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The fifty years from the last decade of the eighteenth century saw great changes in Britain. In this book Fabian Hiscock considers this dramatic upheaval as it played out in western Hertfordshire, focusing in particular on just one of the many innovations of the time: the Grand Junction Canal, created to connect the Midlands with London.

Kathe Buchler (1876-1930) was a pioneering woman photographer whose exceptional photographs offer very personal insights into Germany during World War One, with a particular focus on the home front and the lives of women and children. This catalogue, marking the exhibition Beyond the Battlefields, contains a wide selection of Buchler's work.

This book is the first attempt to write a history of the workhouse and the ancillary welfare provision for Birmingham, frequently referred to as the `Old Poor Law'. It reveals some surprising facts which fly in the face of the scholarly consensus that the old system was incompetently administered and inadequately organised.

This book investigates what a case study of a northern market town and its rural hinterland can tell us about village differentiation, exploring how and why rural communities developed in what was chiefly an industrial region and, notably, how the relationship between town and country influenced rural communities.

Celebrating the rich heritage of archaeology and of archaeological research in Hertfordshire, the 15 papers collected in this work focus on the local scene with an understanding of wider issues in each period and as a result are of importance beyond the boundaries of the county and will be of interest to scholars with wide-ranging interests.

At the cutting edge of 'the new social and demographic history', this book provides a detailed picture of the most comprehensive system of poor relief operated by any Elizabethan town.

This is a history of the University of Hertfordshire, relating the challenges and achievements of sixty years in further and higher education. At the same time, through its focus on a single institution, the book illustrates the importance of the post-1992 higher education sector in advancing the knowledge economy and cultural life of the country.

Much has been written about the men who left to fight in the First World War but what was life really like for those left behind on the Home Front? This book explores the immediate challenges the townspeople of St Albans faced during the war as well as the longer-term effects on the city.

An in-depth study of the changing patterns and fortunes of the provisioning of Norwich Cathedral Priory, c.1260 to 1536. The study of the food supply of late-medieval conventual households sheds much light on the wider process of decline and eventual collapse of direct demesne management and feudalism in the post-Black Death era.

Drawing on contemporary reports and illustrations, Eileen Wallace focuses on the lives of working children in nineteenth-century Hertfordshire employed in agriculture, straw-plaiting, silk-throwing, paper and brickmaking and as chimney sweeps.

This book seeks to explore the changing nature of English society through a case study of countryside and town in southern England during the period from c.1380 to c.1520.

Tells the story of the Oxford Playhouse. This work traces the history of this theater back to its earliest roots in a production of Agamemnon in 1880 which led to the founding of the Oxford University Dramatic Society, the rebuilding of Oxford's New Theater and, eventually, the launch of the Playhouse itself.

Explores the gap between an individual's perception of their identity and the perceptions of others. This monograph uses video, painting and photography, and places stereotypes alongside the subject of those stereotypes, to examine issues of identity, racism and belonging. It presents a multi-faceted view of the individuals concerned.

Presents a comparative study of regional theatre in Britain and Germany during the period of 1918 to 1945. Taking Yorkshire and Westphalia as his two representative regions, this book details the history of theatre in York, Hull, Sheffield, Bradford and Leeds as well as in Munster, Dortmund, Hagen, Bielefeld and Bochum.

An Exhibition catalogue for "The Wishing Ceremony" by Sally Sheinman at the Art and Design Gallery, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, September 2005.

Presents a re-working of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" set in the Middle East. The setting of this version of the "Hamlet" story is a modern Middle-Eastern state whose old king has just died, to be replaced by his brother, a ruthless, westernised dictator who has married the old king's wife to legitimise his rule, and calls his regime a "new democracy".

Aims to help mentors in schools support trainee teachers more effectively. This book presents 34 scenarios based on real-life teacher-trainee issues. It is linked to the Mentor Levels of the Training and Development Agency, the General Teaching Council Core Dimensions, and the Qualified Teacher Status Standards.

This practical and comprehensive guide provides an introduction for family historians to trace their ancestors in Hertfordshire. It is thematic in approach, the chapters incorporating related material on subjects as broad as military ancestors and the poor and the sick.

Kent, the "Garden of England", was also the market garden for its giant neighbour, London.

A unique anthology of poetry and prose extracts by Roma writers from 20 countries interwoven with a chronology of the history of the Roma since their departure from India in 997 AD to the repeal of the last US law discriminating against Roma in January 1998.