Books by David Howarth

The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company-from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch-to laying the groundwork for future British expansion

Gripping true tale how of men who patrolled by dogsleds a stark 500-mile stretch of Greenland fought capture or death by outwitting and outlasting the Nazis.

This is the seventh edition of the classic casebook on Tort. Taking a broadly contextual approach the book addresses all the main topics in tort law, is up-to-date, doctrinally sound, stimulating and highly readable.

The Invention of Spain explores cultural relations between Britain and Spain during the century 1770-1870; a dynamic and often troubled relationship between two Imperial powers at a period of turbulence and change. -- .

Provides introduction to French society and institutions with a particular focus on political issues. This work covers basic information, concepts and facts, while giving students a fundamental understanding of political analysis. It analyses country's political and institutional traditions, distinct forms of nationalism and citizenship, and more.

Utilizes theoretical perspectives to describe and explain central dimensions of the democratic transition in South Africa during the late-1980s and early-1990s. This text includes changes in the politics of gender and education, and the political discourses of the ANC, NP and the white right.

In a survey which ranges widely from the building of Henry VII's palaces to the proposed monument to Charles I by Wren, David Howarth examines aspects of the visual arts in the English Renaissance to consider what they meant for those who commissioned them and those at whom they were directed.

The concept of discourse is used in a variety of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. By drawing upon existing empirical accounts, this book shows how this conception of discourse theory is used to analyse central issues in social science research.