In a world where we take for granted the ability to communicate instantly across vast distances and time, world history has come of age. We increasingly reflect

This wide-ranging dictionary contains a wealth of information on all aspects of history, from prehistory right up to the present day. Over 4,000 clear, concise

This is the leading, full-scale comprehensive dictionary of philosophical terms and thinkers to appear in English in more than half a century. Written by a team

A two-volume set which traces the history of food and nutrition from the beginning of human life on earth through the present.

A dictionary records a language and a cultural world. This global history of lexicography is the first survey of all the dictionaries which humans have made, fr