Richard von Glahn & Debin Ma 
Cambridge Economic History of China [PDF ebook] 

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 …

A reconstruction of the history and customs of the Gogo people of Africa, based in part on oral histories, tribal legends and myths. This work was first published in Swahili in 1954 and was sponsored …

The 14 essays in this volume look at both the theory and practice of monarchical governments from the Thirty Years War up until the time of the French Revolution. Contributors aim to unravel the …

Defining a “historic transition” means understanding how the complex system of intellectual, social, and material structures formed that determined the transition from a certain “universe” to a “new …

The sheer size and influence of the British Indian Army, and its major role in the Allied War effort between 1939 and 1945 on behalf of a country from which it was seeking independence, maintains its …

Britain»s often rather ad hoc approach to colonial expansion in the nineteenth century resulted in a variety of imaginative solutions designed to exert control over an increasingly diverse number of …

The eighteenth volume in a 29-volume set which contain all Charles Darwin»s published works. Darwin was one of the most influential figures of the 19th century. His work remains a central subject of …

The LNER Class A3 Pacific locomotive No. 4472 »Flying Scotsman» is one of the world»s most iconic steam engines. It was built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway at Doncaster Works to …

A collection of 13 essays based on two national surveys of household income in China — in 1985 and 1995 — and prepared and carried out by the research team. These essays explore a wide range of …