Roy Porter

Roy Porter

Roy Porter was born in London on December 31st, 1946 and passed away at the age of 55 on March 3rd, 2002.

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Roy Porter Stats: The most read book by Roy Porter on Book Notification is London: A Social History, the 2nd novel in the Roy Porter On Social History Books series.

Below is a complete list of Roy Porter books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Roy Porter is the Roy Porter On Social History Books.

List of Roy Porter History of Medicine Books in Publication Order

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1
The History of Medicine: Past, Present and Future
1938
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The Anatomy of Madness (With: Michael Shepherd, William F. Bynum)
1985
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3
Mind-Forg'd Manacles
1987
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4
Disease, Medicine, and Society in England, 1550–1860
1987
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A Social History of Madness: Stories of the Insane
1987
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6
Health for Sale: Quackery in England, 1660-1850
1989
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Doctor Of Society
1991
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine
1996
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The Cambridge History of Medicine
1996
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The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity
1997
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Bodies Politic: Disease, Death, and Doctors in Britain, 1650-1900
2001
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Madness: A Brief History
2003
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Madmen: A Social History of Madhouses, Mad Doctors & Lunatics
2004
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List of History of Science Books in Publication Order (with Ronald L. Numbers, with David C. Lindberg)

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1
The Making of Geology: Earth Science in Britain 1660–1815
1977
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2
The Earth Sciences: An Annotated Bibliography
1983
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3
Man Masters Nature
1989
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The Cambridge History of Science, Volume 4: The Eighteenth Century (With: Ronald L. Numbers, David C. Lindberg)
2003
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List of On Social History Books in Publication Order

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1
English Society in the Eighteenth Century
1990
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2
London: A Social History
1995
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The Rise and Fall of London's Town Centres: Lessons for the Future
1996
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List of Roy Porter's On The Enlightenment Books in Publication Order

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Gibbon Making History
1988
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List of Non-Fiction Books with a Co-Author in Publication Order

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1
Rape: An Historical and Cultural Enquiry (With: Sylvana Tomaselli)
1989
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2
Patient's Progress: Doctors and Doctoring in Eighteenth-Century England (With: Dorothy Porter)
1989
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3
The Facts of Life: The Creation of Sexual Knowledge in Britain, 1650-1950 (With: Lesley A. Hall)
1995
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Gout (With: G.S. Rousseau)
1998
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List of Non-Fiction Books as an Editor in Publication Order

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The Ferment of Knowledge: Studies in the Historiography of Eighteenth-Century Science (With: G.S. Rousseau)
1980
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2
The Enlightenment in National Context
1981
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Dictionary of the History of Science (With: Janet Browne, William F. Bynum)
1981
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4
Revolution in History (With: Mikulás Teich)
1986
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5
Problems And Methods In The History Of Medicine
1987
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The Social History Of Language (With: Peter Burke)
1987
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Romanticism in National Context (With: Mikulás Teich)
1988
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8
Sexual Underworlds of the Enlightenment (With: G.S. Rousseau)
1988
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The Dialectics Of Friendship
1989
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The Hospital in History (With: Lindsay Granshaw)
1989
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Exoticism In The Enlightenment (With: G.S. Rousseau)
1989
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12
Fin De Siècle and Its Legacy (With: Mikulás Teich)
1990
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13
The Renaissance in National Context (With: Mikulás Teich)
1991
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The Scientific Revolution in National Context (With: Mikulás Teich)
1992
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The Popularization of Medicine, 1650–1850
1992
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Companion Encyclopedia of the History of Medicine (With: William F. Bynum)
1993
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Consumption and the World of Goods (With: John Brewer)
1993
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18
The Biographical History of Scientists
1994
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19
A Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century World History (With: Jeremy Black)
1994
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20
Sexual Knowledge, Sexual Science (With: Mikulás Teich)
1994
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21
Drugs and Narcotics in History (With: Mikulás Teich)
1995
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Inventing Human Science: Eighteenth-Century Domains (With: Robert Wokler)
1995
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23
Languages and Jargons: Contributions to a Social History of Language (With: Peter Burke)
1996
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24
Pleasure in the Eighteenth Century (With: Marie Mulvey Roberts)
1996
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25
Nature and Society in Historical Context (With: Mikulás Teich, Bo Gustafsson)
1997
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26
From Physico-theology to Bio-technology (With: Rodopi, Kurt Bayertz)
1998
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27
Toleration in Enlightenment Europe (With: Ole Peter Grell)
1999
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28
The Confinement of the Insane: International Perspectives, 1800–1965 (With: David Wright)
2003
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29
Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations (With: William F. Bynum)
2005
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30
Anatomy Of Madness Volume 1 (With: Michael Shepherd, W.F. Bynum)
2018
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Anatomy of Madness Volume 2 (With: Michael Shepherd, W.F. Bynum)
2018
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Anatomy Of Madness Volume 3 (With: Michael Shepherd, W.F. Bynum)
2018
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List of Other Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

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Images of the Earth: Essays in the History of the Environmental Sciences
1979
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The Earth Generated And Anatomized: An Early Eighteenth Century Theory Of The Earth (With: William Hobbs)
1981
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William Hunter and the Eighteenth-Century Medical World (With: W. F. Bynum)
1985
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4
Living and Dying in London
1991
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5
Language, Self, and Society: A Social History of Language (With: P. Burke)
1991
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6
Myths of the English
1992
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7
The National Question in Europe in Historical Context (With: Mikulás Teich)
1993
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8
Doctors, Politics and Society: Historical Essays (With: Dorothy Porter)
1993
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Literature and Medicine During the Eighteenth Century (With: Marie Mulvey Roberts)
1993
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Routledge Revivals: Literature and Medicine During the Eighteenth Century (With: Marie Mulvey-Roberts)
1993
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The Reformation in National Context (With: Mikulás Teich, Robert Scribner)
1994
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Discovering the History of Psychiatry (With: Mark S. Micale)
1994
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13
Medicine In The Enlightenment.
1995
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Rewriting the Self: Histories from the Middle Ages to the Present
1996
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The Industrial Revolution in National Context: Europe and the USA (With: Mikulás Teich)
1996
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Medicine, A History of Healing: Ancient Traditions to Modern Practice
1997
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17
Littleport
1997
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Cultures of Psychiatry and Mental Health Care in Postwar Britain and the Netherlands (With: Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra)
1998
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19
Brunonianism in Britain and Europe
1998
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20
The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography
2000
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A History Of Clinical Psychiatry: The Origin And History Of Psychiatric Disorders
2000
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22
Cultures of Neurasthenia: From Beard to the First World War (With: Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra)
2001
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23
Women, Madness and Spiritualism (With: H. Nicholson, Bridget Bennett)
2003
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A History of England: England in the Eighteenth Century
2003
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List of Books About Roy Porter in Publication Order (with Roberta E. Bivins, with John V. Pickstone)

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Medicine, Madness and Social History: Essays in Honour of Roy Porter (With: Roberta E. Bivins, John V. Pickstone)
2007
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List of Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine Books in Publication Order

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Patients and Practitioners: Lay Perceptions of Medicine in Pre-industrial Society
1985
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List of The Cambridge History of Science Books in Publication Order (with Ronald L. Numbers, with David C. Lindberg)

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The Cambridge History of Science, Volume 4: The Eighteenth Century (With: Ronald L. Numbers, David C. Lindberg)
2003
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The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 2, Medieval Science (By: David C. Lindberg)
2012
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List of New Studies in Economic and Social History Books in Publication Order (with Richard Overy)

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The Nazi Economic Recovery 1932–1938 (By: Richard Overy)
1982
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Debating Slavery: Economy and Society in the Antebellum American South (By: Mark M. Smith)
1998
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3
Health and Society in Britain since 1939 (By: Virginia Berridge)
1999
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List of Studies in European History Books in Publication Order

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The Ancien Regime ( By: William Doyle)
1986
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The Renaissance (By: Peter Burke)
1987
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The French Revolution: Aristocrats Versus Bourgeois? (By: Timothy C.W. Blanning)
1987
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4
Golden Age Spain. Studies in European History. (By: Henry Kamen)
1988
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5
The Napoleonic Empire (By: Geoffrey James Ellis)
1990
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6
The Russian Revolution, 1900-1927, Third Edition (By: Robert Service)
1991
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7
A Military Revolution? Military Change and European Society, 1550-1800 (By: Jeremy Black)
1991
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8
The Enlightenment
1996
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The Holy Roman Empire 1495-1806 (By: Peter H. Wilson)
1999
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Jansenism ( By: William Doyle)
1999
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Communism in Russia (By: Richard Sakwa)
2010
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List of Allen Lane History Books in Publication Order

Well-researched books by top historians covering key events and figures in clear, accessible language.

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Mitrokhin Archive (By: Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin)
1985
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The Anatomy of Fascism (By: Robert O. Paxton)
1994
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3
In Search of Nature (By: Edward O. Wilson)
1996
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4
Russia's War, 1941-1945 (By: Richard Overy)
1997
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5
Prague in Black and Gold (By: Peter Demetz)
1997
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4
How the Mind Works (By: Steven Pinker)
1997
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The Chan's Great Continent (By: Spence)
1998
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8
Evolution in Mind (By: Henry Plotkin)
1998
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The Meaning of It All (By: Richard P. Feynman)
1998
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Official Secrets (By: Richard Breitman)
1998
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Lourdes (By: Ruth Harris)
1999
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The Boy King / Tudor Church Militant (By: Diarmaid MacCulloch)
1999
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13
British Prime Ministers and Other Essays (By: A.J.P. Taylor)
1999
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14
The Greek Achievement (By: Charles Freeman)
1999
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Gladstone (By: Richard Shannon)
1999
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16
Cassandra's Daughter (By: Joseph Schwartz)
1999
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Rembrandt's Eyes (By: Simon Schama)
1999
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18
The Faustian Bargain (By: Jonathan Petropoulos)
2000
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19
Something New Under the Sun (By: John Robert McNeill)
2000
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20
Berlin (By: David Clay Large)
2000
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21
Troublesome Things (By: Diane Purkiss)
2000
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22
Enlightenment
2000
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23
The New Penguin History of Scotland (By: William W.J. Knox, R.A. Houston)
2001
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24
Interrogations (By: Richard Overy)
2001
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25
Peninsular War (By: Charles J. Esdaile)
2002
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26
The Blank Slate (By: Steven Pinker)
2002
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27
Treason by the Book (By: Jonathan D. Spence)
2002
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28
Blood and Guts
2002
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Four Colors Suffice (By: Robin J. Wilson)
2002
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30
The Cross and The Crescent (By: Richard Fletcher)
2003
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Trial Of The Cannibal Dog (By: Anne Salmond)
2003
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Flesh in the Age of Reason
2003
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Empire Made Me (By: Robert Bickers)
2003
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The Struggle for Mastery (By: David Arscott Carpenter)
2003
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1914-1918 (By: David Stevenson)
2004
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The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century (By: J.M. Roberts)
2004
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La Vie En Bleu (By: H.R. Kedward)
2005
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Mussolini's Italy (By: Richard J.B. Bosworth)
2005
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Restoration (By: Tim Harris)
2005
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United We Stand (By: Alastair J. Reid)
2005
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Easter 1916 (By: Charles Townshend)
2005
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The German Trauma (By: Gitta Sereny)
2005
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Revolution (By: Tim Harris)
2006
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The War of the World (By: Niall Ferguson)
2006
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Forgotten Wars (By: C.A. Bayly)
2007
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Fateful Choices (By: Ian Kershaw)
2007
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The Force of Destiny (By: Christopher Duggan)
2007
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Napoleon's Wars (By: Charles J. Esdaile)
2007
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Disinherited (By: Henry Kamen)
2007
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List of Roy Porter Anthologies in Publication Order

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The Blackwell Companion to the Enlightenment
1991
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Hysteria Beyond Freud
1993
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The Western Medical Tradition: 800 BC to AD 1800
1995
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The Codification of Medical Morality
1995
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The History of Bethlem
1997
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Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
1998
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London 1753
2003
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8
Locating Medical History
2004
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Medical Journals and Medical Knowledge: Historical Essays
2020
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Roy Porter

Roy Porter was born on December 31st, 1946. Roy passed away March 3rd, 2002 at 55 years old. Roy Porter was born in London.

Roy Porter is probably best known for their Non-Fiction Books. They currently have 32 Non-Fiction books available. The first was released in 1980 with the book The Ferment of Knowledge: Studies in the Historiography of Eighteenth-Century Science. The most recently released was Anatomy Of Madness Volume 3 which was released in 2018.

Roy Porter also wrote the Other Non-Fiction Books series which has 24 books including Images of the Earth: Essays in the History of the Environmental Sciences and The Earth Generated And Anatomized: An Early Eighteenth Century Theory Of The Earth.

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Roy Porter: F.A.Q

When was Roy Porter Born?

Roy Porter was born on December 31st, 1946.

When did Roy Porter die?

Roy Porter died on March 3rd, 2002 at 55 years old.

Where was Roy Porter Born?

Roy Porter was born in London, .

What was the first book Roy Porter wrote?

The first book written by Roy Porter was The History of Medicine: Past, Present and Future, published in 1938.

What was the most recent book Roy Porter wrote?

Their most recently released work was Anatomy Of Madness Volume 3 on October 24th, 2018.

How many books has Roy Porter written?

Roy Porter has written 87 books across 15 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 13 Roy Porter History of Medicine Books
  • 4 History of Science Books
  • 3 On Social History Books
  • 1 Roy Porter's On The Enlightenment Books
  • 4 Non-Fiction Books with a Co-Author
  • 32 Non-Fiction Books as an Editor
  • 24 Other Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 Books About Roy Porter
  • 1 book in the Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine Series
  • 1 book in The Cambridge History of Science Series
  • 1 book in the Studies in European History Series
  • 3 books in the Allen Lane History Series

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