History books

First published in 1967, The Giants of Asia discusses the growth of Asian nationalism and Asian power. It surveys...  Read More >>

First published in 1956, God and Man in Early Israel deals with Old Testament history from Abraham to Solomon in...  Read More >>

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

In Agrarian Evolution in a Multiform Structure Society (first published in English in 1981) the author analyses...  Read More >>

Censorship of the written word has proved a constant source for debate and argument. To cut or not to cut is a question...  Read More >>

First published in 1956, World Sea Fisheries gives a general survey of the sea fisheries of the world. It assesses...  Read More >>

‘The law of libel is the instrument of censorship by which dignity—too often pseudo-dignity—is to be upheld.’ That...  Read More >>

State Trials, Volume I (first published in 1972) contains cases concerned with treason and the freedom of press...  Read More >>

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

Who went into the Black Hole of Calcutta? Who came out alive? And does it matter anyway? In The Black Hole (originally...  Read More >>

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

Originally published in 1956, Private Members' Bills in the British Parliament looks at the roles they played in...  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 1960, this is a story of district nursing from its beginning, with the first nurse engaged...  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 >>

The Solitary Warrior (1929) contains a large number of unpublished letters by Ruskin. They are of special importance...  Read More >>

From Renaissance to Revolution (1923) traces in some of its many expressions the influence of the Renaissance on...  Read More >>

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

Social Change in the South Pacific (1957) summarises the results of applying historical and contemporary fieldwork...  Read More >>