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1.		English Society in the Eighteenth Century, Second Edition (The Penguin Social History of Britain) from Penguin (Non-Classics) Price: $4.48 Customer Review: I received the book on time at a reasonable price and in excellent shape. It was all I hoped for.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

2.		The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from W.W. Norton & Co. Price: $12.82 Customer Review: There are happily a good many excellent historians of medicine, as reviewing the few good journals will bear out. But regrettably few have tried to take on the monumental task of reviewing it all, at one fell swoop. Small wonder. It risks considerable criticism and contumely, from dolts who can't... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

3.		Madness: A Brief History from Oxford University Press, USA Price: $8.10 Customer Review: Arguments that favor and potentially dismantle the social construction of "madness" illumine Roy Porter's brief history of Bedlam. So-called progress as co-requisite with modernity in building, and later dismantling, structures of caring for the mentally ill faces stiff opposition in these tight 241... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.		Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicine from W.W. Norton & Co. Price: $7.00 Customer Review: This book provides a short history of medicine within Western civilization over the past two millenia. The text is arranged semi-chronologically, with each chapter focusing on a different topic within medicine. Topics that are covered include the hospital, medical equipment, drugs, surgery, health... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

5.		London: A Social History (A "New York Times" notable book 1995) from Harvard University Press Price: $12.34 Customer Review: More illustrations and above all more plentiful and better maps would have made Porter's superlative history of London an unqualified masterpiece. As such, it is still a bloody good book. The late Roy Porter was not only a brilliant historian, above all of the 18th century for which his enthusiasm... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

6.		The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine from Cambridge University Press Price: $27.30 Customer Review: The book is very nice with color pictures and a extend narrative about the topics. It lacks a little more details and depth in some areas and cut down in other areas in which the length makes the reading boring after a while since I have the impression that I keep reading about the same. In general... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.		A History of London from Basic Books Price: $19.99 Customer Review: If your interests lie in how many tons of wheat England exported in 1532, this is the book for you. If you looking for a flowing social history of London with interesting side-stories and anecdotes (e.g. "fun reading"), stay away from this borefest.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.		Madmen: A Social History of Madhouses, Mad Doctors & Lunatics (Revealing History) from Tempus Price: $11.99	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.		The Enlightenment, Second Edition (Studies in European History) from Palgrave Macmillan Price: $17.22 Customer Review: I recently discovered the late Roy Porter through his last book Flesh in the Age of Reason: The Modern Foundations of Body and Soul. After devouring that book I ordered both The Enlightenment and The Creation of the Modern World: The Untold Story of the British Enlightenment. The latter book lives... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.		The Creation of the Modern World: The Untold Story of the British Enlightenment from W.W. Norton & Co. Price: $11.97 Customer Review: The late historian Roy Porter has provided an invaluable addition to studies in the history of the Enlightenment with his book, The Creation of the Modern World: The Untold Story of the British Enlightenment (hereafter CMW). Livelier than any work of intellectual history has a right to be, Porter... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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