Routledge Revivals
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Doctor Barnardo: Physician, Pioneer, Prophet: Child-Life Yesterday and Today
1st Edition
By J. Wesley Bready
February 01, 2025
Originally published in 1930, the main focus of this book is the study of the man and the homes for children which he founded but against a backdrop of the unparalleled era of social reform, in which children were finally recognized as social assets of incalculable worth. Barnardo’s work is ...
Lord Shaftesbury and Social-Industrial Progress
1st Edition
By J. Wesley Bready
February 01, 2025
Originally published in 1926, this volume is much more than a biography of an outstanding politician, social reformer and philosopher. It provides an analysis of the history of social conditions in England during the nineteenth century, as well as a discussion of the development of social affairs ...
Midwives and Medical Men: A History of the Struggle for the Control of Childbirth
1st Edition
By Jean Donnison
February 01, 2025
Originally published in 1977 and as a second edition in 1988, this book introduces the reader to the women at the top of the midwifery profession up until the 17th Century who attended the aristocracy and Royalty. The author shows how their successors were gradually driven out of the better paid ...
Midwives in History and Society
1st Edition
By Jean Towler, Joan Bramall
February 01, 2025
Originally published in 1986, this book examines the history of midwifery, concentrating on 19th and 20th Century Britain. It shows how the evolution of the midwife has been influenced by cultural waves which started in the Near East and Egypt in pre-classical times and slowly spread Northwards and...
Politics and Society in South Eastern Nigeria 1841 – 1906: A Study of Power, Diplomacy and Commerce in Old Calabar
1st Edition
By Kannan K. Nair
February 01, 2025
For nearly 500 years Calabar has had one of the longest unbroken contacts with Europe of any port on the West African coast. Originally published in 1972, this book outlines the political and social development of Calabar during one of the most crucial periods of its history. While previous studies...
Refugees in International Politics
1st Edition
By Leon Gordenker
February 01, 2025
Originally published in 1987, Refugees in International Politics explores the nature of forced migration. It sets out systematically the factors that set refugees in motion and explains how and why a flexible network of organizations copes with the inescapable results of their presence. It suggests...
Research in International Relations
1st Edition
By Trygve Mathisen
February 01, 2025
Originally published in 1965, the author makes a strong case for the study of international relations, arguing that given the rational approach he advocates, it is possible to avoid a major war since no government wants one. His theories reach some controversial conclusions. Throughout the book the...
T. H. Marshall's Social Policy: In the Twentieth Century
1st Edition
By A. M. Rees
February 01, 2025
Originally published in 1965, Social Policy became a classic text and one of the best-known and most widely-used textbooks in social administration. This Routledge Revival reissues the 5th edition of 1985. T. H. Marshall’s masterly and unrivalled analysis of the development of welfare policies ...
The Beginnings of the Egyptian Question and The Rise of Mehemet Ali: A Study in the Diplomacy of the Napoleonic Era
1st Edition
By Shafik Ghorbal
February 01, 2025
Historical research which throws light on the consequences of the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt set in motion forces in 1798 which were, the author argued when this book was originally published in 1928, still at work in the East and West. The book traces the diplomatic history of the events which ...
The Roots of Diplomacy: How to Study Inter-State Relations
1st Edition
By John Wakelin
February 01, 2025
Originally published in 1965, the author makes a strong case for the study of international relations, arguing that given the rational approach he advocates, it is possible to avoid a major war since no government wants one. His theories reach some controversial conclusions. Throughout the book the...
An Introduction to the History of Religion (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By F. B. Jevons
January 30, 2025
First published in 1902, this book investigates the history and development of early religion from an anthropological perspective. Rather than dealing with religions that grew from the teachings of their original founders, such as Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism, Jevons considers those religions ...
Budget Deficits and Economic Performance (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By Richard Burdekin, Farrokh Langdana
January 30, 2025
At the time in which this book was first published in 1992, there was a major concern with the macro-economic implications of fiscal imbalance. As the European economies moved closer to monetary union, and Germany grappled with the fiscal pressures of unification, deficits in the United States ...