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This chronological collection charts the change in attitudes to witchcraft during the period 1560-1736, which culminates in the educated debate on the reality of witchcraft and the gradual decline in belief in witches and associated phenomena.
The material presented in this six-volume set moves away from courtly etiquette, adopting a more middle-class, domestic focus, and includes facsimile reproductions of sermons, poems, narratives and cookery books.
This collection aims to give a chronological insight into the evolution of conduct literature, from its early roots in the Renaissance period through to the dramatically different role that women played at the emergence of the 20th century.
Covers the Victorian period, bringing together a range of texts reflecting the role of women in an era when their cultural influence broadened as science, religious doubt, and the idea of the nation evolved as systems of cultural representation.
Helps scholars to examine historical press censorship in England. This title draws together around 500 texts, reaching across 140 years from the rigours of the... Læs mere
Lester Knox Little (1892–1981) kept a detailed journal of his time in China and Taiwan. Covering the years 1943 to... Læs mere
In 1793, Lord Macartney led the first British diplomatic mission to China in over one hundred years. This five-volume reset edition draws together British... Læs mere
In the mid-19th century, the business cycle was increasingly recognized as a recurrent phenomenon. This edition contains key texts from the... Læs mere
Drawing from a variety of libraries and archives, this collection brings together material to illustrate the history of the development of trade unionism and... Læs mere
Feminist scholarship and criticism has retrieved the Bluestocking women from their marginal position in 18th-century literature. This... Læs mere
This four-volume reset edition collects immigrants' letters, immigration guides, newspaper articles, county history biographies, and promotional and advisory pamphlets published by immigrants and travellers, land and railroad companies.