The third edition of this best-selling textbook is thoroughly updated, with an emphasis on the global and environmental context of European developments in the early modern period. Sections on sources and methodology give students the tools needed to study the period. This acclaimed textbook offers unmatched breadth and depth of coverage.

A lucid introduction to the Reformation as a pan-European phenomenon.

This book considers how a young child becomes a member of culture through the practices and procedures of everyday conversation.

Key concepts in mineralogy and petrology are explained alongside beautiful full-color illustrations, in this concisely written textbook.

This book presents a systematic challenge to the widely-held view that Marxism is unable to deal with environmental issues.

Provides a state-of-the-art review of recent conceptual developments concerning the roles of plant secondary metabolites in the natural environment.

Editing Archipelagic Shakespeare explores the power of names in Shakespeare's works, focusing on Irish, Scottish, and Welsh characters and places. It explores who chooses names, why, and how they affect playgoers and readers. This Element offers a comprehensive case study for non-anglophone and global studies of Shakespeare and early modern drama.

This 1943 book examines the problems facing universities in a world in which demand for specialisation increasingly overshadowed the ideal of a liberal education.