Washington Society for the History of Medicine Annual Dinner and Meeting will be held in the US on September 26th. Jeffrey Reznick will present a talk entitled, John Galsworthy and Disabled Soldiers... READ MORE
Washington Society for the History of Medicine Annual Dinner and Meeting will be held in the US on September 26th. Jeffrey Reznick will present a talk entitled, John Galsworthy and Disabled Soldiers... READ MORE
By James M. Smith Today we have a guest post from James M. Smith, Associate Professor in the English Department and Irish Studies Program at Boston College, and author of Ireland’s Magdalen... READ MORE
By John Costello I am delighted that the Manchester University Press Friends and Family series is contributing to Carers week 2009 by launching the first book in the series Caring for someone with a... READ MORE
A wonderful biography of Evelyn Sharp by Angela John has been chosen as THES Book of the Week this week! Here’s what they said about it:- ‘This compelling, poignant biography paints a... READ MORE
Sandra Cavallo, author of Artisans of the body in early modern Italy, has had some wonderful reviews of the book, both in the latest issue of Gender in History and at the enormous Reviews in History... READ MORE
A lot of our titles have a sample chapter attached to them so you can get a great free preview of the book. Simply browse our catalogue and individual pages for titles will have a sample chapter that... READ MORE
The family tree detective Fourth edition Colin Rogers The long-awaited fourth edition of this best-selling manual continues to offer up-to-date guidance both to... READ MORE
The empire in one city? Liverpool’s inconvenient imperial past Edited by Sheryllynne Haggerty, Anthony Webster & Nicholas J. White From the late eighteenth century to the early... READ MORE
Healthy living in the Alps The origins of winter tourism in Switzerland 1860–1914 Susan Barton The first winter visitors to the Swiss Alps began to arrive in the 1860s and were encouraged to take... READ MORE
So Clean Lord Leverhulme, soap and civilisation Brian Lewis This book is an unorthodox biography of William Hesketh Lever, 1st Lord Leverhulme (1851-1925), the founder of the Lever Brothers’... READ MORE