Austin Dean 
China and the End of Global Silver, 1873-1937 [PDF ebook] 

"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 …

This book aims to further a debate about aspects of ’playing’ and ’gaming’ in connection with history. Reaching out to academics, professionals and students alike, it pursues a dedicated interdiscipl …

A revised and updated edition of the internationally bestselling classic Anna Pavord”s now classic, internationally bestselling sensation, The Tulip, is not a gardening book. It is the story of …

Drawing on a rich lineage of anti-discriminatory scholarship, art, and activism, Locating African European Studies engages with contemporary and historical African European formations, positionalitie …

This study is an exploration of lived religion and gender across the Reformation, from the 14th–18th centuries. Combining conceptual development with empirical history, the authors explore these two …

This book comprehensively examines architecture, urban planning, and civic perception in three modern cities as they transform into national capitals through an entangled, transnational process that …

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE”An incredible work of scholarship” Sathnam Sanghera Through the story of his own family’s history as slave and plantation owners, Alex Renton looks at how …

This book posits a new theory of fascism as a radical political community of experience. The author engages with a range of thinkers both critical of and inspiring fascism including Walte …

The need for a skilled, motivated and effective workforce is fundamental to the creation of the built environment across the world. Known in so many places for a tendency to informal and casual worki …

Society has long been fascinated with the freakish, shocking and strange. In this book Gary Cross shows how freakish elements have been embedded in modern popular culture over the course of the 20th …