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History and Politics: Books

Resources for students studying History, History and Politics, and Philosophy and Politics

Finding books in the library

UoG Library book collections

Search Library Discovery for our print and eBooks. Results show the book location, organised on shelves by topic.

Remember to limit your search results to University of Gloucestershire to just display our own holdings.

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Using our eBooks

eBook collections at UoG

UoG eBooks are available through Library Discovery.  They can also be accessed directly via our eBook provider platforms.

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  • immediate access wherever you are
  • accessibility - you can alter the text size and background, or use a screen reader
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Library Discovery

Selected new books for History and Politics

Frederick Douglass and the Fourth of July
Difficult women: a history of feminism in 11 fights
Possible Scotlands
Cults, Martyrs and Good Samaritans: religion in contemporary English political discourse
African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850-1920
The Jacobites: Britain and Europe, 1688-1788
The Wrath to Come: Gone with the wind and the lies America tells
European Fascist Movements: a sourcebook
In and Out of the Ghetto: Jewish-gentile relations in late medieval and early modern Germany
Reflections on Stalinism
The Myth of Ritual Murder: Jews and magic in Reformation Germany
Social Control under Stalin and Khrushchev: the phantom of a well-ordered state
Marriage, Household and Home in Modern Russia:  from Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin
Soviet and Muslim: the institutionalization of Islam in Central Asia
Revolution!: Writings from Russia, 1917
The Soviet Gulag: history and memory
Cover image: Collapse
Cover image: Promised Lands
Cover image: Islam and Muslims in Victorian Britain
Cover image: The Conquistadors: a Very Short Introduction
Cover image: Fortress Dark and Stern
Sisterhood and After: an oral history of the UK women's liberation movement, 1968-present

Have a look at the lists of new resources for History and Politics

Inter-Library Loan service for Books

Book not in the library?

Use the Inter-Library Loan (ILL) service to obtain print books and chapters from print or electronic books not held by the university. The service is primarily for final year undergrad students, postgrads, researchers and academics. Staff and students have an initial allocation of free requests. More information is available in the Guide to Inter-Library Loans

Main subject areas in the Library

Topic Shelf number
British politics 320.941
Civil and political rights 323

Civil rights in America

323.1196073
Democratic government 320.8
Ethnic groups, including history 305.8

Black American History

305.896073
History and geography 900

Historical research

907.2

History of Europe

940

History of World War II, 1939-1945

940.53

History of British Isles

941

Period of House of Hanover (Georgian Britain)

941.07

Victorian and modern era

941.08

History of England and Wales

942

Period of House of Tudor

942.05

History of Russia

947

History of United States of America

973

International relations 327
Political ideologies 320.5
Political process and elections 324
Politics and government 320
Urban communities, incl politics 307.76
Women, incl. feminism and women's history 305.4

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