By bringing together and critically engaging with accounts of certain themes in business and labour history, and utilizing original research, this book aims to widen understanding of industrial society and provide a background to further study and research in the area management and labour relations history.
As George VI so rightly said, it is the loves, schemes, failures, battles, intrigues, and dreams of the people who live in a city that make it what it is. And in a city as vibrant and chaotic as London those lives are going to be quite extraordinary. Seeking to unravel the stories locked within each district, London expert David Long turns to the characters that have defined them. From Nanci Astor, Jimi Hendrix, and Harry Gordon Selfridge’s influence on Mayfair, to Karl Marx on Soho, Charles Darin on Bloomsbury, Virginia Woolf on Fitzrovia, and Polly the Parrot on Spitalfields, A History of London in 50 Lives, is a positive smörgåsbord of the illustrious and notorious.
Every issue of Explore History will take readers on a tour of the world’s most famous heritage sites, from The Great Pyramids to Windsor Castle, and reveal the incredible stories behind the brick and mortar alongside stunning photography and trusted travel guides.
All About History is the stunningly realised new magazine from the makers of How It Works and All About Space. Featuring beautiful illustrations, photos and graphics depicting everything from ancient civilisations to the Cold War, All About History is accessible and entertaining to all and makes history fun for the whole family.
With the knowledge that there around 35 million people of Scots descent scattered across the world Scots Heritage Magazine is indeed prescribed reading for those with a passion for our country. Each issue is like a passport to the Scottish diaspora as the unique and authentic articles on Scotland’s rich history and its vibrant past and present are beautifully illustrated in a full colour, glossy format.
