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By looking at the decline of the jute industry, this study assesses the successes and failures of Britain’s managed economy. It also addresses broader arguments about the political economy of twentie …

E. H. Carr wrote, ‘study the historian before you begin to study the facts.’ This book approaches the life, work, ideas, debates, and the context of key 20th- and 21st-century historians through an a …

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, such songs as ‘We Shall Overcome, ‘ ‘Keep Your Eyes on the Prize, ‘ and ‘Do What the Spirit Says Do’ were sung at virtually every mass meeting, demonstration, and p …

This dictionary provides a comprehensive and ready guide to the key concepts, issues, persons, and technologies related to the nuclear programmes of India and Pakistan and other South Asian states. T …

Exploring one of the most dynamic and contested regions of the world, this series includes works on political, economic, cultural, and social changes in modern and contemporary Asia and the Pacific. …

Pharmacy has become an integral part of our lives. Nearly half of all 300 million Americans take at least one prescription drug daily, accounting for $250 billion per year in sales in the US alone. A …

This book provides an historical perspective on the growth of Russian military power, studying the emergence of the Russian regular army from 1700 until the end of the eighteenth century. In the proc …

First published in 2005. This original study the author writing in 1936 has tried to sketch the character and general movement of the economic and social evolution of Western Europe from the end of t …

This book takes a new approach to the question, ‘Is the philosopher to be seen as universal human being or as eccentric?’. Through a reading of the Theaetetus, Pappas first considers how we identify …

Defining a “historic transition” means understanding how the complex system of intellectual, social, and material structures formed that determined the transition from a certain “universe” to a “new …