Jonathan Bradshaw & Roy Sainsbury 
Getting the Measure of Poverty [PDF ebook] 
The Early Legacy of Seebohm Rowntree

Barrels—we rarely acknowledge their importance, but without them we would be missing out on some of the world’s finest beverages—most notably whiskies and wines—and of course for over two thousand ye …

First published in 1998, Revolutionary Iran investigates two major political transformations in the modern history of Iran: the Constitutional Revolution of 1905-09 and the Islamic Revolution 1976-79 …

This book presents a full description and interpretation of the changes that have occurred in the United Kingdom during the 1990s. It offers an understanding of the social, economic, political, and p …

Originally published in 1935 and authored by a supporter of Scottish Nationalism, this book ascribes many of Scotland’s misfortunes in history to the sectarian wars and those of Edward I, as well as …

Histories of Postmodernism reexamines the history of the constellation of ideas and thinkers associated with postmodernism. The increasingly dominant historical narrative depicts a relatively smooth …

The later Middle Ages was an overwhelmingly rural world, with probably three out of four households reliant upon farming for a living. Yet conventional accounts of the period rarely do justice to the …

"Memoirs of a Griffin" by way of Francis John Bellew is a charming and enlightening travel narrative that gives readers with a vibrant glimpse into the life of a "griffin" during …

The French withdrawal from Vietnam in 1954 was the product of global pressures and triggered significant global consequences. By treating the war as an international issue, this book places Indochina …

Joseph Moretz »s innovative work focuses on what battleships actually did in the inter-war years and what its designed war role in fact was. In doing so, the book tells us much about British naval po …

Combining discourse and comparative historical methods of analysis, this book explores how colonialists and anti-colonialists renegotiated transnational power relationships within the debates on deco …