G. P. R. James 
The History of Charlemagne [PDF ebook] 

How has twentieth-century medicine dealt with immigrants and minorities? The contributors to Migrants, Minorities and Health have studied a number of different types of migrant and minority groups fr …

The word-wide impact of evangelicalism has long been recognized as a vital force. Providing both a clear and accessible guide to the recent literature, this introduction examines the revival in the B …

During the nuclear heyday of the post-war years advocates of atomic power promised cheap electricity and a prosperous future. From the present, however, this promise seems tarnished by accidents, lea …

The Civil Wars Experienced is an exciting new history of the civil wars, which recounts their effects on the “common people“. This engaging survey throws new light onto a century of violence and po …

This anniversary study presents a readable, informative account of the development and current structure of Berlin. …

Although the organizing principle of virtually every world history text is ‚development‘, the editor of this volume maintains that this traditional approach fails to address the issue of sustainabili …

The Essay on the Nature of Trade in General was written in the early 1730s by Richard Cantillon, a speculator and banker who had made a vast fortune during the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles of 17 …

An original work on American cities and the ongoing ‚urban crisis‘. Using the metaphor of the socially constructed organization of space, Bartlett takes a broad view of the evolution of urban America …

First published in 1962, Frank Smith Fussner“s introduction to the revolution in English historical writing and thought during the period of the renaissance and reformation (1580-1640) is an influen …

In mid-Victorian England there were new racial categories based upon skin colour. The “races“ familiar to those in the modern west were invented and elaborated after the decline of faith in Biblica …