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International cartels are powerful organizations that impact our everyday lives, although they are little known. This book presents fifteen historical case studies of international cartels that...

This book highlights how, since the recent financial crises, the expression 'liberal reform' has come to convey an evocative image of austerity and economic malaise, especially for the working...

As we approach the year 2000, infant mortality rates, child placement dilemmas, and appropriate socialization of children continue to challenge the field of child welfare. It is thus especially...

This book presents a critical analysis of the Muslim community in Christchurch, a neglected but important aspect of wider New Zealand social and religious history. A useful reference for scholars...

First Published in 1934, this book gives a general survey of the history of classical Greek literature from Homer to Aristotle. This is a must read for students of Greek literature and history of...

Competitive gaming, or esports - referring to competitive tournaments of video games among both casual gamers and professional players - began in the early 1970s with small competitions like the one...

Inspired by the "spatial turn", this volume links for the first time the study of diplomacy and spatiality in the premodern Islamicate world to understand practices and meanings ascribed to territory...

This volume recounts notable episodes of distortion throughout American history. It examines several of the lurid hoaxes and conspiracy theories that have inspired press coverage, as well as some of...

Contributing to a better understanding of contemporary issues of environmental sustainability from a historical perspective, this book provides a cohesive and cogent account of the history of...

The essays in this collection examine emotional responses to art and music, the role of emotions in contemporary notions of gender and sexuality and theoretical questions as to their use.Author:...

In this seminal book, Bent S rensen views human society as driven by the quest for, and control of, energy. From allowing our prehistoric ancestors to survive harsh northern European winters to more...

First Published in 1947, A History of England combines a concise record of events with an absorbing picture of England's evolution in the political, social, economic, and cultural spheres. This...

A History of England, Volume 1: Prehistory to 1714 focuses on the most important developments in English history from the first humans settlements to the start of the 18thcentury. Topics include the...

The seventh edition of this two-volume narrative of English history draws on the most up-to-date primary and secondary research, encouraging students to interpret the full range of England's social,...

Stanely G. payne here presents a full history of fascism in interwar Europe, as well as a survey of fascist theory and postwar fascism. The author examines all major fascist movements as well as...

Originally published in 1946, this book traces the essential changes in structure, areas and in the relations between local and central authorities in England from 1832 to the Education Act of 1944...

Tracing the evolution of economic ideas in the context of the economic history and economic policy issues in Greece, this book examines the history of modern Greek economic thought from the War of...

Slovakia has a rich and complex history, but until now there has not been a comprehensive analysis of the nation's economic thought. This volume expertly fills this gap and traces the development of...

Originally published in 1982, this book discusses some of the trends in the historiography of South Africa before the beginning of large-scale mining operations in Kimberley in 1870. A deliberate...

This book analyzes both the Chilean state policies on commercial aviation and the corporate history of the state-owned airline L?ea A?ea Nacional (LAN) between 1929 and 1989. The book covers a...

First published in 1968, A History of the Carpenters Company deals with developments in the carpenter's craft as well as with the Company's own internal growth. Throughout, an attempt has been made...

This book offers a cultural history of the travels of energy in the English language, from its origins in Aristotle's ontology, where it referred to the activity-of-being, through its English usage...

A History of the Greek World from 323 to 146 B.C. (1951) looks at the period of Greek history from the Macedonian to the Roman conquests. It contains a narrative of the political history of the...

A History of the Greek World from 479 to 323 B.C. (1957) examines the period of Greek history - from the end of the Persian Wars to the death of Alexander the Great - which can claim to be unique in...

A History of the Modern Middle East examines the profound and often dramatic transformations of the region in the past two centuries, from the Ottoman and Egyptian reforms, through the challenge of...

A History of the Roman World from 146 to 30 B.C. (1963) analyses the workings of the Roman constitution alongside looking at the events in Roman history from the time of the Gracchi to the death of...

A History of the Roman World from 30 B.C. to A.D. 138 (1968) is a comprehensive survey of that period of Roman history during which the Principate was established and the Pax Romana consolidated. It...

A History of the Roman World from 753 to 146 B.C. (1969) examines the rise of Rome from a small city-state to its conquest and unification of Italy and the founding of its overseas Empire. It covers...

A History of the Roman World from A.D. 138 to 337 (1958) looks at the last centuries of the Roman Empire, from the rule of Hadrian and his policy of consolidation of the Roman Empire, halting its...

A History of World Agriculture begins with the emergence of agriculture after thousands of years in which human societies had depended on hunting and gathering. It shows how agricultural techniques...