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

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 …

This is the first study of the development of economic thought in Latin America. It traces the development of economic ideas during five centuries and across the whole continent. It addresses a wide …

The first British nuclear weapon test took place in Australia in October 1952. British nuclear weapons have been a source of controversy ever since. In this book, scientists, doctors, researchers and …

Cannibalism is the breaking of the ultimate taboo. Yet during the later Middle Ages and early years of the Renaissance, mythological, historical, and contemporary accounts of cannibalism became …

First published in 1963. This volume is an historical look at the succession of war and trade of the West Indies from 1739 to 1763, combining law, politics, narrative and the structure of the …

This guide offers a different approach from the misleading formulae for success offered by much self-help business literature. The authors believe that in today”s turbulent competitive environment, …

First Published in 1992. This book examines the elements of continuity and change in Philip pine politics and government over the last quarter century. The period covered, from the early 1960s …

The emergence of the state in Europe is a topic that has engaged historians since the establishment of the discipline of history. Yet the primary focus of has nearly always been to take a top-down …

In his hugely influential book Discipline and Punish, Foucault used the example of Jeremy Bentham”s Panopticon prison as a means of representing the transition from the early modern monarchy to the …