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“…Prominent citizens in nineteenth-century England believed themselves to be living in a time of unstoppable progress. …”

“…The book discusses whether Sranan’s English influence(s) originated from a single dialect from the general London area, as proposed by Norval Smith in 1987, or whether we are dealing with a composite of dialectal features from all over England. The book introduces a novel replicable methodology for linguistic reconstructions, which combines statistics (in the form of binomial probability), English dialect geography (via use of Orton’s et. al., 1962–1971, Survey of English Dialects, which focuses on traditional regional English dialects across England and Wales), and 17th-century English migration history…”

“…This volume brings together scholarship that discusses late-medieval religious controversy on a pan-European scale, with particular attention to developments in England, Bohemia, and at the general councils of the fifteenth century. …”

“…Focusing on the literary novel and the memoir, he investigates, in terms that are as insightful as they are irreverent, why so much writing in England is uncritically realist, humanist and anti-intellectual. …”

“…From the perilous ocean crossing to the shared bounty of the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrim settlement of New England has become enshrined as our most sacred national myth. …”

“…Less than four decades after the controversial Act of Union between Scotland and England, arrogance and incompetence on the part of government ministers had allowed the small danger Charles and his Jacobite army had initially posed to escalate into a full-scale civil war: part of the on-going dynastic, political and ideological struggle for the heart and soul of this new nation. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Horizons and barriers in British urban policy / Craig Johnstone and Mark Whitehead -- Analysing New Labour's urban renaissance project -- Promoting the 'Urban idyll': policies for city centre living / Gareth Hoskins and Andrew Tallon -- Urban regeneration in a growing region: the renaissance of England's average town / Mike Raco -- The urban neighbourhood and the new moral geographies of British urban policy / Mark Whitehead -- Crime, disorder and the urban renaissance / Craig Johnstone -- Urban policy integration in London: the impact of the elected mayor / Andy Thornley and Karen West -- Scottish urban policy: continuity, change and uncertainty post-devolution / Ivan Turok -- Governing the cities and the urban renaissance / Rob Imrie -- Neo-liberalism, crisis, and the city: the political economy of New Labour's urban policy / Martin Jones and Kevin Ward -- Beyond the renaissance - issues for the future of British urban policy -- Towards a 'social democratic' policy agenda for cities / Patsy Healey -- The scaling of 'urban' policy: neighbourhood, city or region? …”