Richard Price 
British Society 1680-1880 [PDF ebook] 
Dynamism, Containment and Change

Situated between the Greek, Indian and Persian scientific traditions and modern science, the Islamic scientific tradition received, enriched, transformed and then bequeathed scientific knowledge to E …

The book presents the first English edition of Hubertine Auclert”s Arab Women in Algeria which offers a unique picture of Algerian society in late 19th century. Hubertine Auclert (1848-1914) was one …

Featured in this edition are notes on various works of Thomas Tallis, “The Seasons” of Vivaldi, and “Jephte” by Carissimi. The latter contains an English paraphrase of the Latin text.Also treated are …

Although not a born and bred ‘Islander’, it did not take me long to fall under its spell.The Isle of Dogs is a place of great contrasts and contradictions but is home to thousands and the work destin …

Taking a chronological approach, this book challenges established economistic and ideologistic narratives of neoliberalism in Britain by charting the gradual diffusion of an increasingly intervention …

This book explores how the often well-meaning routines and assumptions of a generous welfare state can reflect and even contribute to the stigmatisation of refugees and Muslims in Europe today. While …

Private law enforcement and order maintenance have usually been seen as working against or outside of state authority. A History of Private Policing in the United States surveys private policing sinc …

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 …

First published in 1997, this volume responds to the Conservative intention of conducting economic policy along monetarist lines after winning the General Election in May 1979. Michael J. Oliver argu …

Providing a global perspective on the development of American technology, Technology and American Society offers a historical narrative detailing major technological transformations over the last thr …