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Revised throughout, the second edition of this respected book takes account of recent historical research and includes an expanded discussion of the role of the military in the two regimes.

This critical overview of medicine's place in the development of modern Britain examines the significance of the clinical encounter in contemporary society. Lawrence assembles specialized scholarship and demonstrates how the medical profession has created a specific role for itself.

In this study, Harvie alters the ways in which we have traditionally surveyed the European past by setting the positive and negative aspects of the present European situation in their historical context.

Beinart and Coates examine the influence of human economies and cultures on ecosystems, looking at the history of settler incursion in two frontier nations: the USA and South Africa. They also seek to explain change in indigenous ideas & practices.

A short introductory history of the French Revolution which covers the social, economic and cultural, as well as the intellectual and political aspects.

Maria Sophia Quine demystifies the population politics of fascist regimes by looking at them in the wider context of how societies in general reacted to the profound economic changes brought by industrialisation.

Absolutism in Central Europe is about the form of European monarchy known as absolutism, how it was defined by contemporaries, how it emerged and developed, and how it has been interpreted by historians and political and social scientists.

This provides an accessible introduction to the culture of English popular politics between 1815 and 1900. McWilliam assesses popular ideology and reveals a much richer social history emerging in the light of recent historiographical developments

Catholic Politics in Europe will provide an original key point of reference for twentieth century history, and for comparison with fascism and communism movements of the period.

The first synthesis of Britain's long-term economic performance in more than a decade, this book examines why British economic growth has failed to keep pace with the performance of the other advanced industrial economies since 1870.

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the working class in Britain in the years after 1850, and shows how social mobility and urban change affected working class formation.

Philip Nord presents an accessible introduction to the current debates about Impressionism. He reveals why the art was controversial in its day by explaining the movement's aesthetic, institutional and political militancy.

This detailed, comparative account compares the rise of the newspaper press in Britain and France, and assesses how it influenced political life and political culture. Coverage is thorough, looking at the social, economic and political aspects.

This important new book takes a fascinating thematic approach, providing a useful survey of the position and role of the nobility in the government of states in early modern Europe.

This text outlines the forms of political interaction in the early modern city and takes a comparative approach to the nature of conflict and conflict resolution in early modern communities throughout Europe from 1500 to 1789.