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Health, Disease and Society in Europe, 1500-1800: A Sourcebookfrom: Manchester University Press December 25, 2003 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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Yes, it is an excellent resource, but only if used in conjunction with the text, and as this is an Open University publication, it forms part of a course. However, it will appeal to students and readers of medieval history, scientific history and the history of medicine for that period. Because of the high price, I can only give it a max. of four stars >>More Details |
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IWM War on the Home Front (Imperial War Museum)by: Juliet Gardiner September 03, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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Even though most of us today never lived through the period, perhaps because as Britons, we feel we have a direct connection to the British Home Front. As a result, it has become one of the most widely researched and written about areas of Second World War history. So it may not come as breaking news that yet another general history of the period has been published.
However, this new work approaches the subject in an exciting, colourful and eye-catching way. Largely due to the influence of the internet and the burgeoning interest in collecting Home Front memorabilia, this large format book is visually, manually and aurally interactive. Published in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum, where most of the featured ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Essays on the Great Depressionby: Ben S. Bernanke January 05, 2004 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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There is no way that I can criticize this book. Bernanke is the Governor of the Federal Reserve and I am not, which there are good reasons for.
However, this book is his PhD thesis on the Great Depression of 1929 - 1934. Hence it is written as such and is relatively theoretical. Personally, unless you have a university background in economics, I would skip this book. If you are interested in economics, by all means do give it a go. The book is extremely interesting in as much as it attempts to explain the causes of the Great Depression. Most economists are taught, teach and write about equilibia. Bernanke has chosen to write about a disequilibrium, which is much more challenging and even more interesting. >>More Details |
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Salt: A World Historyby: Mark Kurlansky March 06, 2003 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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I bought this as it seemed an interesting read. I'm glad I did!
In brief: It starts off in China, showing how salt was won using gas fires to heat brine, with mud insulated bamboo pipes to provide the flames. The next great event is that of the discovery of the great cod fisheries off Newfoundland and also that cod could be salted and would not turn rancid like herring. Also contains interesting facts such as until quite recently salt was a government monopoly in Italy and could only be bought from tobacconists (cancer and high blood pressure in one place!) and that gold was not traded weight for weight with salt, although it does show the great value placed upon it. Mark Kurlansky did his reserach well ... Read More: >>More Details |
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The Strange Laws of Old Englandby: Nigel Cawthorne September 23, 2004 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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Pick this up. An excellent night time read, full of zany, waggish and yet educational information relating to old laws.
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Child C: Surviving a Foster Mother's Reign of Terrorby: Christopher Spry August 04, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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Before people criticise me for not raving about this book I should add that the content was totally horrifying and made me cry on more than one occasion. The reason was simply that the treatment of these children was so appalling, so outrageously cruel and so evil that anyone not moved must have a heart of stone. As a parent myself I found Eunice Spry's behaviour deeply upsetting and hope she is never released from prison.
The problem is the style in which the book is written. It's not good and there are many occasions where phrases are repeated in the same paragraph and it doesn't read well as a whole. I believe the additional writer was Andrew Holmes and his style is poor and clumsy. That's a shame as Christopher's Spry's tale is compelling and thought ... Read More: >>More Details |
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The Best of the 1950s ("Good Housekeeping") ("Good Housekeeping")by: "Good Housekeeping" October 20, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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Before people criticise me for not raving about this book I should add that the content was totally horrifying and made me cry on more than one occasion. The reason was simply that the treatment of these children was so appalling, so outrageously cruel and so evil that anyone not moved must have a heart of stone. As a parent myself I found Eunice Spry's behaviour deeply upsetting and hope she is never released from prison.
The problem is the style in which the book is written. It's not good and there are many occasions where phrases are repeated in the same paragraph and it doesn't read well as a whole. I believe the additional writer was Andrew Holmes and his style is poor and clumsy. That's a shame as Christopher's Spry's tale is compelling and thought ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Taking the Medicineby: Druin Burch January 15, 2009 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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Before people criticise me for not raving about this book I should add that the content was totally horrifying and made me cry on more than one occasion. The reason was simply that the treatment of these children was so appalling, so outrageously cruel and so evil that anyone not moved must have a heart of stone. As a parent myself I found Eunice Spry's behaviour deeply upsetting and hope she is never released from prison.
The problem is the style in which the book is written. It's not good and there are many occasions where phrases are repeated in the same paragraph and it doesn't read well as a whole. I believe the additional writer was Andrew Holmes and his style is poor and clumsy. That's a shame as Christopher's Spry's tale is compelling and thought ... Read More: >>More Details |
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The Retreat of Reason: Political Correctness and the Corruption of Public Debate in Modern Britain (Second Edition)by: Anthony Browne April 10, 2006 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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I am a former member of the PC Brigade and I found this book an excellent introduction to countering PC arguments.
I am not against all aspects of PC but it has now become a bloated, arrogant,dishonest and ironically very intolerant creed. I realised that I no longer wanted to be PC when I saw so called liberals marching around London with placades saying " We are all Hezbollah now ". I suppose a placade stating " we are all medieval, homophobic, anti-semitic, misogynst, intolerant religious fascists now " would have been unwieldy. Once a realised I no longer believed in PC I wanted to learn how to counter PC arguments and this book fits the bill as a primer.However Browne offers counter arguments to many of the dogmas of PC without stooping to the ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Man Walks into a Pub: A Sociable History of Beerby: Pete Brown June 04, 2004 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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"Man Walks into a Pub" is a well researched piece of work from a guy who spent a fair number of years in the booze trade. I bought this book after it was featured in a copy of the Writers' Forum and the author seemed to be a genuine down-to-earth fellow; the kind of regular who you'd be likely to meet in a local bar.
It's packed full of anecdotes - for example, the average pint back in 1914 was 8% in strength (compared to 4-5% today). This is the kind of book that your father would enjoy on his birthday, at Christmas or on Father's Day. It's a read for the man who probably has just about everything and you can't think of what to get him. It covers economic, social and business aspects of alcohol. Even politics is discussed - for example, the government's ... Read More: >>More Details |
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