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Viewpoints eBook Series

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  • Why Not?

    Scotland, Labour and Independence

    by Jamie Maxwell ...
    Series Book 20 - Viewpoints
    Is Scottish independence incompatible with 'Labour values'?Are 'Labour values' being realised within the Union?How much really divides Yes campaigners from Labour voters?Why Not? Scotland, Labour and Independence is a passionate and often personal appeal to Labour voters (and other progressive Scots) to consider the social, economic and political gains that could be won with Scottish self ... Read more

    $9.72 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    by Mungo MacCallum ...
    We were a motley mob, we sans-culottes of Canberra …In this vastly entertaining book, Mungo MacCallum captures the spirit of a nation-changing time. He portrays the Whitlam government’s key figures – from Gough and Margaret to Lionel Murphy, Bill Hayden and Jim Cairns – as well as “the other mob” in opposition – Billy McMahon, John Gorton, Malcolm Fraser and many more.The Whitlam Mob addresses ... Read more

    $12.99 NZD

  • Acts of Union and Disunion

    by Linda Colley ...
    The United Kingdom; Great Britain; the British Isles; the Home Nations: such a wealth of different names implies uncertainty and contention - and an ability to invent and adjust. In a year that sees a Scottish referendum on independence, Linda Colley analyses some of the forces that have unified Britain in the past.She examines the mythology of Britishness, and how far - and why - it has faded. ... Read more

    $15.41 NZD

  • The Great Irish Potato Famine

    by James S Donnelly Jr ...
    In the century before the great famine of the late 1840s, the Irish people, and the poor especially, became increasingly dependent on the potato for their food. So when potato blight struck, causing the tubers to rot in the ground, they suffered a grievous loss. Thus began a catastrophe in which approximately one million people lost their lives and many more left Ireland for North America, ... Read more

    $22.55 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • This Great Calamity: The Great Irish Famine

    The Irish Famine 1845-52

    by Christime Kinealy ...
    The Great Famine of 1845-52 was the most decisive event in the history of modern Ireland. In a country of eight million people, the Famine caused the death of approximately one million, while a similar number were forced to emigrate. The Irish population fell to just over four million by the beginning of the twentieth century.Christine Kinealy's survey is long established as the most complete, ... Read more

    $12.31 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Enoch at 100

    A Re-evaluation of the life, politics and philosophy of Enoch Powell

    Edited by Lord Howard ...
    Enoch at 100 is a critical reassessment of Enoch Powell's legacy by some of the leading political figures, writers and commentators of the current age. The book covers the role of government and the state of the economy, the European Union, constitutional reform, immigration and social cohesion, climate change, energy policy and the environment, defence and foreign policy. ... Read more

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  • Nineteenth-Century Britain

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Colin Matthew, Christopher Harvie ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change and an even more remarkable political stability. Britain in 1789 was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost half Celtic. By 1914, ... Read more

    $13.24 NZD

  • The Battle for Britain

    Scotland and the Independence Referendum

    by David Torrance ...
    On 18 September 2014, Scots will decide their future: should the country quit the United Kingdom and take control of its own destiny, or should it remain part of what advocates call the most successful political and economic union of modern times? Everyone in the country has a stake in this decision. Now, in this fascinating and insightful new book, David Torrance charts the countdown to the big ... Read more

    $15.31 NZD

  • Nor Shall My Sword

    The Reinvention of England

    by Simon Heffer ...
    Should England be independent from Scotland?May 1999. The Scots have their first opportunity in 300 years to elect their own parliament. In 2014 that referendum will finally take place.To many in England, the continuing rise of Scottish nationalism causes unease. Scotland could well choose to leave the United Kingdom. In this provocative polemic, Simon Heffer argues that England must let Scotland ... Read more

    $8.99 NZD

  • My Scotland, Our Britain

    A Future Worth Sharing

    by Gordon Brown ...
    My Scotland, Our Britain: A Future Worth Sharingis a highly personal account of Gordon Brown's Scotland, the nation he was born in, and our Britain, the multinational state that the Scots, English, Welsh and Northern Irish have created and share.Laying bare his family's ancestry over 300 years of the Union and explaining how it shaped his background, Brown charts what it was like growing up in ... Read more

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  • The Transformation Of Ireland 1900-2000

    by Diarmaid Ferriter ...
    A ground-breaking history of the twentieth century in Ireland, written on the most ambitious scale by a brilliant young historian.It is significant that it begins in 1900 and ends in 2000 - most accounts have begun in 1912 or 1922 and largely ignored the end of the century. Politics and political parties are examined in detail but high politics does not dominate the book, which rather sets out to ... Read more

    $24.93 NZD

  • Gordon Brown

    Prime Minister (Text Only)

    by Tom Bower ...
    The gripping inside story of Gordon Brown’s rise to become Prime Minister.Gordon Brown’s arrival at the Treasury in May 1997 was greeted with great excitement – not to mention anticipation. Officials of every rank looked on expectantly to see what miracles the chancellor would work. And so, as Master of the New Era, Brown created relationships across every Whitehall department and extended his ... Read more

    $19.99 NZD