Gabriel Paquette 
Imperial Portugal in the Age of Atlantic Revolutions [PDF ebook] 
The Luso-Brazilian World, c.1770-1850

Cameralism and the Enlightenment reassesses the relationship between two key phenomena of European history often disconnected from each other. It builds on recent insights from global history, transn …

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 …

Problems of the Pacific by Frank Fox is a detailed examination of the geopolitical and economic issues affecting the Pacific region in the 20th century. The book delves into international relations a …

During the last two decades, India has experienced a high growth rate, but the contribution from productivity growth and technological progress has been very low. This has resulted in a poor performa …

The Special Theory of Relativity: Based on a short course of lectures delivered in the late 1930s, this short book presents the theory of Special Relativity by formulating a redefinition of the measu …

In the past few decades there has been an explosion of interest in the period of late antiquity. Rather than being viewed within a paradigm of the fall of the Roman Empire, these centuries have come …

Based on in-depth ethnographic research – and using an approach that seeks to understand how migration is experienced by the migrants themselves – this is a fascinating study of the experiences of wo …

This work presents the lives and times of eight prominent Japanese women who epitomize the tragedies and triumphs of eight characteristically female roles. In examining the lives of the mythological …

We are now accustomed to conceive of science as an instrumental activity, producing numbers, measurements and graphs by means of sophisticated devices. This book investigates the historical process t …