What book in this field has inspired you the most? The Search for Modern China by Jonathan Spence Did your research take you to any unexpected places? Yes, the history of railway for example. What did... READ MORE
What book in this field has inspired you the most? Howard Phillips and David Killingray’s edited collection, The Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918-1919, new perspectives (Routledge) of leading... READ MORE
What book in this field has inspired you the most? I’ve created a field! But to be serious, it was reading Auden’s Homage to Clio, thirty years ago, that inspired my book. I’ve been... READ MORE
1. What book in this field has inspired you the most? I have been influenced by several books that present biographies of houses fused with personal memoir, notably Julie Myerson’s Home: The Story... READ MORE
What book in this field has inspired you the most? To be honest, John’s own writings were the catalyst for the project. It’s almost unique to have such a range of material from a single known... READ MORE
What book in this field has inspired you the most? It was the lack of books and scholarship considering Leigh’s contribution to theatre and film that inspired us. Most books about focus solely on... READ MORE
What book in this field has inspired you the most? In fact, it was a novel – Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace, a dramatization about the exile to India of the last king of Burma by the British in... READ MORE
What book in this field has inspired you the most? We’ve been inspired by a whole range of scholarship in the field of early modern women’s writing. We’ve both been lucky enough to be working at... READ MORE
What book in this field has inspired you the most? John McCracken’s A History of Malawi and Megan Vaughan’s Curing their Ills. Did your research take you to any unexpected places? Yes. Fieldwork... READ MORE
What book in this field has inspired you the most? Rahula, Bhikkhu Yogavacara, One Night’s Shelter (from Home to Homelessness); The Autobiography of an American Buddhist Monk (free electronic... READ MORE