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The Fifties
1st Edition
By John Montgomery
December 01, 2025
Originally published in 1965, this book recaptures the major events of the years between 1949 and 1960 including: Austerity and rationing in the UK, the Festival of Britain, the expansion of television and flying saucers, as well as the Korean war, the threat of nuclear war, Suez, the renaissance ...
The Greek Chorus
1st Edition
By T. Webster
December 01, 2025
The Greek chorus was an essential part of Greek life. It varied in scale from the tiny festival conducted by the family to the choruses of fifty men or boys which competed in honour of Dionysos at Athens, and in tone from the songs in honour of athletic victories to the solemn tragic choruses of ...
The Last European War: September 1939/December 1941
1st Edition
By John Lukacs
December 01, 2025
In this book, originally published in 1977, John Lukacs argues that the years 1939–41 were the decisive phase of the Second World War and The Last European War describes the history of an entire continent during these two years, one of the most crucial periods in Western civilization. Unorthodox in...
The Liberation of Capital
1st Edition
By Folkert Wilken
December 01, 2025
First published in 1982, The Liberation of Capital develops a challenging and critical confrontation of orthodox and Marxist theories of capital with the unifying concept of ‘free capital’ – human creativity and intellectually-derived productivity. He argues that progress must include the ...
The Literature and Study of Urban and Regional Planning
1st Edition
By Brenda White
December 01, 2025
First published in 1974, The Literature and Study of Urban and Regional Planning discusses the processes of spatial planning and the range of subject knowledge which is required to contribute to it. It describes the physical forms in which the literature relating to spatial planning is usually ...
The Mainspring of Economic Development
1st Edition
By Priyatosh Maitra
December 01, 2025
From a narrow technological and economic point of view, the industrial revolution is regarded as the process by which a society gains control of vast sources of energy and thereby experiences accelerated economic growth. However, such a definition has serious limitations as it does not do justice ...
The Making of Modern China: A Short History
1st Edition
By Owen Lattimore, Eleanor Lattimore
December 01, 2025
Originally published in 1945 at a time when China’s importance in world affairs was growing, this book examined the story of China’s long past which explains her strengths and weaknesses and rightly predicted the role the country would play in the future of Asia and the world. The book discusses ...
The Manor House Hospital: A Personal Record
1st Edition
By Samuel James Woodall
December 01, 2025
First published in 1966, The Manor House Hospital is a short history of the hospital, from its difficult early days to its modern avatar with operating theatres, spacious and airy wards, comfortable waiting rooms, and all other appurtenances which were often lacking in other institutions. It also ...
The Misfortunes of Arthur: A Critical, Old-Spelling Edition
1st Edition
Edited
By Brian J. Corrigan, Thomas Hughes
December 01, 2025
The Misfortunes of Arthur, written by Thomas Hughes is one of the earliest printed plays from the English Renaissance and, as such, deserves its place of interest in dramaturgical studies for its historical significance. It offers a detailed literary evocation of Elizabethan anti-imperial thinking ...
The Open University Opens
1st Edition
Edited
By Jeremy Tunstall
December 01, 2025
Still going strong today, The Open University, Britain’s national correspondence – TV – radio University, excited much controversy when it first opened and in 1973 awarded its first degrees. With its adult, part-time students, its freedom from formal entrance qualifications, it deliberately ...
The Other Powers: Studies in the Foreign Policies of Small States
1st Edition
Edited
By Ronald Barston
December 01, 2025
Originally published in 1972, this book examines the scope and possibilities for small states in the conduct of their foreign policies. In the introduction the editor discusses the problem of defining the term ‘small state’ and outlines the restraints they face and the type of international roles ...
The Political Economy of Communications: International and European Dimensions
1st Edition
Edited
By Kenneth Dyson, Peter Humphreys
December 01, 2025
First published in 1990, The Political Economy of Communications explores the central theme of the relationship between politics and markets in policy development. The contributors show how governments have been drawn into increasing interdependency by technological and market developments, with ...