Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 books

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

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

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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 >>

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

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

First published in 1982, Augustan England provides ample substance to reinforce the thesis that the years from 1680...  Read More >>

American Literature as an Expression of the National Mind (1931) is a remarkable work that traces not only the history...  Read More >>

In The Georgian Triumph, 1700–1830 (originally published in 1983), Michael Reed re-creates the ambience of eighteenth-century...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1958, this was the first scholarly anglophone history of Spain. It covers the whole story...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1925, this volume was written at a time when the cost of living was rising in France and...  Read More >>

World War I left in its wake an unparalleled amount of international debt. Originally published in 1927, this book...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1925, written by someone who was associated with the work of the League of Nations from...  Read More >>

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During Jack the Ripper’s reign of terror, there was an arguably more sadistic and mercurial serial killer operating...  Read More >>

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This edited collection repositions the patient experience at the centre of healthcare histories and considers the...  Read More >>

Leading experts in Anglophone humanitarianism across some three hundred examine the relationship between humanitarianism,...  Read More >>

Explores the day-to-day labor, economic, political, and social climate at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution...  Read More >>

Highlights the centrality of non-canonical, middle-ranking women writers to the production of literature and culture...  Read More >>