Southampton by Miles Taylor

Southampton by Miles Taylor

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Southampton by Miles Taylor

Looks at the history of the city and port of Southampton. This book examines some of the major international celebrities associated with the region such as David Livingstone, Lord Carnarvon and General Gordon, as well as the city itself during the conflicts, from the Napoleonic to the world wars, that defined Britain's imperial period.
"'This book presents some fascinating glimpses into the thoroughly local and indeed provincial character of many aspects of British imperial culture during the nineteenth and twentieth centuriesIts detailed case studies cover a wide span of themes, reflecting some of the diverse, contradictory and sometimes unexpected ways in which empire became part of local municipal experience in places like Southampton, both part of the metropole yet so distinctly unmetropolitan.' Felix Driver, Royal Holloway, University of London'"
Miles Taylor is Professor of Modern History at the University of York and was formerly Professor of Modern British History at the University of Southampton. His recent publications include Ernest Jones, Chartism and the Romance of Politics, 1819-69 and (as co-editor) The Victorians Since 1901 and Palmerston Studies (2 volumes).
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ISBN 13 9781845110321
ISBN 10 1845110323
Title Southampton
Author Miles Taylor
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2007-09-26
Number of pages 264
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.