An encyclopaedia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present stat, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles.

Mode of access: Internet.

A short history of the British commonwealth /

Contains bibliographies.

Guide to the Crustacea, Arachnida, Onychophora and Myriopoda : exhibited in the Department of zoology, British museum (Natural history) ... With 90 illustrations.

"The section on the Crustacea is written by Dr. W. T. Calman, that on the Arachnida and Myriopoda by Mr. A. S. Hirst, and the portions dealing respectively with the Onychophora and with the Pestastomida ... by Mr. F. Jeffrey Bell." - Pref.

A natural history of new and rare ferns : containing species and varieties, none of which are included in any of the eight volumes of Ferns, British and exotic, amongst which are the new hymenophyllums and Trichomanes /

Includes index.

History of British costume, from the earliest period to the close of the eighteenth century.

Bibliography: p. xix-xxiv.

African History and Identity: A Case Study of Black British Students in London

Through the administration of questionnaires and interviews in six of London’s secondary schools, this case study seeks to investigate Black Britons’ self-concepts and attitudes toward curricular depictions of continental and diasporan Africans and the extent to which the African Union’s (A.U.) Pan-African outreach agenda may be advanced or challenged.

'Why does cultural studies want history?'

Cultural studies has often been accused of maintaining too strong a focus on the contemporary and the immediate as a result of its primary interest in popular culture and the media. The role of history, such criticisms suggest, has been displaced by this contemporary emphasis. Nonetheless, much cultural studies work takes a principled stand on the necessity of historicising the products of its research. Consequently, it is worth asking, with British historian Carolyn Steedman--'why does cultural studies want history?' This article begins to answer that question through the discussion of some aspects of a specific research project within Australian cultural studies.