David A. Bateman 
Disenfranchising Democracy [PDF ebook] 
Constructing the Electorate in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France

John Rex is well known as one of Britain”s leading sociologists and for his special interest in the sociology of race relations and the sociology of the city. In the present book these two related a …

This Adelphi Paper is the first concise yet comprehensive analysis of the role of the G8 in international peace and security. It argues that the G7/8 has a long and impressive history in the field of …

China emerged as the largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) and the fifth largest trading nation in the world in 2002. China’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) represents a …

The First World War was a period of turbulent and unprecedented political upheaval that witnessed contrasting fortunes for Britain”s major political parties. This book demonstrates how the Conservat …

Recent research has begun to highlight the importance of German arguments about legitimate resistance and self-defence for French, English and Scottish Protestants. This book systematically studies t …

This new study looks at the ways in which the years surrounding the First World War shaped the lives of the rural workforce in Britain and how the patriotism unleashed by the war was used by those in …

Translated into English as the Winner of the Geisteswissenschaften International Translation Prize for Work in the Humanities and Social Sciences 2015. During the Great War, mass killing took place o …

What does it mean to be a social and cultural historian today? In the wake of the ”cultural turn”, and in an age of digital and public history, what challenges and opportunities await historians in …

Memoirs of steel making at The Darlington Forge in the 1960”s. This book, written as seen through my eyes, those of a 15 year old on leaving school, recounts the hardships, difficulties and dangers …

A study of the work, philosophy, and life of the influential eighteenth-century American writer. This concise, thoughtful introduction to the work of Thomas Paine, author of  Common Sense a …