Environment and Empire uncovers the fascinating interaction between people and the elements in ve...

The Scientific Imagination in South Africa

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HISTORIES OF HUMAN CONSTRUCTIONS OF NATUREWild Things: Nature and the Social Imagination assemble...

As South Africa moves towards majority rule, and blacks begin to exercise direct political power,...

The Scientific Imagination in South Africa

The book questions some of the assumptions in the literature on 'underdevelopment' in Africa.

The influence of human economies and cultures on ecosystems is particularly striking in the new w...

Endorsed for Edexcel, Searching for rights and freedoms in the 20th century covers Paper 1 and bo...

Plants are not quite historical actors in their own right, but their properties help to shape hum...

Offering a selection of significant essays contributed by prominent writers of various perspectiv...

In no other society in the world have urbanisation and industrialisation been as comprehensively ...