Jacob Burckhardt 
The Civilisation of the Period of the Renaissance in Italy [EPUB ebook] 

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 …

American Tax Resisters gives a history of the anti-tax movement that, for the past 150 years, has pursued limited taxes on wealth and battled efforts to secure social justice through income redistrib …

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 …

This volume considers the confluence of World History and historical materialism, with the following guiding question in mind: given developments in the field of historical materialism concerned with …

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 …