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First Published in 1965. This short monograph is the first result of the author»s decision in 1959 to study the Chinese economy. This came about as they were appointed to join a group of economists …

This book was first published in 1966. The city of Nottingham grew from the nucleus of a smaller and older town to become one of the nation»s leading industrial centres, and although it was not a pr …

The years in-between the two World Wars were a crucial period for the building of economic dynamics as an autonomous field. Different competing research programs arose at international level. Great p …

This pioneering survey evaluates the notions of class and order throughout European history since 1500. After a general theoretical section on the concept of orders and class, the book provides discu …

Place, Memory, and Healing: An Archaeology of Anatolian Rock Monuments investigates the complex and deep histories of places, how they served as sites of memory and belonging for local communities ov …

The contributors in this book use the most recent research in key areas – the early settlements of Israel, early Israelite religion, Qumran, Jerusalem, early Christian churches – to show that ancient …

First Published in 1982. Nigerians on the whole have a strong sense of history and a rich heritage of historical traditions. This collection of essays is a contribution to the total effort of the stu …

This book brings into dramatic relief the dilemma, or devil»s bargain, that faced the black press in first building up black baseball, then crusading for the sport»s integration and, as a result of …

Pizza is one of the best-known and widely exported Italian foods and yet relatively little is known about its origins in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Myths such as the naming of pizza marg …

Originally published in 1967, this book analyses the method by which historical evidence is built up and compares the nature of historical proof with that of other disciplines such as the law and nat …