Published in 1871, this account by Bence Jones (1814-73) of the founder and early professors of the Royal Institution…

\nThis two-volume history offers a comprehensive survey of the major themes, thinkers, and movements that shaped our…

The fifth in a series of five histories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. From experimental embryology to cell…

• Rok vydání 1906

This 1906 volume traces the history of Spitsbergen in the Svalbald archipelago, from its discovery by a Dutch explorer in…

A pioneer of British Egyptology, Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797-1875) published this well-illustrated three-volume work in…

• Rok vydání 1838

Richard, Earl Howe (1726-99) participated in some of the Royal Navy's most significant conflicts: his ship the fired first…

• Rok vydání 1912

Created with the general reader in mind, this 1912 third edition of The History of the Australasian Colonies provides a…

Coghlan was the statistician for New South Wales from 1886, and is regarded as Australia's first 'Mandarin'. First published…

This study shows some of the ways in which medieval Scandinavians received and re-interpreted pre-Christian religion.…

Lucidly written and accessible, this book adds the important yet neglected Russian aspect to the history of political…

\nA wide-ranging, detailed and engaging study of Brecht\'s complex relationship with Greek tragedy and the tragic tradition,…

\nThis is the first book for a century to explore the development of French opera with spoken dialogue from its beginnings.…

Scholars of eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland, and Enlightenment theatre will welcome this book as it uncovers the…

Reveals the rich emotional experience of teaching and learning as revealed in Anglo-Saxon literature.…

A detailed study of how Aristophanes manipulates traditional narratives of important religious experiences (oracles,…

Although devoted to his parish, Leonard Jenyns (1800-93) combined his clerical duties with keen research into natural…

Originally published in 1914, this volume studies the historical background of place-names in Yorkshire. Entries are listed…

A useful source for Sri Lankan history, this work, published by William Knighton (d.1900) in 1845, surveys the island's…

This 1924 second edition of a 1919 original is a wide-ranging history of medieval Europe which describes 'the wild but…

A new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the AQA 2015 A/AS Level History.…

A study of the response of some of France and Britain's leading writers to the events of the First World War. Brooke, Wells,…

In the wake of German unification in 1871, Berlin became a place of increased interest to the other nations of Europe. The…

This is an attempt to address the paradoxes of Soviet behaviour in the Horn of Africa. Dr Patman, editor of the journal…

An original interpretation of the lives and social interactions of Quaker women in the British Atlantic between 1650 and…

Combines archaeological evidence with literary analysis of key plays linked to the region to broaden the study of theatre…

\nRepresentations of civil war in classical and Christian Latin and their reception in French literature reveal the…

\nCollects important papers written by one of the greatest modern scholars of ancient philosophy. Volume 4 offers more…

How did decolonization impact on Britain? And how did Britain manage its transition from colonial power to postcolonial…

\nThis fascinating book traces the history of Muslims in the United States and their different waves of immigration and…

This major study of Shanghai\'s International Settlement in the Republican period is essential reading for scholars of…

Ada Maria Kuskowski traces the impact of writing, language, learned ideas and court practices on the development of…

The standard image of Indian society emphasizes its largely agrarian economy and parochial outlook, yet this image ignores…

Saiyid Muhammad Reza Khan held the office of Naib Nazim and Naib Diwan of Bengal from 1765 to 1772. This study includes the…

Lord Acton (1834-1902) and Richard Simpson (1820-76) were the principal figures in the Liberal Catholic movement of…

The lasting cultural legacy of the relentless air war on Germany is explored in this comparative study of two bombed cities…

De Eloutione is an ancient treatise, popular during the Renaissance, on good writing practices that draws on works by…

Philip Luckombe (1730-1803), printer, author and shell-collector, published this work in 1771. The first part is concerned…

La vengenza de Tamar was first published in 1968 and is one of the outstanding plays of Spanish Golden Age dramatist Tirso…

On one level a history of the Electorate of Mainz in the eighteenth century, this book also seeks to illuminate a much wider…

\nThis book covers the heterogeneity of Chilean literary production from the times of the Spanish conquest to the present.…

\nThe first one-volume history of Canadian fiction covering its growth and development from earliest times to the present…

\nExplores the diverse strategies by which elite Greeks and Romans resisted the cultural and political domination of the…

Provides readings, interpretations, and explorations of Whitman in the many contexts through which he charted his life and…

\nBased on a wide range of research and enriched by sources newly digitised by the author, Kyle Jackson presents a history…

A concise, general history of the crusades from the first calls to arms in the later eleventh century to the fall of the…

This book is an administrative history of the Royal Society, written by its Treasurer Sir Henry Lyons (1864-1944). In it, he…