The new indicators of well-being and development

The growth of GDP remains the principal focus of attention when it comes to judging the progress of the 'wealth of nations', however other attempts have been made, most of them since the 1990's, to enlarge such a narrow vision. New indicators of development ...

Economic growth with income and wealth distribution

The book deals with economic issues related to income and wealth among individuals, regions and countries. It presents a general theory with endogenous capital, knowledge and preference changes for an economic system with heterogeneous households, multiple sectors, multiple regions and multiple countries. Economic issues and ...

Aristocracy and the modern world

This is the first comprehensive study of the traditional European ruling class during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Distilling the wealth of recent research for students and general readers, Wasson analyzes the role of aristocracy, focusing on the tensions that exist between modern egalitarian values ...

Economics, politics and budgets

the political economy of fiscal consolidations in Europe

Motivated by the recent proliferation of fiscal consolidation episodes in the advent of Monetary Union, this book explains the causes and consequences of fiscal policy in Europe. This books answers three related questions - What explains the timing of fiscal adjustments? What explains their different duration ...

Democracy in the New Europe

Democracy appears to have become a universal standard of legitimate rule in Europe today. But behind the facade are a number of unanswered questions, foremost among them how to relate democracy beyond the state especially at the EU level to democracy within the state. This ...

Europe's American Revolution

Historians in the United States have argued that the ideals of the American Revolution have had an enduring significance outside their own country. The essays in this volume explore how the American Revolution has been constructed, defined and understood by Europeans from the 1770s to ...

Wittgenstein and the end of philosophy

neither theory nor therapy

What is the true worth of Wittgenstein's contribution to philosophy? Answers to this question are strongly divided. However, most assessments rest on certain popular misreadings of his purpose. This book challenges both 'theoretical' and 'therapeutic' interpretations. In their place, it seeks to establish that ...

Landlord and tenant Law

"Landlord and Tenant Law" is an easily accessible introductory text. The clear, concise style allows the authors to cover the subject in admirable breadth and depth. Summaries, exercises and workshops concluding each chapter help the reader to make sense of a complex area of Law ...

After Fidel

the inside story of Castro's Regime and Cuba's next leader

This is a compelling behind-the-scenes account of the extraordinary Castro brothers and the impending dynastic succession of Fidel's younger brother, Raul. Brian Latell, the CIA analyst who has followed Castro since the sixties, gives an unprecedented view into Fidel and Raul's remarkable relationship ...

Trafalgar in History

a battle and its afterlife

Following the events and activity surrounding the bicentenary of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson, this volume acts both as a summary of what we have learned and a collection of some of the best scholarship on the battle itself and its context and legacy ...

The celtic and roman traditions

conflict and consensus in the Early Medieval Church

This book is a survey of the relationship between the two Celtic and Roman traditions in Merovingian Gaul, Lombard Italy, and the British Isles during the period of the Easter controversy. Corning argues that the three main areas of conflict between the two traditions were ...

Editing Early Modern texts

an introduction to principles and practice

"Editing Early Modern Texts" provides an approachable exposition of the rationale of textual editing with special reference to texts dating 1550-1800. It explains how manuscript and printed texts were produced and indicates the implications of this for their editorial treatment, giving practical advice on how ...

Britain, France and the Entente cordiale since 1904

This collection gathers many of the best-known names in the English-speaking world in the field of Anglo-French relations, providing an authoritative survey for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying International Relations in the Twentieth century, starting with the crucial period of the First World War ...

Living the French Revolution, 1789-99

What did it mean to live through the French Revolution? "Living the French Revolution" provides a coherent and expansive portrait of revolutionary life by probing the lived experience of the decade's upheaval for the people of France's villages and country towns. The freshness ...

Tourism and dictatorship

Europe's peacefuk invasion of Franco's Spain

In the three decades following the Second World War, the authoritarian and morally austere dictatorship of General Francisco Franco's Spain became the playground for millions of carefree tourists from Europe's prosperous democracies. This book chronicles how their presence not only helped to strengthen ...

Writing history essays

a student's guide

To write history successfully, it is essential to understand the nuts and bolts of technique as well as the underlying principles which are too rarely made explicit, but which govern the whole process. I.W. Mabbett carefully analyzes these principles, and takes us step-by-step through ...

From Darwin to Hitler

evolutionary ethics, eugenics, and racism in Germany

In this work, Richard Weikart explains the revolutionary impact Darwinism had on ethics and morality. He demonstrates that many leading Darwinian biologists and social thinkers in Germany believed that Darwinism overturned traditional Judeo-Christian and Enlightenment ethics, especially the view that human life is sacred. Many ...

Nazi medicine and the Nuremberg Trials

from medical war crimes to informed consent

This book offers a radically new and definitive reappraisal of Allied responses to Nazi human experiments and the origins of informed consent. It places the victims and Allied Medical Intelligence officers at centre stage, while providing a full reconstruction of policies on war crimes and ...

Women in Late Medieval and reformation Europe 1200-1550

Recent books in the field have tended to dazzle the reader with the latest research. Much is left unsaid, however, leaving dangerous holes for the newcomer. Without neglecting recent work, this clear textbook, which takes the story from 1200 to 1550, helps the reader to ...

Women in Dark Age and Early Medieval Europe C.500-1200

Recent books in the field have tended to dazzle the reader with the latest research. Much is left unsaid, however, leaving dangerous holes for the newcomer. Without neglecting recent work, this clear textbook, which takes the story from about 500 to 1200, helps the reader ...