Herbert Giles 
China and the Chinese [EPUB ebook] 

W.R. Ward was one of the most influential historians of modern religion to be found at work in Britain during the twentieth century. Across fifty years his writings provoked a major reconsideration b …

Harold Macmillan presided over the dissolution of the British Empire and the first stages of irreversible economic decline. It was an unlucky end to a political career which had seen Britain“s stead …

A major synthesis of current research on the three wars fought by France during the Revolution – against Austria and Prussia; Britain, Spain and the United Provinces; and against the Second Coalition …

“Women Healing/ Healing Women“ begins with a search for women who were healers in the Graeco-Roman world of the late Hellenistic and early Roman period. Women healers were honoured in inscriptions …

Described by Melvin Lasky as ‚one of the great journalists of our time, ‚ Luigi Barzini was also one of the great cultural historians of modern Italy. From Caesar to the Mafia brings together his fin …

This collection presents rare documents relating to the development of various forms of communication across Africa by the British, as part of their economic investment in Africa. Railways and waterw …

In India, in the second half of the twentieth century, there was a vastly increased concern for the welfare of children. Various developmental programs were undertaken for the improvement of children …

Working out Gender brings together leading scholars and young researchers to examine the various ways in which gender is currently being used in labour history. Having been a dynamic and contentious …

Addressing a key challenge facing feminist scholars today, this volume explores the tensions between shared gender identity and the myriad social differences structuring women“s lives. By examining …

Despite the considerable volume of research into various aspects of the social and economic, cultural and political history of eighteenth-century British towns, remarkably little has focused upon, or …