legal History.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xii, 250. $64.95. ISBN: 0-521-80085-4. Keechang Kim's innovative view of...

A Hertfordshire Demesne of Westminster Abbey: Profits, Productivity and Weather. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Derek Vincent Stern. A Hertfordshire Demesne of Westminster Abbey: Profits, Productivity and Weather. (Studies in Regional and Local History.) Hertfordshire: University of Hertfordshire Press. 2000. Pp. lviii, 256. [pounds sterling]29.99. ISBN...

The Problem of Labour in Fourteenth-Century England. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... James Bothwell, P. J. P. Goldberg and W. M. Ormrod, eds. The Problem of Labour in Fourteenth-Century England. Rochester, N. Y.: Boydell and Brewer. 2000. Pp. viii, 153. $75.00. ISBN 1-903153-04-2. The fourteenth century has long proved a...

War Cruel and Sharp: English Strategy under Edward III, 1327-1360. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Clifford J. Rogers. War Cruel and Sharp: English Strategy under Edward III, 1327-1360. (Warfare in History.) Rochester, N.Y.: Boydell and Brewer. 2000. Pp. xviii, 458. $75.00. ISBN 0-85115-804-8. In military terms, Edward III is usually...

The Battle of Agincourt: Sources and Interpretations. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Anne Curry. The Battle of Agincourt: Sources and Interpretations. (Warfare in History.) Rochester, N.Y.: Boydell and Brewer. 2000. Pp. xv, 474. $75.00. ISBN 0-85115-802-1. Since the completion in 1985 of her Ph.D. thesis, "Military...

Prophecy and Public Affairs in Later Medieval England. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Lesley A. Coote. Prophecy and Public Affairs in Later Medieval England. Rochester, N.Y: Boydell and Brewer. 2000. Pp. ix, 301. $90.00. ISBN 1-903153-03-4. Prophecy played a significant role in medieval political and religious life. There...

Scholastic Humanism and the Unification of Europe, Volume II: The Heroic Age. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... R. W. Southern. Scholastic Humanism and the Unification of Europe, Volume II: The Heroic Age. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell. 2001. Pp. xi, 228. $29.95 paper. ISBN 0-631-22079-8. Volume II of Scholastic Humanism and the Unification of Europe was...

Writing Religious Women: Female Spiritual and Textual Practices in Late Medieval England. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Denis Renevey and Christiania Whitehead, eds. Writing Religious Women: Female Spiritual and Textual Practices in Late Medieval England. Buffalo: University of Toronto Press. 2000. Pp. xi, 270. $65.00. ISBN 0-8020-3517-5. This collection of...

Death, Art, and Memory in Medieval England: The Cobham Family and their Monuments, 1300-1500. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Nigel Saul. Death, Art, and Memory in Medieval England: The Cobham Family and their Monuments, 1300-1500. New York: Oxford University Press. 2001. Pp. xv, 287. $45.00.: ISBN 0-19-820746-8. Because his 1997 biography of Richard II gained so...

Nunneries, Learning and Spirituality in Late Medieval English Society; The Dominican Priory of Dartford. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Paul Lee. Nunneries, Learning and Spirituality in Late Medieval English Society; The Dominican Priory of Dartford. Rochester, N.Y.: Boydell and Brewer. 2001. Pp. x, 243. $90.00. ISBN 1-903153-02-6. Paul Lee's book is the first full-length...

The Premonstratensian Order in Late Medieval England. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Joseph A. Gribbin. The Premonstratensian Order in Late Medieval England. (Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, Volume XVI.) Rochester, N.Y.: Boydell & Brewer. 2001. Pp. xviii, 283. $75.00. ISBN 0-85115-799-8. Although often...

Chaucer to Shakespeare, 1337-1580. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... SunHee Kim Gertz. Chaucer to Shakespeare, 1337-1580. (Transitions.) New York: Palgrave. 2001. Pp. xi, 248. $55.00. ISBN 0-333-72198-5. SunHee Kim Gertz's book is part of Transitions, a set of studies exploring evolutions in literature from...

Cheshire and the Tudor State 1480-1560. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Tim Thornton. Cheshire and the Tudor State 1480-1560. (Royal Historical Society Studies in History.) Rochester, N.Y: Boydell and Brewer. 2000. Pp. xii, 320. $75.00. ISBN 0-86193-248-X. Local and regional studies are constantly evolving...

Tudor Church Reform: The Henrician Canons of 1535 and the 'Reformatio Legum Ecclesiasticarum'. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Gerald Bray, ed. Tudor Church Reform: The Henrician Canons of 1535 and the 'Reformatio Legum Ecclesiasticarum'. (Church of England Record Society. Volume 8.) Rochester, N.Y.: Boydell & Brewer. 2000. Pp. clx, 892. $125.00. ISBN 0-85115-809-9....

Reginald Pole: Prince & Prophet. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Thomas F. Mayer. Reginald Pole: Prince & Prophet. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xv, 468. $74.95. ISBN 0-521-37188-0. One of the last members of the Plantagenet dynasty and nearly elected pope, a man who escaped the...

Reading History in Early Modern England. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... D. R. Woolf. Reading History in Early Modern England. (Cambridge Studies in Early Modem British History.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xvi, 360. $69.95. ISBN 0-521-78046-2. Daniel Woolf is already well known to students...

Early Modern Kent 1540-1640. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Michael Zell, ed. Early Modern Kent 1540-1640. (Kent History Project.) Rochester, N.Y.: Boydell and Brewer. 2000. Pp. x, 340. $90.00. ISBN 0-85115-585-5. The book under review forms part of the Kent History Project, which, when completed,...

Power and Politics in Tudor England. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... G. W. Bernard. Power and Politics in Tudor England. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate. 2000. Pp. vi, 240. $79.95. ISBN 0-7546-0245-1. High politics in early Tudor England is Dr. Bernard's domain, and this accessible collection of essays--five old,...

Townspeople and Nation: English Urban Experiences 1540-1640. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Robert Tittler. Townspeople and Nation: English Urban Experiences 1540-1640. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 2001. Pp. xi, 251. $19.95 paper. ISBN 0-8047-3869-6. This is a good and attractive book, happily available in paperback,...

The Rough Wooings: Mary Queen of Scots, 1542-1551. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Marcus Merriman. The Rough Wooings: Mary Queen of Scots, 1542-1551. East Lothian, Scotland: Tuckwell Press. 2000. Pp. xxix, 448. $39.95. ISBN 1-86232-090-X. This is a revised version of the author's 1974 dissertation, which has been...

The Anthony Roll of Henry VIII's Navy: Pepys Library 2991 and British Library Additional MS 22047 with Related Documents. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... C. S. Knighton and D. M. Loades, eds. The Anthony Roll of Henry VIII's Navy: Pepys Library 2991 and British Library Additional MS 22047 with Related Documents. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate. 2000. Pp. xxi, 198. $139.95. ISBN 0-7546-0094-7. The...

Literary Circles and Cultural Communities in Renaissance England. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Claude J. Summers and Ted-Larry Pebworth, eds. Literary Circles and Cultural Communities in Renaissance England. Columbia: University of Missouri Press. 2000. Pp. ix, 243. $39.95. ISBN 0-8262-1317-0. One of the happiest results of the...

The Drama of John Marston: Critical Re-Visions. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... T. F. Wharton, ed. The Drama of John Marston: Critical Re-Visions. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. Xiii,233. $59.95. ISBN 0-521-65136-0. This collection is a very welcome addition to the growing shelf of books on Marston....

Thomas Harriot: An Elizabethan Man of Science. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Robert Fox, ed. Thomas Harriot: An Elizabethan Man of Science. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate. 2000. Pp. xii, 317. $84.95. ISBN 0-7546-0078-5. In spite of the scholarship devoted to his study during the past half-century, Thomas Harriot remains...

Colonial Transformations: The Cultural Production of the New Atlantic World, 1580-1640. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Rebecca Anne Bach. Colonial Transformations: The Cultural Production of the New Atlantic World, 1580-1640. New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. xiv, 290. $49.95. ISBN 0-312-23099-0. Acknowledgments by American scholars tend to the effusive. This...

Knowledge and Practice in English Medicine, 1550-1680. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Andrew Wear. Knowledge and Practice in English Medicine, 1550-1680. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. viii, 496. n. p. ISBN 0-521- 55226-5. Readers looking for a conventional history of English medicine in the sixteenth and...

State Formation in Early Modern England c. 1550-1700. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Michael J. Braddick. State Formation in Early Modern England c. 1550-1700. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. ix, 448. $74.95. ISBN 0-521-78346-1. That this is a fine book--deeply informed, synoptic, carefully reasoned--there...

Theatre and Empire: Great Britain on the London Stages under James VI and I. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Tristan Marshall. Theatre and Empire: Great Britain on the London Stages under James VI and I. (Politics, Culture, and Society in Early Modern Britain.) Manchester: Manchester University Press, dist. by Palgrave, New York, N.Y 2000. Pp. viii,...

The Writing of Royalism 1628-1660. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Robert Wilcher. The Writing of Royalism 1628-1660. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2001. Pp. xii, 403. $64.95. ISBN 0-521-66183-8. When Abraham Cowley published the 1656 edition of his poems, itspreface acknowledged that "a warlike,...

The Church in an Age of Danger: Parsons and Parishioners, 1660-1740. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Donald A. Spaeth. The Church in an Age of Danger: Parsons and Parishioners, 1660-1740. (Cambridge Studies in Early Modem British History.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xiii, 279. $64.95. ISBN 0-521-35313-0. This book is...

Venice Transfigured: The Myth of Venice in British Culture, 1660-1797. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... John Eglin. Venice Transfigured: The Myth of Venice in British Culture, 1660-1797. New York: Palgrave. 2001. Pp. x, 262. $45.00. ISBN 0-312-23299-3. As Christopher Hill observed in The Intellectual Origins of the English Revolution (1965),...

Men's Work: Gender, Class, and the Professionalization of Poetry, 1660-1784. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Linda Zionkowski. Men's Work: Gender, Class, and the Professionalization of Poetry, 1660-1784. New York: Palgrave. 2001. Pp. viii, 279. $49.95. ISBN 0-312-23758-8. Men's Work by Linda Zionkowski tells the story of the emergence of the...

Music in Eighteenth-Century Britain. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... David Wyn Jones, ed. Music in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate. 2000. Pp. xiv, 318. $84.95. ISBN 1-84014-688-5. The essays in this volume originated as papers at a conference at Cardiff University in July 1996, so it is...

The Grammar of Empire in Eighteenth-Century British Writing. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Janet Sorensen. The Grammar of Empire in Eighteenth-Century British Writing. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. x, 318. $59.95. ISBN 0-521-65327-4. The Grammar of Empire is an enquiry into the "amalgamation" of Scotland into...

Conscience and Its Critics: Protestant Conscience, Enlightenment Reason, and Modem Subjectivity. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Edward G. Andrew. Conscience and Its Critics: Protestant Conscience, Enlightenment Reason, and Modem Subjectivity. Buffalo: University of Toronto Press. 2001. Pp. ix, 259. $45.00. ISBN 0-8020-4859-5. Edward G. Andrew's study of the idea of...

Poverty and Welfare in England, 1700-1850. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Steven King. Poverty and Welfare in England, 1700-1850. (Manchester Studies in Modem History.) Manchester: Manchester University Press; dist. by Palgrave, New York, N.Y. 2000. Pp. x, 294. $29.95 paper. ISBN 0-7190-4940-7. A legion of...

Illegitimate Theatre in London, 1770-1840. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Jane Moody. Illegitimate Theatre in London, 1770-1840. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xiv, 278. $59.95. ISBN 0-521-56376-3. Elsewhere, Jane Moody has urged her agenda for theatre historians-be more interdisciplinary and...

Social Unrest and Popular Protest in England 1780-1840. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... John E. Archer. Social Unrest and Popular Protest in En gland 1780-1840. (New Studies in Economic and Social History.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. vi, 110. $39.95. ISBN 0-521-57216-9. John Archer's short book seeks to...

The British Periodical Press and the French Revolution, 1789-99 and French Exile Journalism and European Politics 1792-1814. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Stuart Andrews. The British Periodical Press and the French Revolution, 1789-99. New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. xi, 280. $65.00. ISBN. 0-333-73851-9. Simon Burrows. French Exile Journalism and European Politics 1792-1814. (Royal Historical...

Striking a Bargain: Work and Industrial Relations in England 1815-1865. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... James A. Jaffe. Striking a Bargain: Work and Industrial Relations in England 1815-1865. Manchester: Manchester University Press; dist. by Paigrave, New York, N.Y 2000. Pp. ix, 273. $74.95. ISBN 0-71904952-0. This is an ambitious and...

Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... James A. Secord. Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 2000. Pp. xix, 624. $35.00. ISBN 0-226-74410-8. ...

The Victorians and the Visual Imagination. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Kate Flint. The Victorians and the Visual Imagination. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xvi, 427. $74.95. ISBN 0-521-77026-2. In the last chapter of The Victorians and the Visual Imagination, Kate Flint focuses on...

The Arctic in the British Imagination 1818-1914. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Robert G. David. The Arctic in the British Imagination 1818-1914. (Studies in Imperialism.) Manchester: Manchester University Press; dist. by Palgrave, New York, N. Y. 2000. Pp. xx, 278. $74.95. ISBN 0-7190-5943-7. Contrary to the claim of...

The Rise of Democracy in Britain, 1830-1918. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Ian Machin. The Rise of Democracy in Britain, 1830-1918. (British Studies Series.) New York: Palgrave. 2001. Pp. ix, 182. n.p. ISBN 0-312-23544-5. Ian Machin is well-known for his outstanding scholarship on church and politics in...

An Age of Equipoise?: Reassessing Mid-Victorian Britain. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Martin Hewitt, ed. An Age of Equipoise?: Reassessing Mid-Victorian Britain. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate. 2000. Pp. X, 253. $84.95. ISBN 0-7456-0257-5. Martin Hewitt appears as author and as editor in this book that aims to reassess W. L....

Smoking in British Popular culture 1800-2000: Perfect Pleasures. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Matthew Hilton. Smoking in British Popular culture 1800-2000: Perfect Pleasures. (Studies in Popular Culture.) Manchester: Manchester University Press; dist. by Palgrave, New York, N.Y 2000. Pp. xvi, 284. $74.95. ISBN 0-7190-5256-4. This...

Rival Jerusalems: The Geography of Victorian Religion. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... K.D.M. Snell and Paul S. Ell, eds. Rival Jerusalems: The Geography of Victorian Religion. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xvi, 499. $74.95. ISBN 0-521-77155-2. The 1851 Census of Religious Worship, directed by twenty-eight...

Divided Hearts: Britain and the American Civil War. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... R. J. M. Blackett. Divided Hearts: Britain and the American Civil War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 2001. Pp. xiii, 273. $49.95. ISBN 0-8071-2595-4. Victorian Liberals successfully marketed the notion that the working men...

Eleanor Marx (1855-1898): Life, Work, Contacts. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... John Stokes, ed. Eleanor Marx (1855-1898): Life, Work, Contacts. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate. 2000. Pp. xi, 196. $79.95. ISBN 0-7546-0113-7. This slim volume is not another biography of Eleanor Marx emphasizing her tragic end and what some...

The Liberal Party. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... G.R. Searle. The Liberal Party. (British History in Perspective.) New York: Palgrave. 2001. Pp. vi, 232. $22.95. ISBN 0-333-78661-0. Professor Searle has revised and updated the first edition of this book, published in 1992. Excepting a new...

The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism: The Politics of Social Reform in Britain, 1870-1900. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2002... Robert F. Haggard. The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism: The Politics of Social Reform in Britain, 1870-1900. (Contributions to the Study of World History.) Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 2001. Pp. Vii, 209. $62.50. ISBN 0-313-31305-9....

Health and Medicine in Britain since 1860. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Anne Hardy. Health and Medicine in Britain since 1860. (Social History in Perspective.) New York: Palgrave. 200 1.Pp. xi, 220. $65.00. ISBN 0-333-60 010-X. According to Anne Hardy, health and medicine have changed since 1860, but not...

The British Seaside: Holidays and Resorts in the Twentieth Century. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... John K. Walton. The British Seaside: Holidays and Resorts in the Twentieth Century. (Studies in Popular Culture.) Manchester: Manchester University Press, dist. by Palgrave, New York, N.Y 2000. Pp. viii, 216. $69.95. ISBN 0- 7190-5169-X. ...

Understanding Dennis Robertson: The Man and His Work. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Gordon Fletcher. Understanding Dennis Robertson: The Man and His Work. Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar. 2000. Pp. xii, 433. $120.00. ISBN 1-84064-343-9. A detailed biographical study of D. H. Robertson's life and work is long overdue. The...

Austerity in Britain: Rationing, Controls, and Consumption 1939-1955. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska. Austerity in Britain: Rationing, Controls, and Consumption 1939-1955. New York: Oxford University Press. 2000. Pp. xiii, 286. $65.00. ISBN 0-19-820453-1. The traditional narrative of twentieth-century politics...

The Politics of the Arts in Britain. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Clive Gray. The Politics of the Arts in Britain. New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. xiii, 224. $59.95. ISBN 0-312-23565-8. In the introduction to his brief monograph, Clive Gray argues forcefully that "commodification" has increasingly dominated...

Architecture and Design for the Family in Britain, 1900-70. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... David Jeremiah. Architecture and Design for the Family in Britain, 1900-70. (Studies in Design.) Manchester: Manchester University Press; dist. by Palgrave, New York, N.Y. 2000. Pp. ix, 229. $69.95. ISBN 0-7190-4928-8. This is a book about...

Reforming the Constitution: Debates in Twentieth Century Britain. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Peter Catterall and Wolfram Kaiser, Ulrike Walton-Jordan, eds. Reforming the Constitution: Debates in Twentieth Century Britain. (Cass Series: British Politics and Society.) Portland, Ore.: Frank Cass. 2000. Pp. xiii, 304. $26.50 paper. ISBN...

The Tories and Europe. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... John Turner. The Tories and Europe. (Political Analyses.) Manchester: Manchester University Press; dist. by Palgrave, New York. 2000. Pp. xi, 283. ISBN 0-7190-3795-6. This book examines why "Europe became the Achilles' heel of late...

Crisis and Consensus in British Politics: From Bagehot to Blair. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Michael Williams. Crisis and Consensus in British Politics: From Bagehot to Blair. New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. x, 231. ISBN 0-312-23274-8. Michael Williams has undertaken to "chart the movement between crisis and consensus" in...

A Special Relationship: Anglo-American Relations in the Cold War and After. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... John Dumbrell. A Special Relationship: Anglo-American Relations in the Cold War and After. New York: Palgrave. 2001. Pp. vii, 258. $65.00. ISBN 0-333-62249-9. The last decade or so has seen the publication of a number of general overviews...

Troublemaker: The Life and History of A.J.P. Taylor. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Kathleen Burk. Troublemaker: The Life and History of A. J. P. Taylor. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2000. Pp. xiv, 419. n.p. ISBN 0-300-08761-6. The title for Kathleen Burk's biography of historian/journalist A. J. P. Taylor is...

The Scottish Enlightenment: Essays in Reinterpretation. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Paul Wood, ed. The Scottish Enlightenment: Essays in Reinterpretation. Rochester, N.Y: University of Rochester Press; dist. by Boydell and Brewer, Rochester, N.Y 2000. Pp. xi, 399. $75.00. ISBN 1-58046-065-8. This collection, dedicated to...

Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland: James VI's Demonology and the North Berwick Witches. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Lawrence Normand and Gareth Roberts, eds. Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland: James VI's Demonology and the North Berwick Witches. (Exeter Studies in History.) Exeter: University of Exeter Press. 2000. Pp. xiii, 454. [pounds sterling]16.99...

Ireland and The Great War. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Keith Jeffery. Ireland and The Great War. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xiv, 208. $27.95. ISBN 0-521-77323-7. This is a decidedly significant book that belies its comparatively modest size. Handsomely produced with over...

Negotiating India in the Nineteenth-Century Media. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... David Finkelstein and Douglas M. Peers, eds. Negotiating India in the Nineteenth-Century Media. New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. xi, 285. $59.95. ISBN 0-312-2 3465-1. Is there something distinctive about the way India was understood and...