Sebastian Scharff 
Hellenistic Athletes [PDF ebook] 
Agonistic Cultures and Self-Presentation

At a time when issues of gender and sexuality are as prominent as they have ever been, Gender, Sex and the Shaping of Modern Europe provides an authoritative exploration of the history of these deepl …

Over the Threshold is the first in-depth work to explore the topic of intimate violence in the American colonies and the early Republic. The essays examine domestic violence in both urban and frontie …

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 …

Analyses the foundation of the San-kuo Wei Dynasty by Ts”ao P”I in 220 CE, using the main historical accounts, a wide range of religious and philosophical writings, epigraphical records, and above …

Popular claims that new information technology will expand democratic and public spaces are problematic given the exclusive history of the public and the restriction of access to computer technology …

The oil price collapse of 1985-6 had momentous global consequences: non-fossil energy sources quickly became uncompetitive, the previous talk of an OPEC ”imperium” was turned upside-down, the Sovie …

African State and Society in the 1990s is the first comprehensive English language book to appear on Cameroon”s political events since 1989. Designed for academic and policy studies readers, it cove …

Originally published in 1967, this book discusses some key writers of the Renaissance: Machiavelli, Castiglione, Bacon and Hobbes and compares their work by relating it that of others in England and …

How did the Victorians view mental illness? After discovering the case-notes of women in Victorian asylums, Diana Peschier reveals how mental illness was recorded by both medical practitioners and in …