Mark Edward Lewis 
Honor and Shame in Early China [PDF ebook] 

Forces shaping human history are complex, but the course of history is undeniably changed on many occasions by conscious acts. These may be premeditated or responsive, calmly calculated or performed …

The ‘forgotten offensive’ of the title is RAF Coastal Command”s offensive against German sea-trade between 1940 and 1945. The fortunes of the campaign are followed throughout the war, and its succes …

A new Edition of this well-established introduction to international polits. As with the previous two editions, the book”s emphasisis on states, the conflicts that divide them, the intruments they e …

This collection offers new perspectives on the study of science and religion, bringing together articles that highlight the differences between epistemological systems and call into question the domi …

In the years1815-1832, Britain came close to revolution. Fewer than twenty years separate the Battle of Waterloo from the passing of the ‘Great’ Reform Act but during this period Britain’s political …

The collapse of the Ottoman Empire is a key event in the shaping of our own times. From its ruins rose a whole map of new countries including Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and th …

A new collection of essays which challenges many existing assumptions, particularly the conventional models of separate spheres and economic change. All the essays are specifically written for a stud …

This reference guide throws light on almost every aspect of postwar international history from the rise of Mao”s China to the Bosnian Civil War. It provides a huge wealth of information on East-West …

Few politicians in recent American history are as well-known as Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. president. An iconic leader, Reagan shifted the direction of American politics toward a newly vigorous con …

The heyday of the European states system was in the century before the First World War. How the system of five great powers in conscious equilibrium came into being is the central theme of this book. …