Explores the rise of popularized medical writings which gave simple advice for home treatments, charting the rise from the Victorian age and focusing on the different experiences of Britain, the Continent and North America.
Adopting a legal history perspective, this study reveals how municipal authorities of the mid-Victorian period had few public law powers to regulate l..
The rise of Prussia and its role in German development is central to eighteenth and nineteenth century European history. In this collection, the analy..
This book presents new cultural and historical perspectives on the most mythologized and controversial period of Spanish history: the years of the Sec..
This book brings together new interdisciplinary perspectives on the Spanish Civil War, its victims, its contentious ending, and its aftermath. It was ..
During the first half of the twentieth century, European countries witnessed the arrival of hundreds of thousands of colonial soldiers fighting in Eur..
Taking a broadly chronological approach, this collection explores key events and issues of British naval aviation, from the Admiralty's first order fo..
Sir James Dewar was a major figure in British chemistry for around 40 years. He held the posts of Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at Cambri..
This study examines the nature of government and political opposition in Zambia, in the years immediately following its independence in 1964. It shows..
This book is a narrative history of how and why Australia built a distinctive welfare regime, from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. It p..
Anti-communism has long been a potent force in American politics, capable of gripping both government and popular attention. Nowhere is this more evid..
Providing a systematic investigation into the evolving role of the artillery in the British Expeditionary Force, this study looks at how tactical and ..
The technological development of the ship between 1800 and 1914 was dramatic, encompassing the shift from wood and sail to iron, steel and steam. This..