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This important new book offers an engaging and challenging introduction to the thorny paths of the globalization debate. Foreword. Introduction. V...

This important new book offers an engaging and challenging introduction to the thorny paths of the globalization debate. Foreword. Introduction. V...

What is health? What does health mean to people? How do we make sense of health and experience it? There are no simple answers to these questions...

What is health? What does health mean to people? How do we make sense of health and experience it? There are no simple answers to these questions...

Sociology began as a historical discipline, created by Marx, Weber and others, to explain the emergence and consequences of rational, capitalist so...

Sociology began as a historical discipline, created by Marx, Weber and others, to explain the emergence and consequences of rational, capitalist so...

What is intellectual history? Those who practice intellectual history have described themselves as eavesdroppers upon the conversations of the past...

What is intellectual history? Those who practice intellectual history have described themselves as eavesdroppers upon the conversations of the past...

Can people alive now have duties to future generations, the unborn millions? If so, what do we owe them? What does “justice” mean in an intergenera...

Can people alive now have duties to future generations, the unborn millions? If so, what do we owe them? What does “justice” mean in an intergenera...

What is Latin American History? surveys the development of this vibrant and dynamic field of study in North America, Latin America, and Europe. Aft...

What is Latin American History? surveys the development of this vibrant and dynamic field of study in North America, Latin America, and Europe. Aft...

This cutting-edge text offers an introduction to the emerging field of media archaeology and analyses the innovative theoretical and artistic met...

This cutting-edge text offers an introduction to the emerging field of media archaeology and analyses the innovative theoretical and artistic met...

The field of the history of medicine and health has expanded spectacularly in recent times. In What is Medical History? John C. Burnham explores th...

The field of the history of medicine and health has expanded spectacularly in recent times. In What is Medical History? John C. Burnham explores th...

Since its first publication in 2007, John H. Arnold’s What is Medieval History? has established itself as the leading introduction to the craft of ...

Since its first publication in 2007, John H. Arnold’s What is Medieval History? has established itself as the leading introduction to the craft of ...

If we didn't possess certain beliefs about such things as time, appearance and reality, and how effect follows cause, we wouldn't be able to get ou...

If we didn't possess certain beliefs about such things as time, appearance and reality, and how effect follows cause, we wouldn't be able to get ou...

The study of migration is and always has been an interdisciplinary field of study, vast and vibrant in nature. This short introduction to the field...

The study of migration is and always has been an interdisciplinary field of study, vast and vibrant in nature. This short introduction to the field...

The third edition of What is Military History? has been thoroughly updated, and includes a new bibliography and new case studies on naval warfare a...

The third edition of What is Military History? has been thoroughly updated, and includes a new bibliography and new case studies on naval warfare a...