Robert W. Fogel 
Explaining Long-Term Trends in Health and Longevity [PDF ebook] 

Forces shaping human history are complex, but the course of history is undeniably changed on many occasions by conscious acts. These may be premeditated or responsive, calmly calculated or performed …

The ‘forgotten offensive’ of the title is RAF Coastal Command”s offensive against German sea-trade between 1940 and 1945. The fortunes of the campaign are followed throughout the war, and its succes …

A new collection of essays which challenges many existing assumptions, particularly the conventional models of separate spheres and economic change. All the essays are specifically written for a stud …

This reference guide throws light on almost every aspect of postwar international history from the rise of Mao”s China to the Bosnian Civil War. It provides a huge wealth of information on East-West …

Few politicians in recent American history are as well-known as Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. president. An iconic leader, Reagan shifted the direction of American politics toward a newly vigorous con …

The heyday of the European states system was in the century before the First World War. How the system of five great powers in conscious equilibrium came into being is the central theme of this book. …

This study examines the leadership of three African-American women administrators in higher education, and how they have used their spirituality as a lens to lead in the academy. The central question …

State, Economy and the Great Divergence provides a new analysis of what has become the central debate in global economic history: the ”great divergence” between European and Asian growth. Focusing …

The Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870 when Bismarck engineered a war with the French Second Empire under Napoleon III. This was part of his wider political strategy of uniting Prussia with the so …