Books from Institute of Historical Research
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Administering the Empire, 1801-1968: A Guide to the Records of the Colonial Office in the National Archives of the UK
By Mandy BantonThis guide is an updated version of Mandy Banton's indispensable introduction to the records of British government departments responsible for the administration of colonial affairs, and now held in The National Archives of the United ...
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A Guide to the Naval Records in the National Archives of the UK
By N. A. M. Rodger, Randolph CockA Guide to the Naval Records in the National Archives of the UK
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The Victoria History of Hampshire: Mapledurwell
By John Hare, Jean Morrin, Stan WaightThis book explores, through a close reading of the archival records, how Mapledurwell developed from an agricultural community, which also produced textiles and later malt, into a modern commuter village with only one working farm, and ...
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Civilian Specialists at War: Britain's Transport Experts and the First World War
By Christopher PhillipsIn Civilian Expertise at War, Christopher Phillips examines the relationship between industrial society and industrial warfare through the lens of Britain's transport experts.
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Masculinity and Danger on the Eighteenth-century Grand Tour
By Sarah GoldsmithThe Grand Tour, a customary trip of Europe undertaken by British nobility and wealthy landed gentry during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, played an important role in the formation of contemporary notions of elite masculinity. ...
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A History of the County of York, East Riding
By University of London. Institute of Historical Research, Keith John AllisonYork East Riding II This volume contains the history of the 30 parishes that formed the wapentake of Dickering. The area lies largely upon the chalk hills of the Yorkshire...