History

In this survey of the Dutch political culture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Piet de Rooy reveals that the ”polder model” often used to describe economic and social policymaking based o …

Religious diversity is one of the toughest challenges that today’s European societies face in their search for identity, equality and cohesion in an increasingly globalised world. This book engages c …

In 1995, the Baring Brothers collapsed over a weekend, brought down by the ”rogue trader” Nick Leeson. Utilizing British and American archives, this work charts Baring Brothers development from woo …

This volume clearly communicates that Weber’s influence is of great significance to the history of social science, and to appreciating the theoretical work of other social scientists in the modern ag …

This volume is the first attempt to assess the impact of both humanism and Protestantism on the education offered to a wide range of adolescents in the hundreds of grammar schools operating in Englan …

Written tests to evaluate students were a radical and controversial innovation when American educators began adopting them in the 1800s. Testing quickly became a key factor in the political battles d …

To what extent do women accept, adjust and challenge the intersecting and shifting relations of cultural, political and religious discourses that organize their (sexual) lives? Seeking to expand the …

Old age today is a contentious topic. It can be seen as a demographic timebomb or as a resource of wisdom and experience to be valued and exploited. There is frequent debate over how we value the eld …

Mc Lynn provides the first comprehensive view of crime and its consequences in the eighteenth century: why was England notorious for violence? Why did the death penalty prove no deterrent? Was it a c …

The Heian period (794-1186AD) of Japanese history – the setting of The Tale of Genji – was an era of unsurpassed refinement in art and literature, in which women played a unique role. Dominated by th …