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The Field of Cloth of Gold: Men and Manners in 1520
1st Edition
By Joycelyne G. Russell
August 03, 2026
First published in 1969, The Field of Cloth of Gold is a study of a central event in the history of England and France. In the summer of 1520, Henry VIII and Francis I, with their courts, met in the open fields near Calais for a brief interlude of unparalleled extravagance, an exhibition of all ...
The Industrial Worker in India
1st Edition
By B. Shiva Rao
August 03, 2026
First published in 1939, The Industrial Worker in India examines the problems of industrial labour and industrial legislation at the time. It addresses the labour movement as it emerged against the backdrop of colonial rule and industrialization, providing insights into the social conditions that ...
The International Politics of New Information Technology
1st Edition
By Brian M. Murphy
August 03, 2026
Originally published in 1986, The International Politics of New Information Technology explores a period when knowledge and expertise in information technology was increasingly being seen as an essential national asset by the industrialised nations. With the decline of traditional heavy industries ...
The Ministry of Labour and National Service
1st Edition
By Godfrey Ince
August 03, 2026
Originally published in 1960, The Ministry of Labour and National Service, although by no means amongst the oldest Departments of State, was certainly amongst the most important at the time. During the second world war it achieved remarkable success in mobilizing the country’s men and women to a ...
The Rise of the Schooled Society: The History of Formal Schooling in England
1st Edition
By David Wardle
August 03, 2026
First published in 1974, The Rise of the Schooled Society examines the historical developments which made the argument for ‘de-schooling’—assertion that formal institutional education has outgrown its usefulness and has become an obstacle to social reform—plausible. David Wardle discusses the ...
The Rural Sociology of the Advanced Societies: Critical Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Frederick H. Buttel, Howard Newby
August 03, 2026
First published in 1980, The Rural Sociology of the Advanced Societies presents, on an international scale, diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives, and includes the work of scholars who have played major roles in the development of rural sociology. The contributors, from many Western ...
The Social Life of Britain’s Five-Year-Olds: A Report of the Child Health and Education Study
1st Edition
By A.F. Osborn, N.R. Butler, A.C. Morris
August 03, 2026
First published in 1984, The Social Life of Britain’s Five-Year-Olds follows the first five years of life of 13,135 children in England, Scotland, and Wales, who were born during the week 5–11 April 1970. It is concerned with the structure within which the children’s lives are organised, and with ...
Thought and Letters in Western Europe: A.D. 500 to 900
1st Edition
By M.L.W. Laistner
August 03, 2026
First published in 1931, reissuing the second edition of 1957, Thought and Letters in Western Europe explores the education, literary criticism, and history of medieval Europe, shedding light on the period’s intellectual and cultural transformations. The book is divided into three parts. Part One ...
Unshared Care: Parents and Their Disabled Children
1st Edition
By Caroline Glendinning
August 03, 2026
The vast majority of the 100,000 or so children with serious mental or physical disabilities in Britain in 1980s lived at home with their families. A series of in-depth interviews carried out with several parents enabled the author to describe the extensive physical, practical, and emotional ...
Government and the Planning Process: An Analysis and Appraisal of Government Decision-Making Processes with Special Reference to the Launching of New Towns and Town Development Schemes
1st Edition
By P. H. Levin
August 01, 2026
Originally published in 1976 this original work gives insight into the nature of government planning and decision-making processes. It shows that planning is not simply a process of surmounting administrative hurdles, obtaining and treating information, but also a process of becoming committed to a...
Ireland in the Age of the Tudors: The Destruction of Hiberno-Norman Civilization
1st Edition
By R. Dudley Edwards
August 01, 2026
Originally published in 1977 this book describes a period which is a watershed in Irish history. In some ways, it marks the end of the middle ages and the beginning of the modern state of Ireland. The book is a study of the growth of English colonialism in sixteenth century Ireland. It traces the ...
Pressure Group Politics: The Case of the British Medical Association
1st Edition
By Harry Eckstein
August 01, 2026
When this book was originally published in 1960, it was unique in two senses. Firstly, it presented the most detailed study of any British pressure group and it placed this detail in the framework of an original general theory of pressure group politics. Most of the book is devoted to a detailed ...