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 Signposts: Italy in the 19th and 20th CenturiesWith Italy on the brink of financial collapse and in deep political crisis, the country’s 150th anniversary has been a dramatic one. It is especially timely, then, to take stock of new research into this most contradictory and enigmatic of countries. |
 Malthus and the Seven BillionWhen the world’s population reached seven billion it prompted a great deal of nonsense to be written about Thomas Malthus. Robert J. Mayhew sets the record straight. |
 Postwar Germany: The Profits of PeaceKeith Lowe on the dilemmas faced by a victorious but financially ruined Britain in its dealings with postwar Germany. |
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This large landscape shaped book draws on Philip Davies' bestselling Lost London, whilst also featuring previously unseen photographs. |
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Stephen Gundle reviews two books which explore Italian culture in the postwar decades. |
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Two Tudor treats from the prolific writers A.N. Wilson and Alison Weir. |
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