Karl Bell 
Magical Imagination [PDF ebook] 
Magic and Modernity in Urban England, 1780-1914

"Ancient Civilizations: A Journey Through Time" offers an in-depth exploration of the most influential ancient civilizations that shaped the course of human history. Beginning with the …

In this study of Stephen”s reign, Keith Stringer looks at the relationship between government, warfare, and the rise and fall of medieval states. Using primary sources and the most recent research, …

Using evidence from contemporary printed images, Smith examines the attitudes of Christian Europe to the Ottoman Empire and to Islam. She also considers the relationship between text and image, …

The essays in this collection explore both organizational intentions and inhabitants” experiences in a diverse range of British residential institutions during a period when such provision was …

This is an engaging study of the place occupied by the City of London within British cultural life during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Michie uses both literary and popular novels to examine …

In the early modern period, the term ‘enthusiasm’ was a smear word used to discredit the dissenters of the radical Reformation as dangerous religious fanatics. In England, the term gained prominence …

In the context of global efforts to control the production, distribution and use of narcotic drugs, China”s treatment of the problem provides an important means of understanding the social, …

This work evaluates the pros and cons of NATO enlargement. It explains why NATO offered membership to three of its Cold War adversaries and makes recommendations about which countries, if any, should …

The second book in the five-volume Community Oral History Toolkit walks you through all the planning steps to travel from an idea to a completed collection of oral history interviews. Informed by an …

All of the major terrorist events beginning with 9/11 have spread shock and fear around the world and have been used to justify the most costly and devastating wars in human history. If we examine …