Bethlem Hospital, popularly known as 'Bedlam', is a unique institution. Now seven hundred and fif...

'As an introduction to early modern thinking and the impact of past ideas on present livesthis bo...

This study surveys the growth of European intervention outside Europe between 1860 and 1914. It t...

Though Foucault is now widely taught in universities, his writings are notoriously difficult. Rea...

Originally published in 1992 Medical Journals and Medical Knowledge examines both broad developme...

A portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its s...

A definitive study of the history of medicine, from the earliest humans to the present day. Medic...

'Roy Porter, a historian of formidable range, turns to urban history in this marvellously lucid, ...

In this 'readable and humane book' (Los Angeles Times Book Review), the late historian Roy Porter...

This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and appr...

Travelling home from Danegal early one evening, my wife, Anne, remarked how beautiful the plane's...

Mankind's battle to stay alive is the greatest of all subjects.This brief, witty and unusual book...

From the author of The Greatest Benefit to Mankind (winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award) c...

In this historical tour de force, Roy Porter takes a critical look at representations of the body...

Tarihi ölü bir anlati olmaktan kurtarip yasayan, nefes alan bir canli haline getiren sosyal tarih...

Hailed as 'a remarkable achievement' (Boston Globe) and as 'a triumph: simultaneously entertainin...

This is the first modern one-volume history of London from Roman times to the present. Roy Porter...

An eminently readable, entertaining romp through the history of our vain and valiant efforts to h...

The tempestuous, scandalous love affair of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier was second in fame a...

Hastalik ile hekimler arasinda tenin savas alaninda süren savasin basi ve ortasi var ama sonu yok...

Two members of the Church of Christ debate the subject of church benevolence.How can the church u...

For generations the traditional focus for those wishing to understand the roots of the modern wor...