Nicholas Ty Rogers

Eighteenth-Century English Society: Shuttles and Swords

Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night

Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night

Crowds, Culture, and Politics in Georgian Britain

Whigs and Cities: Popular Politics in the Age of Walpole and Pitt

Unfree Labour in the Development of the Atlantic World

Unfree Labour in the Development of the Atlantic World

Eighteenth-Century English Society: Shuttles and Swords (Opus S)

The period from 1688-1820 was marked throughout with riots and rebellions, seditions and strikes, as the lower classes rebelled against the state bias towards the interests of higher social groups. Drawing on recent work on demography, labor, and law, this readable history of the period focuses on t...

Mayhem: Post-War Crime and Violence in Britain, 1748-53 (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)

After the end of the War of Austrian Succession in 1748, thousands of unemployed and sometimes unemployable soldiers and seamen found themselves on the streets of London ready to roister the town and steal when necessary. In this fascinating book Nicholas Rogers explores the moral panic associated w...

Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night

Boasting a rich, complex history rooted in Celtic and Christian ritual, Halloween has evolved from ethnic celebration to a blend of street festival, fright night, and vast commercial enterprise. In this colorful history, Nicholas Rogers takes a lively, entertaining look at the cultural origins and d...

A Blue July

This book is by Nicholas D.Rogers. This book contains poetry about life, death, depression, anguish and many different tones. It is set to express views on life the way it was seen through the eyes of a child, a man, and a writers spirit. This book details poetry of sadness, obsession and deep seede...

The Press Gang: Naval Impressment and its opponents in Georgian Britain

The press gang, and its forcible recruitment of sailors to man the Royal Navy in times of war, acquired notoriety for depriving men of their liberty and carrying them away to a harsh life at sea, sometimes for years at a time. Nicholas Rogers explains exactly how the press gang worked, whom it was a...

Tides of War

Wars bring strangers together then tears them apart but the love and friendships created endures through the years. Tom Ballard a young Marine had been fighting for his life in Vietnam less than twenty-four hours ago. Now he was on a plane escorting the body of his best friend home. Kate Newhouse ...

Unfree Labour in the Development of the Atlantic World (Slave and Post-Slave Societies and Cultures)

This collection of essays examines the different forms of unfree labour that contributed to the development of the Atlantic world and, by extension, the debates and protests that emerged concerning labour servitude and the abolition of slavery in the West.