The Making of Johnson's Dictionary 1746-1773

The Making of Johnson's Dictionary 1746-1773
Author: Allen Reddick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1996-01-26
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780521568388

This second edition of the acclaimed study of Johnson's Dictionary incorporates new commentary and scholarship.

The Military Revolution

The Military Revolution
Author: Geoffrey Parker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1996-04-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521479585

This is a new edition of Geoffrey Parker's much-admired illustrated account of how the West, so small and so deficient in natural resources in 1500, had by 1800 come to control over one-third of the world. Parker argues that the rapid development of military practice in the West constituted a 'military revolution' which gave Westerners an insurmountable advantage over the peoples of other continents. This edition incorporates new material, including a substantial 'Afterword' which summarises the debate which developed after the book's first publication.