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Health Care and Popular Medicine in Nineteenth Century England: Essays in the Social History of Medicine
1st Edition
Edited
By John Woodward, David Richards
September 14, 2026
Originally published in 1977, this book presents a selection of work by historians and sociologists on medicine and society in the 19th century. It concentrates on practitioners and patients, quackery and folk medicine, as elements in the social, cultural, political and economic structure of the ...
In Defence of Reason
1st Edition
By H.J. Paton
September 14, 2026
First published in 1951, In Defence of Reason is a series of philosophical essays written at various times. Some of them are devoted to the interpretation of Kant’s philosophy, a subject which the author has made specially his own. Many of them, however, are concerned with more general topics, ...
India's Balance of Indebtedness: 1898–1913
1st Edition
By Y. S. Pandit
September 14, 2026
Originally published in 1937, this study was modelled on Jacob Viner’s famous work on Canada and when it was published it was an important addition to the growing literature in Applied Economics. The period selected was a time of increased foreign borrowings by India and expanding foreign demand ...
Making Ends Meet: Pawnbroking and Working-Class Credit
1st Edition
By Melanie Tebbutt
September 14, 2026
Originally published in 1983, this book filled a gap in the existing literature, because the effect of credit upon a family’s real income was frequently omitted in studies of living standards. The book highlights daily routines and relationships which would otherwise remain hidden, using interviews...
Poets' Grammar: Person, Time and Mood in Poetry
1st Edition
By Francis Berry dec'd
September 14, 2026
First published in 1958, Poets’ Grammar treats of a few grammatical forms and inflexions as they function in the work of some English poets and dramatists. For this purpose, the author is less concerned with the primary meaning of the word Grammar, as given by Shorter Oxford Dictionary, namely “...
Revolt Against the Dead: The Modernization of a Mayan Community in the Highlands of Guatemala
1st Edition
By Douglas E. Brintnall
September 14, 2026
First published in 1979, Revolt Against the Dead describes the changing lifestyle of the Aguacatec Indians, a Mayan peasant people of the northwestern highlands of Guatemala. The author presents the societal transformation from an economic, social, political, and religious perspective. The book ...
Rewriting Nursing History
1st Edition
Edited
By Celia Davies
September 14, 2026
Originally published in 1980, this book written by nurses, historians and sociologists, challenges conventional forms of nursing history. Rather than a chronology of events or a focus on great men or women as instigators of change, the contributions address specific questions to historical data, ...
Russia in the Making
1st Edition
By John Lawrence
September 14, 2026
In Russia in the Making (originally published in 1957), John Lawrence presents the long and complicated history of Russia as a living and intelligible whole from the very beginning. Based on a wide knowledge of Russian history and a considerable experience of Soviet ways, his book provides an ...
The Crown, the Sages and Supreme Morality
1st Edition
By Robert E. Ball
September 14, 2026
First published in 1983, in The Crown, the Sages and Supreme Morality the first account of the universal science of Supreme Morality, or Moralogy, to be published in the West, Robert Ball shows how it is based on the moral teaching of Christ, Buddha, Confucius and Socrates, and is influenced by ...
The Defeat of Debt: A Full Account of the Power of International Finance
1st Edition
By R. McNair Wilson
September 14, 2026
Prior to World War I, international trade was conducted based on what is known as the classical gold standard. In this system, trade between nations was settled using physical gold. Nations with trade surpluses accumulated gold as payment for their exports. Conversely, nations with trade deficits ...
The Doctor Looks at Literature: Psychological Studies of Life and Letters
1st Edition
By Joseph Collins
September 14, 2026
First published in 1923, the original blurb reads: “This series of studies by a distinguished neurologist and psychiatrist, who is also an accomplished writer, will stir clamorous approval and dissent. But none who read it will ever view the most modern literature from quite the same angle as ...
The Freedom of Necessity
1st Edition
By John Desmond Bernal
September 14, 2026
First published in 1949, The Freedom of Necessity explores various aspects of the transformation of human society in the mid-20th century. It deals with themes like man and the world; relevance of science; science and the humanities; science and the arts; organised research for peace; science in ...