This book explores what made cities 'modern' in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

... 9780521468411 pbk , $ 44.99 ISBN Geographer Dennis ( Univ . College London ) provides a nuanced and thought - provoking overview that charts crucial social and cultural transformations in modern urban space . At the heart of the story ...

Modern society owes a tremendous amount to the Muslim world for the many groundbreaking scientific and technological advances that were pioneered during the Golden Age of Muslim civilization between the 7th and 17th centuries.

This book is an essential source of inspiration for teachers, support staff, senior managers and Ethnic Minority Achievement (EMA) specialists and coordinators.

Presenting a comprehensive study of women's letters and letter-writing in early modern England, this text draws on over 3,000 manuscript letters, showing that letter-writing was a large and socially diversified area of female activity.

Activities for Teaching Gender and Sexuality in the University Classroom is the first interdisciplinary collection of activities devoted entirely to teaching about gender and sexuality.

People learn by imitating other people. Authors do the same. This book explains how authors from the earliest stages of Western literature to the present day have imitated each other

A new biography of one of the key figures in British history focusing on both his writing and legacy.

Modern economies become more and more open and the external sector of an economy becomes more and more important.

This edition presents the annotated texts of an unpublished copy of Ralegh's draft of The Discoverie of the Large, Rich, and Bewtifvl Empyre of Gviana and the subsequent printed versions.