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This fascinating portrait of Britain's oldest migrant group combines rich historical detail with penetrating insights into the everyday experiences of the Irish who made Britain their home after 1945. The Irish in Post-war Britain reconstructs, with both empathy and imagination, the lives of the generation who left Ireland in huge numbers to work...

Movement and Space.Studies of the Roman city are currently shifting away from architecture towards a dynamic understanding of activities within the urban space. This volume focuses on the movement or flow of a Roman city's inhabitants and visitors, demonstrating how it contributes to our understanding of the way different elements of society...

The History Introduction, translation and commentaryThe first English translation and study of George Akropolites' History, an essential source for 13th-century Byzantine history. Ruth Macrides discusses the author's background, social position, and relation to the tradition of Greek history writing, and provides a comprehensive guide to reading...

The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are the essential guide to the study of American political life in the 21st Century. With engaging new contributions from the major figures in the field of political parties and interest groups this    Handbook is a key point of reference for anyone working in American Politics today....

This is a sequel to Richard Viladesau's well-received study, The Beauty of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts from the Catacombs to the Eve of the Renaissance (2006). It continues his project of presenting theological history by using art as both an independant religious or theological 'text' and as a means of understanding...

How Parties Organize DemocracyPolitical Parties and Democratic Linkage examines how political parties ensure the        functioning of the democratic process in contemporary societies. Based on        unprecedented cross-national data, the authors find that the process of party        government is still alive and well in most contemporary...