A 2017 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title award winner *********************************************** This book is an introduction to the history of alcoholic d

This book charts the history of gin from its arrival in England in the sixteenth century to the present day. In doing so it uses a range of perspectives: econom

Popular belief holds that throwing the contents of a chamber pot into the street was a common occurrence during the early modern period. This book challenges th

The nineteenth-century asylum was the scene of both terrible abuses and significant advancements in treatment and care. The essays in this collection look at th

In the early modern period, trade became a truly global phenomenon. The logistics, financial and organizational complexity associated with it increased in order