stock exchange; he argued against globalised free trade; an anti-imperialist, he preached “the rights of every people to govern themselves” [12]. The contrast with Darwin is striking. After publication of The Origin, Darwin’s strategy was to consolidate and concretise the arguments laid out in his seminal work. His output remained resolutely scientific. One of the many reasons that Wallace has ...

Chen Shui-bian achieved an international reputation for his promotion of Taiwan independence. Whilst that reputation may have been well earned, the analyses on which this conclusion is based are frequently flawed in two ways. First, by using an undifferentiated notion of independence, they tend to conflate sovereignty with less threatening expressions of Taiwanese identity and pro-democracy dis...

Finding a patron Fortunately for his patients and his peace of mind, Crabbe decided after a few years and much agonising to quit medicine and go to London to venture all as a poet. In 1780, after a difficult interview with his old father, he sailed in a sloop to London, took cheap lodgings in the city, and began to hawk his abundant collection of poems round the booksellers and literary patrons...

and manuals for archival procedures published , and practicing archivists were on the job bringing order out of chaos. While Leland humbly claimed that he was not a professional archivist, Wosh, his champion, clearly demonstrates the impact he had on all these developments. Wosh achieves much in this book, making no claims that he can't substantiate , demonstrating a deft and scrupulous scholar...