American History

These stories from the Star Chamber papers, first published in 1958, reveal the real, and sometimes comic, side of the functioning of the Star Chamber - an English court of Law from the Middle Ages, which was set up to ensure the fair enforcement of law against prominent people who were too powerful..

These stories from the Star Chamber papers, first published in 1958, reveal the real, and sometimes comic, side of the functioning of the Star Chamber. They are valuable both for the ‘real life’ detail they bring to a historical concept, and for the light they throw on accepted historical generaliza..

This collection explores the relationships of class and state in contemporary African politics...

Based around a number of illustrative case studies, this book charts the development of our modern-day reliance on statistics. Topics covered include scientific innovations, administrative issues and the use of numbers in politics. By looking at these aspects of statistics together, the authors are ..

This book fills a significant gap in the literature on eighteenth-century social and cultural history. Starting with their production and trade, Sorge-English looks at the intricacies of the staymaker’s craft, the role of gender in the design and manufacture of stays and the changing shape of stays ..

Though it has been nearly seventy years since the Holocaust, the human capacity for evil displayed by its perpetrators is still shocking and haunting. But the story of the Nazi attempt to annihilate European Jewry is not all we should remember...

Stolen Lives: Trading Women Into Sex and Slavery confronts the hidden scandal of global trafficking which exploits women as they attempt to emancipate themselves. Driven by the desire to start a career or escape poverty, women migrate in search of work and a better life for themselves and for their ..

This book examines the strategies pursued by the Colonies and the other combatants in the American War for Independence, placing the conflict in its proper global context._x000D_  ..

In the years following World War II the health and well-being of the nation was of primary concern to the British government. The essays in this collection examine the relationship between health and stress in post-war Britain through a series of carefully connected case studies...

Originally published in 1986. The concern of this bibliography is with the North American experience in the Seven Years' War. Emphasis is placed on contemporary accounts of this war and upon twentieth century writings, and contains a variety of sources...

This is an invaluable introduction to the political, religious and social history of 17th century England, providing a wide-ranging and lively account of core events drawing on contemporary sources and modern interpretations...

This is an invaluable introduction to the political, religious and social history of 17th century England, providing a wide-ranging and lively account of core events drawing on contemporary sources and modern interpretations...