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The Home Office
1st Edition
By Frank Newsam
January 19, 2026
First published in 1954, The Home Office presents a comprehensive overview of the structure and functions of the Home Office of the Government of the United Kingdom. Sir Frank Newsam describes the principles which underlie the part played by the Home Office in the preservation of order and the ...
The House of Lords and Contemporary Politics: 1911–1957
1st Edition
By Peter Bromhead
January 19, 2026
Originally published in 1958, the essential purpose of this book was to present a picture of the unreformed House of Lords at work as part of the effective system of government in Britain at the time, going back to the passing of the Parliament Act of 1911. When the Parliament Act of 1911 was ...
The Idea of the Soul: In Western Philosophy and Science
1st Edition
By William Ellis
January 19, 2026
First Published in 1940, this book which is written not so much for the philosopher as for the ordinary educated man, is an account of the idea of the soul. It attempts to answer two questions-a) what is the idea of the soul; and b) why has it become ‘unwelcome’? The first question is answered by ...
The Individual and the Community
1st Edition
By Reginald E. Roper
January 19, 2026
First published in 1922, The Individual and the Community is a simple statement of the principles which underlie human activities, and condition the combined efforts of two or more individuals: with a comparison of human and animal communities, a distinction between community and State, and a ...
The Indonesian Tragedy
1st Edition
By Brian May
January 19, 2026
First published in 1978, The Indonesian Tragedy is a controversial book that argues that Indonesia’s lack of economic development is due to the blind attempt to force a Western economic model on a population, whose culture and psychology are unsuited to it. The author demonstrates the ‘Indonesian ...
The Industrial Muse: A Study of Nineteenth Century British Working-Class Literature
1st Edition
By Martha Vicinus
January 19, 2026
First published in 1974, The Industrial Muse is a study of the literary achievements of the working class. The focus is upon the cultural environment and assumptions of self-educated writers, their literary preoccupations and careers, and the content, form and structure of their writings. This ...
The Industrial Revolution 1750–1850: An Introductory Essay
1st Edition
By H.L. Beales
January 19, 2026
The Industrial Revolution (1958) examines the various interpretations of early industrialization in Britain. It assesses and synthesises the many writings on the industrial revolution to produce an insightful essay that spans the theories and thinking on the subject....
The Inspector General: Sir Jeremiah Fitzpatrick and Social Reform, 1783-1802
1st Edition
By Oliver MacDonagh
January 19, 2026
Sir Jeremiah Fitzpatrick (c.1740-1810) was the first inspector general of prisons and lunacy inspector in Ireland and the first and only inspector of health to HM land forces in Great Britain. He also inspected convict vessels bound for New South Wales and the East India Company‘s troop ships, ...
The Inward Gaze: Masculinity and Subjectivity in Modern Culture
1st Edition
By Peter Middleton
January 19, 2026
First published in 1992, The Inward Gaze looks at men’s fantasies and self-images from a wide range of texts (notably boy’s superhero comics, modernist literary classics, and a Freudian case-study) to discuss the theories of subjectivity, masculinity, and emotion. The author explores the split ...
The Irish Administration: 1801-1914
1st Edition
By R. B. McDowell
January 19, 2026
The developments and achievements of the Irish administration, overshadowed by the more spectacular aspects of Irish history have received comparatively little attention. But Irish conditions in the 19th Century encouraged and compelled the state to exert itself on a more extensive front than in ...
The Irish Convention: 1917-18
1st Edition
By R. B. McDowell
January 19, 2026
Although largely regarded as a failure, the Irish Convention of 1917, might, had it been successful, have resulted in a totally different Ireland to the one which has emerged. It was an attempt to solve the apparently intractable Irish Question. This book, originally published in 1970, describes ...
The Knowledge Elite and the Failure of Prophecy
1st Edition
By Eva Etzioni-Halevy
January 19, 2026
First published in 1985, The Knowledge Elite and the Failure of Prophecy presents a demystification of the role of the Knowledge Elite, or the role many intellectuals have purported to play in modern, Western, society. The author debunks their role as self-proclaimed prophets in charge of ...