Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects 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 1952, Ceylon is a one-volume history of Ceylon, primarily intended for the non-Ceylonese reader...  Read More >>

First published in 1978, Israel focuses on the pluralistic structure of Israel and its internal conflicts. Dr Smooha...  Read More >>

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

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

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

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

Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan (1924) was one of the first guides to Japanese illustration, and remains...  Read More >>

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Economic Nationalism of the Danubian States (1928) examines the economic situations in the newly-configured countries...  Read More >>

The Struggle for the Pacific (1937) examines the rivalries and postures as various powers – European, the US, Japan...  Read More >>

First published in 1980 Quakers in India is an account of the Quaker encounter with India from the day the first...  Read More >>

First Published in 1990, Moscow Graffiti is a unique and unprecedented look at the graffiti that began to appear...  Read More >>

First published in 1985, Shamans, Lamas and Evangelicals tells the little known yet fascinating story of a missionary...  Read More >>

First published in 1977, British Defence Policy in a Changing World provides an analysis of the changes which have...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1989, Biotechnology in Japan is the first published in English to analyse the Japanese effort...  Read More >>

First published in 1956, this book compares the old order of colonial government, represented by the Indirect Rule...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1928, this book discusses the complex relationships between authors, patrons and publishers...  Read More >>

First published in 1992, The Inward Gaze looks at men’s fantasies and self-images from a wide range of texts (notably...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1928, this is the companion volume which follows on from Authorship in the Days of Johnson....  Read More >>

First published in 1985, Patterns of Kingship and Authority in Traditional Asia provides an excellent survey of...  Read More >>

The Little Book of Hogmanay is a feast of information exploring the history, folklore, tales, customs, food, drink...  Read More >>

First published in 1981, The Political Nature of a Ruling Class is a study of the role played by the ‘organic intellectuals’,...  Read More >>