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A captivating look at the origins of our own tabloid culture in the salacious and titillating media of the Victorian era.

Moss's engaging historical account includes full treatment of politics, economics, foreign affairs and wars, and also of everyday life, women, legal developments, religion, literature, art and popular culture. This fully-revised edition features new text and illustrations.

A profound analysis of a broad range of issues, providing a masterly overview of rural development in India.

An examination of the politics of representation in Hindu nationalism.

A witty overview of humour in Russian culture.

A book about restructuring homes and homelands in the context of the post-Soviet era.

A comprehensive study of war, population and statehood in Eastern Europe and Russia, 1918–1924.

This volume explores the idea that survival of the Christian faith depended upon the making of these communities, of which the Christians of this period were themselves acutely – and sometimes acrimoniously – aware.

A wide-ranging review of China's economic boom and the way in which it has been rapidly transformed beyond all recognition.

A look at South Asia beyond state and nation.

A fresh and stimulating examination of the ideology, programmes, expressions and consequences of the British 'civilizing mission' in South Asia.

A fascinating and comprehensive review of the position of the Rossettis within the social and cultural maelstrom of Victorian London.