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Foreign-Language Printing in London 1500-1900
The fourteen essays in this volume represent the first systematic attempt to document and to analyse the tradition of foreign language printing in London during the period 1500 to 1900. The surveys and case studies use a variety of approaches to document and describe this particular aspect of London printing...Taylor, Barry
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The American Colonies, 1584-1688. A Selective Guide to Materials in the British Library
A guide to works concerning the European colonization of the areas of North America that later became the United States of America, focusing on the fifteen states bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Topics include politics and government, economy, society, and cultural and intellectual life.Sharp Wells, Anne
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The Anglo-American 'special relationship' during the Second World War: A Selective Guide to Materials in the British Library
This selective guide focuses on the high-level diplomatic and military relations between the US and the UK between 1939 and 1945. It also covers the wartime alliance with the Soviet Union and touches on relationships with other allies.Sharp Wells, Anne
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The United States and the 1930s: A Selective Guide to Materials in the British Library
This selective guide to material on America in the 1930s includes coverage of government and politics, economics, cultural and intellectual history and foreign relations as well as section organised by region.Sharp Wells, Anne
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The United States and the Vietnam War: A Selective Guide to Materials at the British Library
It would be difficult to overstate the impact on the United States of the war in Vietnam. Not only did it expose the limits of U.S. military power and destroy the consensus over post-World War II foreign policy, but it acted as a catalyst for enormous social, cultural and political...Kemble, Jean ; Sarvia, Illa
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Women in the trans-Mississippi West, 1840-1900: A Guide to Materials in the British Library
Few regions, in any country, at any time, have so indelibly shaped their nation’s identity and its international image as the late nineteenth century American West. For nearly a century this West was portrayed in fiction, film, folklore and art as a vast arena of mythic struggles between rugged individuals,...Kemble, Jean