This textbook is a course in English history from 1689 to 1886, from the reign of William and Mary through the second Gladstone ministry. The textbook includes: (1) an analysis of the Outline of English History, with notes; (2) a genealogical table; (3) a listing of important dates; and (4) lists of famous men.

This investigation of French mercantilist initiatives and policies in the seventeenth century focuses on the attempts of Colbert, the controller general of finance to Louis XIV, to stimulate French trade with the Baltic by establishing a Company of the North. (RM)

It was not until the turn of the twelfth century that a debate arose in which the relative merits of poetry and prose for the expression of historical truth were weighed. Poetry was found lacking and prose acknowledged as the only proper language of historical truth in the Middle Ages. (RM)

This case study traces the life of a London immigrant, John Lambarde, from his days as an apprentice to his success as a wealthy freeman, particularly in the early Tudor period. The financial records of the Lambardes were used to compile the case study. (RM)

This textbook is designed for a course in British history from the early Britons and the coming of the Romans, through the reign of Elizabeth I. This book contains more than 60 lessons and 120 pages of reading matter, exclusive of all exercises, illustrations, and spelling lists. Genealogical trees and a brief English history outline are included.

This textbook provides the foundation for a course in British history. It covers Roman times, the English arrival, kings before and after Alfred, the Norman line, the Plantagenet line, the House of Lancaster, the House of York, the House of Tudor, the House of Stewart, and the House of Hanover. This book contains more than 60 lessons and 120 pages…

This textbook is a course in British history following the union of the crowns, covering the reign of James I through the reign of Victoria and progress in the Nineteenth Century. This book contains more than 60 lessons and 120 pages of reading matter, exclusive of all Exercises, Illustrations, and Spelling Lists. Historical timelines and…

Traces selected instances of bibliographic instruction from the mid-17th to the end of the 19th century and puts them into a political context from a Communist viewpoint. Libraries are shown to be part of the class struggle, and to exist by order of and as enablers of the state. (Author/EM)

Richard Wagner was probably the most influential musician of the 19th century. However, his image as an alleged intellectual-spiritual forerunner of national socialism through his music and prose works fosters aversion among critics. Whether Wagner's complicacy of art and ideology has had any lasting consequence on his reputation is discussed. (RM)

Photographs and descriptions are provided of 19 early European wind, string, and keyboard instruments. (SJL)

Pinpoints Cola Rienzi as an important figure in the history of professional writing. States that he combined a passion for classical rhetoric and literature with extensive training in legal documentation to create and sustain a messianic regime in 14th-century Italy by imitating ancient Roman memos and reports in his written edicts. (PA)

The way in which the photographic images from the Holocaust explains about the working of the historical narratives and disturb the cultural memory is explored. The reading of these photographic images yields as a byproduct of knowledge, which is described as "forgetful memory".

The views of the French political leader Marcel Deat are examined to determine whether he was a fascist by conviction or a fascist by the force of circumstances created by World War II. It is shown that by 1934 Deat had clearly adopted a stance best described as national socialist. (RM)

Through a series of events in German-controlled Alsace, e.g., a Prussian military commander insulted Alsatian civilians and the French flag, the fundamental question of civilian-military relations in both Alsace-Lorraine and Germany itself was brought to the fore. How the situation was handled is discussed. (RM)

This textbook is a history reader with fictionalized selections on Columbus and De Soto. Poems are included.