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Economic and political uncertainty has brought the language of class—especially discussion of the working class—to...  Read More >>

A foundational figure in modern labor history, David Montgomery both redefined and reoriented the field. This collection...  Read More >>

As Americans--both civilians and veterans--worked to determine the meanings of identity for blind veterans of World...  Read More >>

Economic and political uncertainty has brought the language of class—especially discussion of the working class—to...  Read More >>

Welcome to the delightful and fascinating world of Old English animals  Read More >>

What does it mean to be an heir, as a woman writer, to colonial and postcolonial cultures in which European language...  Read More >>

A vivid account of the life and work of Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli.  Read More >>

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The great historian of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Russia returns with an enthralling revisionist history...  Read More >>

The first modern commentary on Cicero's last dialogue, written in the months after Caesar's assassination. Designed...  Read More >>

A revelatory new history of the ancient world told through its seven greatest monuments, by bestselling author and...  Read More >>

First published in 1987, The Writing on the Wall tells the story of the muddle, shortsightedness and duplicity which...  Read More >>

First published in 1952, Ceylon is a one-volume history of Ceylon, primarily intended for the non-Ceylonese reader...  Read More >>

The Orange Lodges, have flourished as fraternal societies in the British Army in nearly every part of the English-speaking...  Read More >>

British Democracy at the Crossroads (originally published in 1985) breaks the mould of conventional political science...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1958, the essential purpose of this book was to present a picture of the unreformed House...  Read More >>

The Charitable Imperative, first published in 1989, provides an overview of the very different institutions that...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1939, The Diary of Dudley Ryder 1715–1716, comprises an early diary and a few related notes...  Read More >>

First published in 1932, this book looks at the rise and progress of the public library as it stood at that time....  Read More >>

Barbarians and Romans (1983) examines the rise of the barbarian tribes and the consequent decline of the Roman Empire....  Read More >>

Originally published in 1929, this volume discusses the early effects of the industrial revolution – the condition...  Read More >>

The Elements of Greek Philosophy (1922) is an overview of the basic principles of Ancient Greek philosophy, tracing...  Read More >>

In the Beginning (1957) represents a series of lectures given by the author at Cornell University, examining the...  Read More >>

Palestine of the Jews (1919) examines the history of Jewish Palestine, from 4,000 years ago to the early twentieth...  Read More >>