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Bandits
Orion 2010; US$ 27.17BANDITS is a study of the social bandit or bandit-rebel - robbers and outlaws who are not regarded by public opinion as simple criminals, but rather as champions of social justice, as avengers or as primitive resistance fighters. Whether Balkan haiduks, Indian dacoits or Brazilian congaceiros, their spectacular exploits have been celebrated and preserved... more...
On History
Orion 2011; US$ 27.17The theory and practice of history and its relevance to the modern world, by Britains greatest radical historian. more...
A 'Manly Study'?
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 100.00This book explores the lives, careers, and social and political activism of a diverse group of women historians in Ireland, contributing to the study of the Irish historical tradition and the study of women historians in an international context. It addresses debates about gender and history, modern Irish historiography and Irish women's history. more...
Beyond the Canon
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 100.00'Beyond the Canon' deals with recent politicized processes of canonization and its implications for historical culture in a globalizing and postcolonial world. The volume discusses the framing and transmission of historical knowledge and its consequences for the construction of narratives and the teaching of history in multicultural environments. more...
On History
Orion 2011; Not AvailableThe theory and practice of history and its relevance to the modern world, by Britains greatest radical historian. more...
Bandits
Orion 2010; Not AvailableBANDITS is a study of the social bandit or bandit-rebel - robbers and outlaws who are not regarded by public opinion as simple criminals, but rather as champions of social justice, as avengers or as primitive resistance fighters. Whether Balkan haiduks, Indian dacoits or Brazilian congaceiros, their spectacular exploits have been celebrated and preserved... more...
Global Perspectives on Global History
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 27.00Discusses global historical research as a global and diverse movement. Case studies focus on China, Germany and the United States. more...
A History of Histories
Penguin Books Ltd 2007; Not AvailableThis unprecedented book, by one of Britain's leading intellectual historians, describes the intellectual impact that the study and consideration of the past has had in the western world over the past 2500 years, treating the practise of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the cultural history... more...
On Politics
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableThis is a book about the answers that historians, philosophers, theologians, practising politicians and would-be revolutionaries have given to one question:how should human beings best govern themselves? That question raises innumerable others: can we manage our own affairs at all? Should we even try? Many people in the past have thought that only... more...
Current Issues in Women's History
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 130.00This lively collection of essays, originally published in 1989, illustrated recent developments in the area, with chapters by contributors from many different countries and disciplines. Asking new questions and using sources in a challenging way, the contributors reflect 1980s debates about politics and academic research in women?s studies. They... more...









