Stories
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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The yogi as hermit, warrior, criminal and showman
How the modern world changed the life and reputation of the yogi.
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Fees, funding and the NHS
In the 1950s, dramatic political battles over NHS charges brought down a government. But public confidence in the service still grew.
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The unimprovable white cane
Recent technological additions to the white cane aim to make the world easier for visually impaired people to navigate. Alex Lee explores whether new is really better.
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Economic History
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Approaches to the history of the Western family, 1500-1914 / prepared for the Economic History Society by Michael Anderson.
Anderson, Michael, 1942-Date: 1980- Books
The population history of Britain in the nineteenth century / prepared for the Economic History Society by Robert Woods.
Woods, Robert.Date: 1995, ©1992- Books
Approaches to the history of the western family, 1500-1914 / prepared for the Economic History Society by Michael Anderson.
Anderson, Michael, 1942-Date: 1995, ©1980- Journals
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Irish economic and social history : journal of the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland.
Date: 1974-