American History

The War for a Nation provides a brief introduction to the American Civil War from the perspective of all who participated in the conflict. It draws examples from primary source documents, first-hand accounts, and scholarly research...

A fascinating encyclopedic survey of the Spanish-Cuban/American War, the Philippine War, and the small wars between 1899 and the end of the occupation of Haiti in 1934. The name changes themselves are instructive. The usage of "Spanish-American War" ignores the fact that the war in Cuba had been la..

A problem-focused and clearly organized survey of the dynastic strife and crisis of medieval government in 15th century England...

A study of Germany between the wars, examining the aims of the new republic, their failure, and how they led to Nazism, and eventually World War II. Henig includes an outline of the historiography and the changing attitudes to the Weimar Republic...

A study of Germany between the wars, examining the aims of the new republic, their failure, and how they led to Nazism, and eventually World War II. Henig includes an outline of the historiography and the changing attitudes to the Weimar Republic...

John Davy (1790-1868) was an English doctor and brother of the chemist Sir Humphrey Davy. After graduating from Edinburgh University, in 1814 Davy became Inspector General of Army Hospitals, and he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1834. In his capacity as Inspector General, he spent 1845..

Tens of thousands of people were persecuted and put to death as witches between 1400 and 1700 – the great age of witch hunts. Locating its origins 400 years earlier in the growing perception of threats to Western Christendom, Robert Thurston outlines the development of a ‘persecuting society’ in whi..

The Witness of the Brothers..

First published in 1981. Professor Crowther traces the history of the workhouse system from the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 to the Local Government Act of 1929. Crowther pays attention not only to the administrators but also to the inmates and their daily life. She illustrates that the workhouse ..

First published in 1985. Too often aspects of working-class life have been treated as distinct and separate. The contributors to this volume are aware of the dangers of such atomisation and have attempted to bring together a collection of studies which add to our knowledge of life in that time. The ..

The Works of Charles Babbage Vol 1..

The Works of Charles Babbage Vol 10..