Ling Zhang 
River, the Plain, and the State [PDF ebook] 
An Environmental Drama in Northern Song China, 1048-1128

How do we teach about war? How can social studies teachers empower students to understand how wars are started, how they are fought, and how they are ended? Films about war are featured in nearly all …

After the Second World War, two contrasting political movements became increasingly active in Italy – the communist and feminist movements. In this book, Walter Baroni uses autobiographical …

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE”An incredible work of scholarship” Sathnam Sanghera Through the story of his own family’s history as slave and plantation owners, Alex Renton looks at how …

This volume presents research from an international, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral research project in which 15 doctoral researchers explored a range of issues related to the life-course exper …

This book offers an historical analysis of the culture of animal-dependent science in Britain from 1945 to the present, exploring key areas of animal experimentation such as warfare, medical science …

Comprising 20 scientific contributions to the archaeology of Guadeloupe, French West Indies, this volume places the latter Caribbean Island in the spotlight by presenting the results of four contempo …

This book studies how smaller Gulf states managed to increase their influence in the Middle East, oftentimes capitalising on their smallness as a foreign policy tool. By establishing a novel theoreti …

What did your face look like before your parents were born? Who are you? What is your true self? These are the questions in Ruth Ozeki’s mind as she challenges herself to spend three hours gazing …

This book, first published in 1960, is a close examination of the twelve most decisive weeks in British history. It looks at the responsibility of pre-war politicians for the preparedness of the air …

This “excellent study of foreign policy-making” explores the changing nature of US-Korea relations since 1948 (David Hundt, Political Studies Review). In  A Troubled Peace, Professor Cha …