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Greek Tragedy and the Modern World
1st Edition
By Leo Aylen
February 03, 2025
First published in 1964, Greek Tragedy and the Modern World begins with the question what is Tragedy? Most discussion assumes some essence of Tragedy in certain plays at certain periods, and discussion today centres on whether it is possible, or desirable, for contemporary plays to attend to this ...
Punishment and Sentencing: A Rational Approach
1st Edition
By Mirko Bagaric
February 03, 2025
First published in 2001, Punishment and Sentencing provides a way of introducing principle into sentencing. This is done by bridging the gap between the philosophical justification for punishment and sentencing law and practice. In terms of the interests it deals with, sentencing is the most ...
Social Control of Sex Expression
1st Edition
By Geoffrey May
February 03, 2025
First published in 1930, Social Control of Sex Expression is a study of the control exercised by Anglo American law over voluntary sex expression. Divided into three parts the book starts with the doctrine of sex repression among primitive peoples, among the ancient Hebrews and early Christians. It...
The British Banking Mechanism
1st Edition
By W. Manning Dacey
February 03, 2025
First published in 1951, The British Banking Mechanism seeks to enable the reader to obtain a real understanding of the British financial system as it operated back in the 1950s.The book shows how the traditional concept of the Bank of England as the supreme monetary authority controlling the ...
The Context of British Politics
1st Edition
By David Coates
February 03, 2025
First published in 1984, The Context of British Politics is a comprehensive introductory text on British politics which takes a radically different approach from that of standard institutional texts. The author argues that in order to grasp the full significance of contemporary British politics, it...
The Habit of Authority: Paternalism in British History
1st Edition
By A. P. Thornton
February 03, 2025
First published in 1966, The Habit of Authority looks at the continuity of paternalism and its attitudes in the face of the rising principle of democracy in Britain. It seeks to show how this continuity affected, as it still does, class and convention, polity and politics; and how power, when ...
The Indian Theatre: Its Origins and Its Later Developments...
1st Edition
By R. K. Yajnik
February 03, 2025
First published in 1933, The Indian Theatre provides a comprehensive overview of the origin and the later developments of theatre in India under European influence with special reference to Western India. It discusses important themes such as the early Indian stage; the ancient Hindu stage; the ...
The Irish in Britain
1st Edition
By John Archer Jackson
February 03, 2025
First published in 1963, The Irish in Britain tells the story of the many facets of the Irish migration and discusses some of its economic, demographic and social implications. The Irish in Britain have been the most substantial minority group in the British population since the 18th century. After...
Triumph over Darkness: The Life of Louis Braille
1st Edition
By Lennard Bickel
February 03, 2025
First published in 1988, Triumph over Darkness is a stirring story of determination and tenacity in the face of adversity. Born in France in 1809, Louis Braille was the 4th child of a village saddler. At the age of three he stabbed himself in the eye with a pointed tool taken from his father’s work...
A Diplomatic History of Europe Since the Congress of Vienna
1st Edition
By René Albrecht-Carrié
February 01, 2025
Originally published in 1958 this classic text is a comprehensive account of European relations from 1815 to the middle of the 20th Century, written in the light of World War II and the troubled period that followed it. An acclaimed historian, the author writes with the verve of a good political ...
British Foreign Policy: The Process of Readjustment 1945-1961
1st Edition
By F. S. Northedge
February 01, 2025
Originally published in 1962, this book discusses Britain’s role in the world from the Second World War to the decision to apply for membership of the European Economic Community in 1961. These sixteen years form a distinct epoch, marking Britian’s transition from worldwide Imperial status to that ...
Descent From Power: British Foreign Policy, 1945-1973
1st Edition
By F. S. Northedge
February 01, 2025
When this book was originally published in 1974 it was the most comprehensive account yet published of British foreign policy from the end of World War II until the entry of Britian into the European Economic Community in 1973. It discusses British relations with Europe, the development of the ...