R. W. Sharples 
Peripatetic Philosophy, 200 BC to AD 200 [PDF ebook] 
An Introduction and Collection of Sources in Translation

First published in 1932. This title is a first-person account of growing up in Victorian England. The book examines many aspects of the British Empire, and the family life and education of the poet, …

A reference surveying the major concerns, findings, and terms of social history. The coverage includes major categories within social history (family, demographic transition, multiculturalism, indust …

Politics and culture are organically related in the city of Calcutta. The period (1940s to 1950s), was chaotic and turbulent, yet, this was also a time of significant creativity in literature, art, f …

Treating ”religion” as a fully social, cultural, historical and material field of practice, this book presents a series of debates and positions on the nature and purpose of the ”Study of Religion …

Published in 1966: The object of this book is to give a picture of Pitt, true to life and ‘captivating the people, ’ whom he served and loved. He has sometimes suffered in history because the people …

This book examines the internal and external implications of Israel’s natural gas discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean. The nation’s changed status from being an importer of coal and oil to that …

Volume III deals with the ”long twentieth century”. Its main themes are: * the contraction of British industrial power and the shift to a service-based economy * the decline of Victorianism and the …

Sketches on the Shores of the Caspian is the product of the author”s journey through the Caspian region as part of an expedition headed by his cousin James Brant, the British Consul at Erzeroum. Hol …

In the first book to chart late Imperial and Soviet health policy and its impact on the health of the collective in Russia’s former capital and second 'regime’ city, Christopher Williams argues that …

Early Modern English Noblewomen and Self-Starvation: The Skull Beneath the Skin is a unique exploration of why early modern noblewomen starved themselves, how they understood their behaviour, and how …