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The Georgians

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Author : Penelope J. Corfield
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300265069
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Georgians written by Penelope J. Corfield and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and controversial times with our attitudes today The Georgian era is often seen as a time of innovations. It saw the end of monarchical absolutism, global exploration and settlements overseas, the world’s first industrial revolution, deep transformations in religious and cultural life, and Britain’s role in the international trade in enslaved Africans. But how were these changes perceived by people at the time? And how do their viewpoints compare with attitudes today? In this wide-ranging history, Penelope J. Corfield explores every aspect of Georgian life—politics and empire, culture and society, love and violence, religion and science, industry and towns. People’s responses at the time were often divided. Pessimists saw loss and decline, while optimists saw improvements and light. Out of such tensions came the Georgian culture of both experiment and resistance. Corfield emphasizes those elements of deep continuity that persisted even within major changes, and shows how new developments were challenged if their human consequences proved dire.

Meet the Georgians

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Author : Robert Peal
Publisher : William Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780008437060
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Meet the Georgians written by Robert Peal and published by William Collins. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The way Robert Peal describes Georgian England, you'd be mad not to want to live there yourself' GUARDIAN Anne Bonny and Mary Read, pirate queens of the Caribbean Tipu Sultan, the Indian ruler who kept the British at bay Olaudah Equiano, the former slave whose story shocked the world Mary Wollstonecraft, the feminist who fought for women's rights Ladies of Llangollen, the lovers who built paradise in a Welsh valley 'Mad, bad and dangerous to know' is how Lord Byron, the poet who drank wine from a monk's skull and slept with his half-sister, was described by one of his many lovers. But 'mad, bad and dangerous' serves as a good description for the entire Georgian period: often neglected, the hundred or so years between the coronation of George I in 1714 and the death of George IV in 1830 were years when the modern world was formed, and changes came thick and fast. Across this century, new foods - pineapples, coffee and pepper - suddenly became available in the shops. Fashion exploded into a riot of colour, frilly shirts and wigs. Gin was drunk like it was water. Demands for women's rights were heard, and it became possible to question the existence of God without fear of prompt execution. These exciting new developments came, of course, from the expanding British Empire. Britain's wealth and its sudden access to chocolate, chillies and spices, was entirely bound up with the conquest of overseas territories and the miserable suffering of enslaved workers. This is the backdrop to Robert Peal's new book, which introduces the Georgian era through the diverse lives of twelve 'magnificent - if not moral' people who defined it.

Behind Closed Doors

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Author : Amanda Vickery
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300188560
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Behind Closed Doors written by Amanda Vickery and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-17 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author of The Gentleman’s Daughter,a witty and academic illumination of daily domestic life in Georgian England. In this brilliant work, Amanda Vickery unlocks the homes of Georgian England to examine the lives of the people who lived there. Writing with her customary wit and verve, she introduces us to men and women from all walks of life: gentlewoman Anne Dormer in her stately Oxfordshire mansion, bachelor clerk and future novelist Anthony Trollope in his dreary London lodgings, genteel spinsters keeping up appearances in two rooms with yellow wallpaper, servants with only a locking box to call their own. Vickery makes ingenious use of upholsterer’s ledgers, burglary trials, and other unusual sources to reveal the roles of house and home in economic survival, social success, and political representation during the long eighteenth century. Through the spread of formal visiting, the proliferation of affordable ornamental furnishings, the commercial celebration of feminine artistry at home, and the currency of the language of taste, even modest homes turned into arenas of social campaign and exhibition. The basis of a 3-part TV series for BBC2. “Vickery is that rare thing, an…historian who writes like a novelist.”—Jane Schilling, Daily Mail “Comparison between Vickery and Jane Austen is irresistible…This book is almost too pleasurable, in that Vickery's style and delicious nosiness conceal some seriously weighty scholarship.”—Lisa Hilton, The Independent “If until now the Georgian home has been like a monochrome engraving, Vickery has made it three dimensional and vibrantly colored. Behind Closed Doors demonstrates that rigorous academic work can also be nosy, gossipy, and utterly engaging.”—Andrea Wulf, New York Times Book Review

Horrible Histories: Gorgeous Georgians

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Author : Terry Deary
Publisher : Scholastic UK
ISBN 13 : 1407161679
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Horrible Histories: Gorgeous Georgians written by Terry Deary and published by Scholastic UK. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn all about the Gorgeous Georgians, like their sneaky schemes for hiding personal hygiene problems and the schoolchildren who went to war with their teachers! With a bold, accessible new look and revised by the author, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.

Georgians

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Author : Ruth Brocklehurst
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781409570257
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Georgians written by Ruth Brocklehurst and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Georgia Nicolson's Book of Wisdomosity

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Author : Louise Rennison
Publisher : HarperCollins Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 9780007288724
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (887 download)

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Download or read book Georgia Nicolson's Book of Wisdomosity written by Louise Rennison and published by HarperCollins Children's Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another trip into the fabbity-fab world of Georgia Nicolson - use her powers of wisdomosity to find the answer to absolutely anything! Cast your mind upon a question, like glaciosity or boldnosity? What botty-huggers should I wear? Then open this little book of wisdomosity at any page and, hey presto! There you have it - the answer to all your wildest dilemmas! A wry take on the 'magic eight-ball' concept, with Georgia's unique voice of reason (or something like it) on hand with the answer to any question you can think of. A hilarious new insight into the world of Georgia - perfect for fans.

The Georgians

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Author : Jeannette Holland Austin
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN 13 : 0806310812
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Georgians written by Jeannette Holland Austin and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1984 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a collection of 283 genealogies which I have compiled over a period of twenty years as a professional genealogist. ... While I have dealt with some of Oglethorpe's settlers, the vast majority of the genealogies included in this collection deal with Georgians who descend from settlers from other states."--Note to the Reader.

The Experiment

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Author : Eric Lee
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1786990954
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book The Experiment written by Eric Lee and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many the Russian Revolution of 1917 was a symbol of hope. In the eyes of its critics, however, Soviet authoritarianism and the horrors of the gulags have led to the revolution becoming synonymous with oppression, threatening to forever taint the very idea of socialism. The experience of Georgia, which declared its independence from Russia in 1918, tells a different story. In this riveting history, Eric Lee explores the little-known saga of the country’s experiment in democratic socialism, detailing the epic, turbulent events of this forgotten chapter in revolutionary history. Along the way, we are introduced to a remarkable cast of characters – among them the men and women who strove for a more inclusive vision of socialism that featured multi-party elections, freedom of speech and assembly, a free press and a civil society grounded in trade unions and cooperatives. Though the Georgian Democratic Republic lasted for just three years before it was brutally crushed on the orders of Stalin, it was able to offer, however briefly, a glimpse of a more humane alternative to the Soviet reality that was to come.

The Georgian Feast

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Author : Darra Goldstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520275918
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Georgian Feast written by Darra Goldstein and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Every Georgian dish is a poem."—Alexander Pushkin According to Georgian legend, God took a supper break while creating the world. He became so involved with his meal that he inadvertently tripped over the high peaks of the Caucasus, spilling his food onto the land below. The land blessed by Heaven's table scraps was Georgia. Nestled in the Caucasus mountain range between the Black and Caspian seas, the Republic of Georgia is as beautiful as it is bountiful. The unique geography of the land, which includes both alpine and subtropical zones, has created an enviable culinary tradition. In The Georgian Feast, Darra Goldstein explores the rich and robust culture of Georgia and offers a variety of tempting recipes. The book opens with a fifty-page description of the culture and food of Georgia. Next are over one hundred recipes, often accompanied by notes on the history of the dish. Holiday menus, a glossary of Georgian culinary terms, and an annotated bibliography round out the volume.

Georgian Jewellery 1714-1830

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Author : Ginny Redington Dawes
Publisher : Acc Art Books
ISBN 13 : 9781851499212
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Georgian Jewellery 1714-1830 written by Ginny Redington Dawes and published by Acc Art Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgian Jewellery is a celebration of the style and excellence of the eighteenth century, and of the ingenuity that produced such a wealth of fabulous jewellery. Heavy academic tomes have already been written about the period, but this book examines it in a more colourful and accessible way. The book aims to show that Georgian jewellery is not only the stuff of museums and safe boxes, but that it can be worn as elegantly and fashionably today as it was 200 years ago. Much disparate information about the jewellery has been gathered together and the period is brought alive by portraits and character sketches of famous Georgians in their finery, fashion tips, gossip, and some rather outrageous cartoons of the time, as well as fascinating recently discovered facts. With information on how to identify, buy and repair pieces, this sumptuously illustrated volume contains the largest single catalogue of 18th Century jewellery. AUTHORS: Ginny Redington Dawes, a life-long collector of antique jewellery, has written two previous books on the subject - The Bakelite Jewellery Book and Victorian Jewellery. Staff writer for MGM Screengems Music, she is also a successful composer; she wrote the book, music and lyrics for the off-Broadway show The Talk of the Town and has won a CLEO award for music for advertising. Olivia Collings became fascinated by the seventeenth century alchemist and jeweller Christopher Pinchbeck at an early age and bought her first piece of antique jewellery aged seven. She trained in an exclusive Bond Street antique jewellery shop before starting her own business in 1975 and has continued learning about and dealing in Georgian jewellery ever since. She is now an independent jewellery consultant. SELLING POINTS: * A thoroughly researched look at the jewellery of the time, offering good basic knowledge for the beginner and new facts for the expert * New and/or little-known facts about the techniques, styles and materials of the age * The only book solely on the Georgian period, and the largest ever catalogue of the diverse range of eighteenth century jewellery * Interesting portraits of characters of the period and their influence on the jewels of the time, with some contemporary gossip, outrageous cartoons and period fashion tips * Emphasis on jewellery that has been on the open market in recent years, rather than just unobtainable museum pieces 295 colour, 7 b/w images

A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians

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Author : Lucian Lamar Knight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians written by Lucian Lamar Knight and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Georgia's Frontier Women

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Author : Ben Marsh
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820343404
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Georgia's Frontier Women written by Ben Marsh and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging from Georgia's founding in the 1730s until the American Revolution in the 1770s, Georgia's Frontier Women explores women's changing roles amid the developing demographic, economic, and social circumstances of the colony's settling. Georgia was launched as a unique experiment on the borderlands of the British Atlantic world. Its female population was far more diverse than any in nearby colonies at comparable times in their formation. Ben Marsh tells a complex story of narrowing opportunities for Georgia's women as the colony evolved from uncertainty toward stability in the face of sporadic warfare, changes in government, land speculation, and the arrival of slaves and immigrants in growing numbers. Marsh looks at the experiences of white, black, and Native American women-old and young, married and single, working in and out of the home. Mary Musgrove, who played a crucial role in mediating colonist-Creek relations, and Marie Camuse, a leading figure in Georgia's early silk industry, are among the figures whose life stories Marsh draws on to illustrate how some frontier women broke down economic barriers and wielded authority in exceptional ways. Marsh also looks at how basic assumptions about courtship, marriage, and family varied over time. To early settlers, for example, the search for stability could take them across race, class, or community lines in search of a suitable partner. This would change as emerging elites enforced the regulation of traditional social norms and as white relationships with blacks and Native Americans became more exploitive and adversarial. Many of the qualities that earlier had distinguished Georgia from other southern colonies faded away.

Representative Georgians

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Author : Henry Wilkes Jones Ham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book Representative Georgians written by Henry Wilkes Jones Ham and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Georgia's Land of the Golden Isles

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Author : Burnette Vanstory
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820305588
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Georgia's Land of the Golden Isles written by Burnette Vanstory and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since it first appeared in 1956, Mrs. Vanstory's rich narrative of the barrier islands from Ossabaw to Cumberland--and the mainland towns along the way--has become the standard popular history of Georgia's golden coast. Thoroughly revised and with over forty new illustrations, this edition traces the crucial and colorful role these islands have played from the sixteenth century to the twentieth. Home, at one time or another, to the American Indians, the French, the Spanish, and the English; to buccaneers, friars, and priests; to Puritans and Scottish Highlanders; to slave traders, planters, soldiers, statesmen, and millionaires, these islands are as rich in history as they are in natural beauty. Georgia's Land of the Golden Isles now takes the reader through the years from General James Oglethorpe to President Jimmy Carter, unfolding the stories of the lives that have touched, or been touched by, the golden isles of Georgia.

A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians

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Author : Lucian Lamar Knight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians written by Lucian Lamar Knight and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reminiscences of Famous Georgians

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Author : Lucian Lamar Knight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Reminiscences of Famous Georgians written by Lucian Lamar Knight and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of Britain

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Author : Ruth Brocklehurst
Publisher : History of Britain
ISBN 13 : 9780746084441
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book History of Britain written by Ruth Brocklehurst and published by History of Britain. This book was released on 2008-06-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the history of Britain from the Ice Age to the start of the new millenium.