Dr. Johnson's Women

"Dr. Johnson's Women represents the best kind of popula history being produced at the moment: scholarly, fluent and supremely human." --Kathryn Hughes, Daily Telegraph
"Dr. Clarke understands the eighteenth century -- she has a nice sense of character. Her book is both shrewd and scholarly." --Adam Sisman, Evening Standard

Facts On File - Colonial America to 1763 (Almanacs of American Life)

Colonial America to 1763 provides libraries with a compendium of basic quantitative data from the most important government sources and scholarly studies. It includes more than statistical tables. It places this data in scholarly perspective with brief sketches or extended essays (as are appropriate) summarizing current ideas on the broadest range of topics about early American society and culture.The text includes more than 100 illustrations and maps.

This two-volume compendium brings together leading scholars from around the world, who provide authoritative studies of the old and new epistemic motifs and theoretical strands that have characterized the interdisciplinary field of comparative and international education in the last 50 years. It analyses the shifting agendas of scholarly research, the different intellectual and ideological perspectives and the changing ...

Children have their own games, stories, riddles, and so forth. This book gives students and general readers an introduction to children's folklore. Included are chapters on the definition and classification of children's folklore, the presence of children's folklore in literature and popular culture, and the scholarly interpretation of children's folklore. The volume also includes a wide range of examples and texts demonstrating the variety of children's folklore around the world.

Review
Bill Bright, ex editor, Language in Society
Mesthrie's outline is well thought out, and he is a sound scholar. ... a volume that meets high scholarly standards, and will be of great usefulness to readers seeking a reference book in sociolinguistics.