Albion articles from March 2002

Albion archives from March 2002

Luxury and war: reconsidering luxury consumption in seventeenth-century England *. (Presidential Address The North American Conference on British Studies).
March 22, 2002... Since the horrific bombings of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the declaration of war against terrorism, policy makers have repeatedly urged us to spend. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates to encourage home sales and purchase of...

The troubled deathbeds of Henry I's servants: death, confession, and secular conduct in the twelfth century *.
March 22, 2002... When Sir Richard Southern wanted to illustrate the moral compromise that was the inevitable cost of being a courtier and servant of King Henry I of England -- the culture of whose court encouraged profiteering and sharp practice -- he found the...

Popular constitutionalism and the London Corresponding Society (1).
March 22, 2002... In early November 1790, Edmund Burke noted the existence in England of "several petty cabals, who attempt to hide their total want of consequence in bustle and noise, and puffing, and mutual quotation of each other." (2) Burke's observation...

Labour's rise and the Liberal demise: a quantitative perspective on the great debate, 1906-1918.
March 22, 2002... It all started with George Dangerfield' s classic description of the circumstances surrounding the demise of Liberal England prior to World War I. He summarily recognized "that the abandonment of respectable punctilios and worn conventions,...

Old Age in English History: Past Experiences, Present Issues. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Pat Thane. Old Age in English History: Past Experiences, Present Issues. New York: Oxford University Press. 2000. Pp. xi, 536. $42.00. ISBN 0-19-820382-9. As the proportion of elderly rises, so too does the interest of academicians. The...

Apollo's Swan and Lyre: Five Hundred Years of the Musicians' Company. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Richard Crewdson. Apollo's Swan and Lyre: Five Hundred Years of the Musicians' Company. Rochester, N. Y.: Boydell and Brewer. 2000. Pp. xvii, 310. $60.00. ISBN 1-085115-766-1. Musicians established effective guilds almost nowhere in Europe,...

Robert the Burgundian and the Counts of Anjou, ca. 1025-1098. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... W. Scott Jessee. Robert the Burgundian and the Counts of Anjou, ca. 1025-1098. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press. 2000. Pp. xii, 206. $54.95. ISBN 0-8132-0973-0. In this well-argued study of late eleventh-century...

The Normans. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Marjorie Chibnall. The Normans. (The Peoples of Europe.) Malden, Mass.: Blackwell. 2000. Pp. xiii, 191. $26.95. ISBN 0-631-18671-9. In The Normans Marjorie Chibnall examines the enigma of the Normans, a multi-ethnic people created more by...

History on the Edge: Excalibur and the Borders of Britain, 1100-1300. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Michelle R. Warren. History on the Edge: Excalibur and the Borders of Britain, 1100-1300. (Medieval Cultures.) Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press. 2000. Pp. xiii, 302. $34.95. ISBN 0-8166-3491-2. Over the past five years, the...

Gothic Tombs of Kinship in France, the Low Countries, and England. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Anne McGee Morganstern. Gothic Tombs of Kinship in France, the Low Countries, and England. University Park, Pa.: The Pennsylvania State University Press. 2000. Pp. xix, 252. $60.00. ISBN 0-27-01859-3. Visitors to Northern European...

The Cult of St. Katherine of Alexandria in Late Medieval England. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Katherine J. Lewis. The Cult of St. Katherine of Alexandria in Late Medieval England. Rochester: Boydell and Brewer. 2000. Pp. xviii, 286. $75.00. ISBN 0-85115-773-4. This book, the product of a York D. Phil. thesis, provides the first...

Concepts and Patterns of Service in the Later Middle Ages. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Anne Curry and Elizabeth Matthew, eds. Concepts and Patterns of Service in the Later Middle Ages. (The Fifteenth Century, Volume I.) Rochester, N. Y.: Boydell and Brewer. 2000. Pp. xxiii, 195. $75.00. ISBN 0-85115-814-5. These are the...

The People of the Parish: Community Life in a Late Medieval English Diocese. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Katherine L. French. The People of the Parish: Community Life in a Late Medieval English Diocese. (The Middle Ages Series.) Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2001. Pp. viii, 316. $59.95. ISBN 0-8122-3581-9. Churchwardens'...

Clerical Marriage and the English Reformation: Precedent, Policy and Practice. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Helen L. Parish. Clerical Marriage and the English Reformation: Precedent, Policy and Practice. (St. Andrews Studies in Reformation History.) Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate. 2000.Pp. xii, 276. $94.95. ISBN 0-7546-0038-6. In this thorough and...

The Notorious Astrological Physician of London: Works and Days of Simon Forman. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Barbara Howard Traister. The Notorious Astrological Physician of London: Works and Days of Simon Forman. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2001. Pp. xviii, 250. $30.00. ISBN 0-226-81140-9. Simon Forman remains an early modern English...

Persecution and Toleration in Protestant England, 1558-1689. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... John Coffey. Persecution and Toleration in Protestant England, 1558-1689. (Studies in Modern History.) Essex: Pearson Education. 2000. Pp. xii, 244. $17.99. ISBN 0-582-30464-4. In his introduction to this admirably lucid and compact...

The Complete Tradesman: A Study of Retailing, 1550-1820. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Nancy Cox. The Complete Tradesman: A Study of Retailing, 1550-1820. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate. 2000. Pp. xiv, 270. $79.95. ISBN 1-85928-169-9. Recent years have witnessed considerable growth in interest in early modern consumerism in both...

England's Maritime Empire: Seapower, Commerce and Policy, 1490-1690. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... David Loades. England's Maritime Empire: Seapower, Commerce and Policy 1490-1690. (Turning Points.) Essex: Pearson Education Limited. 2000. Pp. xi, 277. $15.99. ISBN 0-582-35628-8. David Loades has written an important study on Tudor and...

The Memoirs and Memorials of Sir Hugh Cholmley of Whitby, 1600-1657. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Jack Binns. The Memoirs and Memorials of Sir Hugh Cholmley of Whitby 1600-1657. (Yorkshire Archaeological Society Volume 153.) Rochester: The Boydell Press. 2000. Pp. xxii, 205. $90.00. ISBN 0-902122-83-5. Jack Binns has illuminated civil...

Constructing Cromwell: Ceremony, Portrait and Print, 1645-1661. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Laura Lunger Knoppers. Constructing Cromwell: Ceremony, Portrait and Print 1645-1661. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xiii, 249. $59.95. ISBN 0-521-66261-3. This is a pioneering study of Cromwellian image-making from his...

After the Civil Wars: English Politics and Government in the Reign of Charles II. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... John Miller. After the Civil Wars: English Politics and Government in the Reign of Charles II. Essex: Pearson Education-Limited. 2000. Pp. ix, 318. $16.99. ISBN 0-582-29898-9. John Miller of Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, has...

The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker. The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic. Boston: Beacon Press. 2000. Pp. 433. $30.00. ISBN 0-8070-5006-7. "If you know your history, then...

England in the 1670's: "This Masquerading Age". (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... John Spurr. England in the 1670's: "This Masquerading Age." (History of Early Modern England.) Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers. 2000. Pp. xviii, 350. $34.95. ISBN 0-631-22253-7. John Spurr has written a wonderfully intriguing account of...

The Making of King James II: The Formative Years of a Fallen King. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... John Callow. The Making of King James II: The Formative Years of a Fallen King. New York: Sutton. 2000. Pp. ix, 373. $32.95. ISBN 0-7509-2398-9. James II has been dead for 300 years, but he continues to stir the passions of writers. Some,...

British Diplomats and Diplomacy: 1688-1800. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Jeremy Black. British Diplomats and Diplomacy 1688-1800. Exeter: University of Exeter Press. 2001. Pp. xii, 244. $70.00. ISBN 0-85989-613-7. Students of eighteenth-century British diplomacy have long been aware of the need for a book that...

The English Town, 1680-1840: Government, Society, and Culture. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Rosemary Sweet. The English Town, 1680-1840: Government, Society, and Culture. (Themes in British Social History.) Harlow: Longman; dist. by Pearson Education, Essex. 1999. Pp. xiii, 287. $16.99. ISBN 0-582-31712-6. "What would I not give...

Medicine and Magnificence: British Hospital and Asylum Architecture, 1660-1815. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Christine Stevenson. Medicine and Magnificence: British Hospital and Asylum Architecture, 1660-1815. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2000. Pp. viii, 312. $45.00. ISBN 0-300-08536-2. Upon his restoration and in large part to commemorate...

Enlightenment Geography: The Political Languages of British Geography, 1650-1850. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Robert J. Mayhew. Enlightenment Geography: The Political Languages of British Geography, 1650-1850. (Studies in Modern History.) New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. viii, 324. $65.00. ISBN 0-312-23475-9. The humanist aphorism historiae oculus...

The Image of Georgian Bath, 1700-2000: Towns, Heritage, and History. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Peter Borsay. The Image of Georgian Bath, 1700-2000: Towns, Heritage, and History. New York: Oxford University Press. 2000. Pp. xiv, 434. $95.00. ISBN 0-19-820265-2. "All these places (Bath excepted) have their vogue, and then the fashion...

The Prize of All the Oceans: The Dramatic True Story of Commodore Anson's Voyage Round the World and How He Seized the Spanish Treasure Galleon. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Glyn Williams. The Prize of All the Oceans: The Dramatic True Story of Commodore Anson's Voyage Round the World and How He Seized the Spanish Treasure Galleon. New York: Viking. 1999.Pp. Xix, 264. $27.95. ISBN 0-670-89197-5. This is a...

Impartial Stranger: History and Intertextuality in Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Peter Cosgrove. Impartial Stranger: History and Intertextuality in Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1999. Pp. 290. $43.50. ISBN 0-8741-3568-X. Unlike many who have written on Gibbon, Peter...

Consuming Anxieties: Consumer Protest, Gender, and British Slavery, 1713-1833. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Charlotte Sussman. Consuming Anxieties: Consumer Protest, Gender, and British Slavery, 1713-1833. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 2000. Pp. vii, 267. $45.00. ISBN 0-8047-3103-9. Charlotte Sussman's study links consumer protests and...

Francophilia in English Society, 1748-1815. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Robin Eagles. Francophilia in English Society, 1748-1815. New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. x, 229. $69.95. ISBN 0-312-23200-4. This book engages with Linda Colley's argument in Britons (1992) that during the long eighteenth century,...

Monk Lewis: A Critical Biography. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... D. L. Macdonald. Monk Lewis: A Critical Biography. Buffalo: University of Toronto Press. 2000. Pp. xv, 311. $60.00 ISBN 0-8020-4749-1. "Monk" Lewis may have written his first novel to escape the hated names of "Matthew" and "Gregory."...

The Younger Pitt. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Michael Duffy. The Younger Pitt. (Profiles in Power.) New York: Longman. 2000. Pp. xiv, 247. [pounds sterling] 14.99 paper. ISBN 0-582-05279-3. In the last two sentences of this readable and succinct volume, Michael Duffy reminds us that...

Eye Witness: Artists and Visual Documentation in Britain, 1770-1830. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Sam Smiles. Eye Witness: Artists and Visual Documentation in Britain, 1770-1830. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate. 2000. Pp. xi, 216. $84.95. ISBN 1-84014-636-2. In this wide-ranging examination of illustrated books and print series, Sam Smiles...

Books and the Sciences in History. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Marina Frasca-Spada and Nick Jardine, eds. Books and the Sciences in History. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xiv, 438. $85.00. ISBN 0-521-65063-1. The editors of this work propose to offer, "a work of first resort for all...

Romanticism and the Human Sciences: Poetry, Population, and the Discourse of the Species. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Maureen N. McLane. Romanticism and the Human Sciences: Poetry, Population, and the Discourse of the Species. (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism 41.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. x, 282. $54.95. ISBN 0-521-77348-2. Like...

The Autobiography of Samuel Laing of Papdale, 1780-1868. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... R. P. Fereday, ed. The Autobiography of Samuel Laing of Papdale, 1780-1868. Kirkwall, Orkney: Bellavista Publications. 2000. Pp. xviii, 308. [pounds sterling]14.95. ISBN 0-9525350-5-X. Samuel Laing the Elder -- "elder" so he won't be...

Women in British Politics, 1760-1860: The Power of the Petticoat. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Kathryn Gleadle and Sarah Richardson, eds. Women in British Politics, 1760-1860: The Power of the Petticoat. New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. xii, 179. $65.00. ISBN 0-312-23356-6. Writing this review in London on the day after the British...

The Politics of Slave Trade Suppression in Britain and France, 1814-48: Diplomacy, Morality, and Economics. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Paul Michael Kielstra. The Politics of Slave Trade Suppression in Britain and France, 1814-48: Diplomacy, Morality, and Economics. New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. Xiv, 388. $69.95. ISBN 0-312-23472-4. This book is a close, detailed, and...

Paternalism and Politics: The Revival of Paternalism in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Kim Lawes. Paternalism and Politics: The Revival of Paternalism in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain. (Studies in Modern History.) New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. x, 229. $65.00. ISBN 0-312-23116-4. The third and fourth decades of the...

Victorian Writing About Risk: Imagining a Safe England in a Dangerous World. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Elaine Freedgood. Victorian Writing About Risk: Imagining a Safe England in a Dangerous World. (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture 28.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xii, 216. $54.95. ISBN...

The Crowd: British Literature and Public Politics. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... John Plotz. The Crowd: British Literature and Public Politics. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2000. Pp. xii, 263. $18.95 paper. ISBN 0-520-21917-1. The Crowd gives Walter Benjamin's meditations on the advent of modernity a...

Governing Cultures: Art Institutions in Victorian London. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Paul Barlow and Colin Trodd, eds. Governing Cultures: Art Institutions in Victorian London. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate. 2000. Pp. xi, 214. $89.95. ISBN 1-84014-690-17. The history of British art is as much about display, training, and...

The Nineteenth Century: The British Isles, 1815-1901. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Colin Matthew, ed. The Nineteenth Century: The British Isles: 1815-1901. (The Short Oxford History of the British Isles.) New York: Oxford University Press. 2000. Pp. xiv, 342. $60.00. ISBN 0-19-873144-2. According to Paul Langford, general...

Labour in British Society: 1830-1914. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Donald M. MacRaild and David E. Martin. Labour in British Society 1830-1914. (Social History in Perspective.) New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. xi, 214. $65.00. ISBN 0-312-23313-2. This compact book is part of the Social History in Perspective...

The Demography of Victorian England and Wales. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Robert Woods. The Demography of Victorian England and Wales. (Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy, and Society in Past Time.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xxv, 447. $69.95. ISBN 0-521-78254-6. In the second half of...

Agriculture and Politics in England, 1815-1939. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... J. R. Wordie, ed. Agriculture and Politics in England, 1815-1939. New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. vii, 260. $59.95. ISBN 0-312-23435-X. In so much of British political history since the early nineteenth century, agriculture has appeared as...

The British Brass Band: A Musical and Social History. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Trevor Herbert, ed. The British Brass Band: A Musical and Social History. New York: Oxford University Press. 2000. Pp. xvii, 381. $85.00. ISBN 0-19-816698-2. As Trevor Herbert confirms in his Introduction, the brass band knows and holds...

Human Rights and Legal History: Essays in Honour of Brian Simpson. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Katherine O'Donovan and Gerry R. Rubin, eds. Human Rights and Legal History: Essays in Honour of Brian Simpson. New York: Oxford University Press. 2000. Pp. 321. [pounds sterling]40.00. ISBN 0-19-826496-8. Reading the dozen essays in the...

Iron Shipbuilding on the Thames, 1832-1915: An Economic and Business History. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... A. J. Arnold. Iron Shipbuilding on the Thames, 1832-1915: An Economic and Business History. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate. 2000. Pp. vii, 198. $89.95. ISBN 0-7546-0252-4. The aims of this short book are to examine and explain the domination of...

Essays and Reviews: The 1860 Text and Its Readings. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Victor Shea and William Whitla, eds. Essays and Reviews: The 1860 Text and Its Readings. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. 2000. Pp. xxiii, 1055. $90.00. ISBN 0-813-91869-3. Reading this massive scholarly tome--it's a good 2...

Sparks of Life: Darwinism and the Victorian Debates over Spontaneous Generation. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... James E. Strick. Sparks of Life: Darwinism and the Victorian Debates over Spontaneous Generation. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 2000. Pp. xi, 283. $45.00. ISBN 0-674-00292-X. In the struggle to redefine the sciences in the second...

The Representation of Bodily Pain in Late Nineteenth-Century English Culture. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Lucy Bending. The Representation of Bodily Pain in Late Nineteenth-Century English Culture. (Oxford English Monographs.) New York: Oxford University Press. 2000. Pp. ix, 309. $65.00. ISBN 0-19-818717-3. Lucy Bending's book surveys the ways...

Victorian London's Middle-Class Housewife: What She Did All Day. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Yaffa Claire Draznin. Victorian London's Middle-Class Housewife: What She Did All Day. (Contributions in Women's Studies, No. 179.) Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 2001. Pp. xvi, 227. $29.95. ISBN 0-313-31399-7. This work is a narrowly...

The History of the University of Oxford, Volume VII: Nineteenth-Century Oxford, Part Two. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... M. G. Brock and M. C. Curthoys, eds. The History of the University of Oxford, Volume VII: Nineteenth-Century Oxford, Part Two. New York: The Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press. 2000. Pp. lv, 993. [pounds sterling]75.00. ISBN...

The Population of Victorian and Edwardian Norfolk. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Alan Armstrong. The Population of Victorian and Edwardian Norfolk. Norwich: Centre of East Anglian Studies. 2000. Pp. 142. [pounds sterling]7.95. ISBN 0-906219-50-7. This book summarises the demographic history of Norfolk in the hundred...

Cheated Not Poisoned? Food Regulation in the United Kingdom, 1875-1938. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Michael French and Jim Phillips. Cheated Not Poisoned? Food Regulation in the United Kingdom, 1875-1938. Manchester: Manchester University Press; dist. by Palgrave, New York, N.Y 2000. Pp. vi, 213. $69.95. ISBN 0-7190-5605-5. This study...

Spreading Germs: Disease Theories and Medical Practice in Britain, 1865-1900. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Michael Worboys. Spreading Germs: Disease Theories and Medical Practice in Britain, 1865-1900. (Cambridge History of Medicine.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xvi, 327. $59.95. ISBN 0-521-77302-4. By his own account,...

Wyndham Lewis: Painter and Writer; Perfect Moderns: A History of the Camden Town Group. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Paul Edwards. Wyndham Lewis: Painter and Writer. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2000. Pp. vii, 584. $75.00. ISBN 0-300-08209-6. Wendy Baron. Perfect Moderns: A History of the Camden Town Group. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate. 2000. Pp. 224....

Leadership in the Trenches: Officer-Man Relations, Morale and Discipline in the British Army in the Era of the First World War. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... G. D. Sheffield. Leadership in the Trenches: Officer-Man Relations, Morale and Discipline in the British Army in the Era of the First World War. (Studies in Military and Strategic History.) New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. xxiv, 270. $75.00. ISBN...

Spiritualism and British Society Between the Wars. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Jenny Hazelgrove. Spiritualism and British Society between the Wars. (Studies in Popular Culture.) Manchester: Manchester University Press; dist. by Palgrave, New York, N.Y 2000. Pp. x, 294. $74.95. ISBN 0-7190-5558-X. In a study that...

The Liberal Party in South-West Britain since 1918: Political Decline, Dormancy and Rebirth. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Garry Tregidga. The Liberal Party in South-West Britain since 1918: Political Decline, Dormancy and Rebirth. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, dist. by Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Ill. 2000. Pp. xii, 271. [pounds sterling]35.00....

The Phantom Table: Woolf, Fry, Russell and the Epistemology of Modernism. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Ann Banfield: The Phantom Table: Woolf Fry, Russell and the Epistemology of Modernism. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xviii, 433.$49.95. ISBN 0-521-77347-4. Ann Banfield has written a dense, ambitious, and complex study of...

From William Morris to Sergeant Pepper: Studies in the Radical Domestic. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Peter Stansky. From William Morris To Sergeant Pepper: Studies in the Radical Domestic. Palo Alto: The Society for the Promotion of Science and Scholarship. 1999. Pp. x, 352. n. p. ISBN 0-930664-20-5. Borrowing a phrase from art historian...

The Cicero Spy Affair: German Access to British Secrets in World War II. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Richard Wires. The Cicero Spy Affair: German Access to British Secrets in World War II. (Perspectives of Intelligence History.) Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. 1999. Pp. xiv, 265. $27.95. ISBN 0-275-96456-6. Richard...

Churchill, Whitehall and the Soviet Union, 1940-45. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Martin H. Folly. Churchill, Whitehall and the Soviet Union, 1940-45. (Cold War History Series.) New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. xi, 237. $65.00. ISBN 0-312-23114-S. How to reconcile or explain what seemed British "appeasement" of the Soviet...

The Battle for Health: A Political History of the Socialist Medical Association, 1930-51. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... John Stewart. The Battle for Health: A Political History of the Socialist Medical Association, 1930-51. (The History of Medicine in Context.) Brookfield, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing Company. 1999. Pp. Viii, 259. $84.95. ISBN 1-85928-218-0. ...

Northcliffe's Legacy: Aspects of the British Popular Press, 1896-1996. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Peter Caterall, Colin Seymour-Ure and Adrian Smith, eds. Northcliffe's Legacy: Aspects of the British Popular Press, 1896-1996. (Contemporary History in Context Series.) New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp xii, 237. $65.00. ISBN 0-312-23256-X. ...

Power and Politics at the Seaside: the Development of Devon's Resorts in the Twentieth Century. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Nigel J. Morgan & Annette Pritchard. Power and Politics at the Seaside: the Development of Devon's Resorts in the Twentieth Century. Exeter: University of Exeter Press; dist. by Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Ill. 1999. Pp. ix, 243....

The Rise and Fall of the European Defence Community: Anglo-American Relations and the Crisis of European Defence, 1950-1955. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Kevin Ruane. The Rise and Fall of the European Defence Community: Anglo-American Relations and the Crisis of European Defence, 1950-1955. (Cold War History Series.) New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. ix, 252. $65.00. ISBN 0-312-23482-1. Kevin...

British Cinema, Past and Present. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Justine Ashby and Andrew Higson, eds. British Cinema, Past and Present. New York: Routledge. 2000. Pp. xx, 385. $85.00. ISBN 0-415-22061-0. The twenty-four chapters of this book were originally among the seventy-odd papers delivered at the...

Security in British Politics, 1945-99. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Dan Keohane. Security in British Politics, 1945-99. New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. ix, 240. $65.00. ISBN 0-312-23572-0. It is easier to write about a policy issue than about the role that such an issue plays in national politics. The former...

Threatening Europe: Britain and the Creation of the European Community, 1955-1958. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... James Ellison. Threatening Europe: Britain and the Creation of the European Community, 1955-1958. (Contemporary History in Context.) New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. xiii, 310. $69.95. ISBN 0-312-23609-3. This book, which began life as a...

The Politics of British Arms Sales Since 1964: "To Secure Our Rightful Share". (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Mark Phythian. The Politics of British Arms Sales Since 1964: "To Secure Our Rightful Share." Manchester: Manchester University Press; dist. by Palgrave, New York, N.Y. 2000. Pp. xi, 340, $74.95. ISBN 0-7190-5196-7. The British arms...

Contempt, Sympathy, and Romance: Lowland Perceptions of the Highlands and the Clearances During the Famine Years, 1845-1855. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Krisztina Fenyo. Contempt, Sympathy, and Romance: Lowland Perceptions of the Highlands and the Clearances During the Famine Years, 1845-1855. East Lothian, Scotland: Tuckwell Press. 2000. Pp. viii, 195. [pound sterling]14.99. ISBN...

The Medieval Cult of St. Petroc. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Karen Jankulak. The Medieval Cult of St. Petroc. (Studies in Celtic History.) Rochester. Boydell and Brewer. 2000. Pp. xi, 263. $75.00. ISBN 0-85115-777-7. Since its inception in 1979, the Studies in Celtic History series has established a...

Early Christian Ireland. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... T. M. Charles-Edwards. Early Christian Ireland. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xix, 707. $69.95. ISBN 0-521-36395-0. Cambridge University Press has seen fit to present this book on its dust jacket as "the first fully...

The Irish Act of Union: A Study in High Politics, 1798-1801. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Patrick M. Geoghegan. The Irish Act of Union: a Study in High Politics 1798-1801. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1999. Pp. xii, 290. $59.95. ISBN 0-312-22728-0. Patrick Geoghegan's study of the passage of the Irish Act of Union combines the...

Lord Hailey, the Colonial Office and the Politics of Race and Empire in the Second World War: The Loss of White Prestige. (Reviews of Books).
March 22, 2002... Suke Wolton. Lord Hailey, the Colonial Office and the Politics of Race and Empire in the Second World War: The Loss of White Prestige. (St. Antony's Series.) New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. xii, 221. $65.00. ISBN 0-312-23214-4. British...