In 1521, the city of Tenochtitlan, magnificent centre of the Aztec empire, fell to the Spaniards and their Indian allies.…

\nRunning from Bondage examines the ways in which enslaved women fought for their freedom during and after the Revolutionary…

The Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to…

An investigative history course directly accessible to all pupils at Key Stage 3.…

Kitt Peak is the most visited astronomical observatory site in the world. This book gives a comprehensive tour of the Kitt…

The Evolution of New Japan by Joseph H. Longford was first published in 1913 as part of the Cambridge Manuals of Science and…

The art of calligraphy is seen as the epitome of Chinese culture. This book provides an accessible, illustrated introduction…

• Rok vydání 1854

The first in Harriet Martineau's popular series of guides to the Lake District, this 1854 companion to Windermere combines…

Harry Frankfurt is one of the most influential of contemporary philosophers. These essays deal in general with foundational…

• Rok vydání 2024

\nWhy has the office of Prime Minister endured longer than any other democratic political office? Sir Anthony Seldon,…

\nWhat has changed for the better or worse during fourteen years of Conservative government? Anthony Seldon and his team…

\nA fundamental reassessment of how Germany lost the First World War. Using diaries, letters and memoirs of key actors and…

\nThis Element explores the changing landscape of eBook businesses and cultures in China in the past two decades and…

\nCompanies design their products, business models, and marketing strategies to stop us from repairing the devices we own.…

This study provides an accessible overview of the range of reading spaces in modern Japan, and the evolution thereof from a…

This Element explains how ballot designs affect the behavior of voters, the performance of candidates, and the strategies of…

• Rok vydání 2016

\nThis book will be used in advanced undergraduate courses and graduate seminars on East Asia, authoritarianism, contentious…

Poverty is South Africa's greatest challenge. But what is 'poverty'? And how can it be measured and addressed? Davie argues…

On the Duty of Man and Citizen (1673) is Pufendorf's succinct and condensed presentation of the natural law political…

Up until the 1970s, a large proportion of Aboriginal people in Australia had some experience in institutions as part of…

First published in 1940, On the Trail contains a selection of the writings of Grey Owl. Intended for young readers, the…

• Rok vydání 1856

Based on her own recollections, this 1856 account of the unlawful union of Maria Fitzherbert (1756-1837) and the future…

Detailed 1919 exploration of the construction, destruction and restoration of the venerated church, as well as its role in…

• Rok vydání 1869

This 1869 publication describes the spiritualist activity of Scottish-born medium Daniel Dunglas Home (1833-86). The author,…

This Element provides a comparative empirical study of policing in the United States and France. It draws on ten years of…

\nIn this Element, the authors find that compared with other emerging capitalist economies, the Chinese bureaucracy has…

\nThis Element provides an overview of pre-modern and ancient economies of the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It…

\nPolarized by Degrees explains the growing political divide between Americans with and without a college degree,…

This Element provides new ways of reading the soundscape of the Gothic text. Drawing inspiration from the field of 'sonic…

This Element argues that the territories and peoples associated with China have played vital roles in the emergence of…

This Element focuses on opera as a product that both challenged and was challenged in the Andes by other forms of performing…

\nThe Cambridge Companion to Jack Kerouac brings together 19 leading Kerouac scholars, who offer fresh perspectives on his…

Leading specialists on South Asia assess the progress and problems of India and Pakistan, their foreign and defense…

In this accessible and well-illustrated guide, Michael Rowan-Robinson provides a comprehensive history of infrared…

President of the Royal College of Physicians from 1844 until his death, John Ayrton Paris (1785-1856) wrote chiefly on…

Terence Brown's command of the intellectual and cultural currents running through the Irish literary canon is second to…

An 1829 English edition of the work of the Arab traveller Ibn Battuta (1304-68/9), whose journeys may have reached as far as…

A compelling inside account of how senior government officials and civil servants shaped the Northern Ireland peace process.…

Agnes Arber (1879-1960) was a prominent British botanist specialising in plant morphology. This volume, first published in…

This book tells the story of New England's origins as one of dynamism and change. Rich in detail and insight, this…

\nThis timely book consists of letters addressed to two young radicals from both sides of the political spectrum who are…

\nChina\'s contemporary political economy features an emboldened role for the state as owner and regulator, and with markets…

\nIt is arguable that the most important event in the world economy in recent decades has been the rise of China. This…

\nThis Element shows how joining the European Union helped Ireland energize what had been a stagnant agricultural backwater.…

\nMany people interested in Japan have no background in economic theory of contracting; many people with that economic…

\nDublin: A Writer\'s City can be imagined as a map of one of the world\'s great literary cities, taking the reader,…

• Rok vydání 1926

\nThe first-ever print edition of the script for the 1926 Broadway adaptation of The Great Gatsby. Owen Davis, 1923 Pulitzer…

The inspiring and unknown story of how the villagers of Graignes joined in solidarity with US paratroopers following the…