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The Profession of Letters: A Study of the Relation of Author to Patron, Publisher and Public, 1780-1832
1st Edition
By A.S. Collins
January 19, 2026
Originally published in 1928, this is the companion volume which follows on from Authorship in the Days of Johnson. The book discusses the reading public and socio-economic effects on educational and recreational literacy from improved communications, the spread of radicalism and free-thinking and ...
The Psychology of Tragic Drama
1st Edition
By Patrick Roberts
January 19, 2026
First published in 1975, The Psychology of Tragic Drama offers an interpretation of some of the themes of both ancient and modern tragic drama through an investigation of the plays in the light of psychoanalytical ideas. In his introduction, the author explains and defends the application of ...
The Refugee in the Post-War World
1st Edition
By Jacques Vernant
January 19, 2026
First published in 1953, The Refugee in the Post-War World presents a comprehensive survey on the global refugee situation after the Second World War. Chapter I and II of Part I attempt a definition of what is meant by a refugee and states the problems to which the refugees give rise for the ...
The Rhodesian Problem: A Documentary Record 1923–1973
1st Edition
By Elaine Windrich
January 19, 2026
First published in 1975, The Rhodesian Problem presents a documentary record of Rhodesia from the establishment of the Crown colony in 1923 to the illegal declaration of independence in 1965 and the post-independence efforts for a settlement of the conflict. The documents chart the gradual ...
The Rise of Party in England: The Rockingham Whigs 1760–82
1st Edition
By Frank O'Gormann
January 19, 2026
The Rise of Party in England (1975) examines the English political party as an essential entity to the meaningful interpretation of political history. Parties are not separate from events but arise out of them, acquiring their definition from the attitudes and prejudices, the principles and the ...
The Rise of the Mediocracy
1st Edition
By David Tribe
January 19, 2026
First published in 1975, The Rise of the Mediocracy is exhaustive, disturbing, devastating, yet often very funny. It explodes the myth of meritocracy and the pretence of improved living standards. While the doom- boomers blame all our ills on trigger happy politicians, Arab oil sheikhs or polluting...
The Rise of the Pelhams
1st Edition
By John B. Owen
January 19, 2026
The Rise of the Pelhams (1957) looks at the important period between the fall of Walpole and the appointment of Henry Pelham as First Lord of the Treasury, and the ensuing Pelhamite administration – its establishment, peak and fall and its aftermath. Particular attention is paid to the rank and ...
The Role of the Pupil
1st Edition
By Barbara Calvert
January 19, 2026
Although the role of the teacher has been extensively explored, the role of the pupil has received very little attention in the sociology of education. This authoritative study, The Role of the Pupil (first published in 1975), is about what it means to be a school pupil, exposed to the ...
The Scottish Carter: The History of the Scottish Horse and Motormen's Association 1898-1964
1st Edition
By Angela Tuckett
January 19, 2026
First published in 1967, The Scottish Carter presents the history of the Scottish horse and motormen's association from 1898- 1964. The road haulage industry has expanded at the tempestuous rate, and here is recorded an equally tempestuous history of a trade union built by the men who have driven ...
The Set-Up: An Anatomy of the English Theatre Today
1st Edition
By Ronald Hayman
January 19, 2026
Originally published in 1973, this book investigates the power and the pressures behind English theatre in the late 20th Century, analysing its structure and systems, and the way that money and motives flow through it. On the one hand there are the organisations: the big national companies, the ...
The Sex Role System: Psychological and Sociological Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Jane Chetwynd, Oonagh Hartnett
January 19, 2026
First published in 1978, The Sex Role System traces the phenomenon of sex role stereotyping through many different disciplines and areas of study, showing how presuppositions about sex role expectations can colour our perceptions and radically affect both the theories and the practices underlying ...
The Social Foundations of Wage Policy: A Study of Contemporary British Wage and Salary Structure
1st Edition
By Barbara Wootton
January 19, 2026
First published in 1955, The Social Foundations of Wage Policy provides a comprehensive study of British wage and salary structure. It discusses themes like economists’ theory of wages; economic curiosities of British wage structure; modern methods of wage determination; wage policy in a vacuum; ...