The Social Economy of Leisure in North-East England, 1820-1914

By Alan Metcalfe

'Amusements they must have, or life would hardly be worth living...' Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, 1895

This text explores life in the mining villages of the north-east...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48491-6 (Routledge)

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Science and the Indian Tradition

When Einstein Met Tagore

By David L. Gosling

This new text is a detailed study of an important process in modern Indian history. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, India experienced...

August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48134-2 (Routledge)

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Syria's Kurds

History, Politics and Society

By Jordi Tejel

This book is a decisive contribution to the study of Kurdish history in Syria since the mandatory period (1920-1946) up to nowadays.

Avoiding an essentialist...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-42440-0 (Routledge)

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Global Science and National Sovereignty

Edited by Grégoire Mallard, Catherine Paradeise, Ashveen Peerbaye

Global Science and National Sovereignty: Studies in Historical Sociology of Science provides detailed case studies on how sovereignty has been constructed, reaffirmed, and transformed in the...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96345-9 (Routledge)

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Edward IV

By Hannes Kleineke

The reign of King Edward IV occupies a pivotal place in late medieval English history, marking the transition from a medieval to a renaissance monarchy....

August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36800-1 (Routledge)

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The Western European and Mediterranean Theaters in World War II

An Annotated Bibliography of English-Language Sources

By Donal Sexton

The Western European and Mediterranean Theaters in World War II is a concise, comprehensive guide for students, teachers, and history buffs of the Second World...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-95769-4 (Routledge)

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Spaces of Disorder in the Indian Ocean Region

Edited by Ashwini Tambe, Harald Fischer Tiné

This book assesses British colonialism in South Asia in a transnational light, with the Indian Ocean region as its ambit, and with a focus on...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-45257-1 (Routledge)

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By Fuller Watson

Originally published in 1971.

Discoveries in modern biology can radically change human life as we know it. As our understanding of living processes, such as...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44091-2 (Routledge)

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By von Wright Georg Henrik

This volume distinguishes between two main traditions in the philosophy of science - the aristotelian, with its stress on explanation in terms of purpose and...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-47021-6 (Routledge)

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By J G. Crowther

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-47452-8 (Routledge)

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