Brendan Apfeld & John Gerring 
Deep Roots of Modern Democracy [EPUB ebook] 
Geography and the Diffusion of Political Institutions

This proper Philadelphia story starts with the city”s golden age at the close of the eighteenth century. It is a classic study of an American business aristocracy of colonial stock with Protestant a …

Drawing on the work of leading figures in biblical, religious, historical, and cultural studies in Ireland and beyond, this volume explores the reception of the Bible in Ireland, focusing on the soci …

Self-Preservation is the first Law of Nature and a major threat of protection to self and family. Self-preservation changed history when this country was founded. Western scientists systematically fa …

Remembering the Jagiellonians is the first study of international memories of the Jagiellonians (1386–1596), one of the most powerful but lesser known royal dynasties of Renaissance Europe. It explor …

This is a study of the organisation and practical operation of the system of poor relief in Emden from the late 15th century to the end of the 16th. The city went through dramatic economic, confessio …

This is the first book to appear on British intelligence operations based in both India and London, which defended the Indian Empire against subversion during the first two decades of the twentieth c …

Coinciding with the 900th anniversary of the Crusades, this book is the first general introduction to some of the wider aspects of the history of the Crusades. Prepared by Carole Hillenbrand, a leadi …

Have you ever wondered… why is there an elephant-shaped building on the beach in Margate? … who built a concrete ship, and why? … how did Jersey Shore towns get names like Loveladies, Ship Bottom, …

The first volume of the New York Times–bestselling author’s monumental and unprecedented history: “Consistently thought-provoking” (The New York Review of Books).   The internationally cele …

Originally published in 1937. This book is a classic work on the philosophy of time, looking at the pshychology, physics and logic of time before investigating the views of Kant, Bergson, Alexander, …