English accents and dialects : an introduction to social and regional varieties of English in the British Isles. by Hughes, Arthur, 1941-

Rhythms of labour : music at work in Britain / by Korczynski, Marek, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…From work song to singing at work -- 3. Hearing the British Isles singing -- 4. Fancy and function -- 5.Community -- 6. …”
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Epidemics : hate and compassion from the plague of Athens to AIDS / by Cohn, Samuel Kline, Jr, Oxford Scholarship Online

Table of Contents: “…-- Plague spreaders -- PART III: Modernity: epidemics of hate: Cholera's first European tour: the story in the British Isles -- Cholera on the continent and in America -- Cholera violence: an Italian story in comparative perspective -- Cholera protest over time -- Smallpox cruelty: the case of North America -- Smallpox and collective violence -- Smallpox violence in Victorian Britain -- PART IV: Modernity: plagues of politics: Plague since 1894: India -- Plague beyond India -- Myths of plague -- PART V: Modernity: plagues of compassion: Yellow fever: stories from Philadelphia and Memphis -- Yellow fever: the broader picture -- The great influenza: a forgotten pandemic? …”
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The cancer problem : malignancy in nineteenth-century Britain / by Arnold-Forster, Agnes, Oxford Scholarship Online

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Memory in early modern Europe, 1500-1800 / by Pollmann, Judith

Santa Claus worldwide : a history of St. Nicholas and other holiday gift-bringers / by Jerman, Tom A., 1955-, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Gift-Givers in the British Isles: Father Christmas Still Reigns -- 12. ­…”
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From football to soccer : the early history of the beautiful game in the United States / by Bunk, Brian D., 1968-, PALCI EBSCO books

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From empire to humanity : the American Revolution and the origins of humanitarianism / by Moniz, Amanda B., Oxford Scholarship Online

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Multilingual subjects : on standard English, its speakers, and others in the long eighteenth century / by DeWispelare, Daniel

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Pragmatic markers in Irish English / by PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Previous research on like; 2.1 Like in the British Isles; 2.2 Like in Irish English; 2.3 The discourse-pragmatic functions of like; 2.4 Pragmatic functions and clausal positioning; 3. …”
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Cultures of London legacies of migration by Bloomsbury Collections

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