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  1. Atkins, P.J. (2021) Cassidy, A. (2019) Vermin, victims and disease: British debates over bovine tuberculosis and badgers. London: Palgrave Macmillan, reviewed in Agricultural History Review 69, 160-61
  2. Atkins, P.J. (2021) Durbach, N. (2020) Many Mouths: The Politics of Food in Britain from the Workhouse to the Welfare State. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, reviewed in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 76, 355-56
  3. Atkins, P.J. (2020) National Atlas of Bangladesh, Oriental Geographer
  4. Atkins, P.J. (2019) Wischermann, C., Steinbrecher, A. and Howell, P. (Eds)(2018) Animal history in the modern city London: Bloomsbury reviewed in Urban History 46 no. 4
  5. Atkins, P.J. (2017) Baics, G. (2016) Feeding Gotham: the political economy and geography of food in New York, 1790-1860 Princeton: Princeton University Press
  6. Atkins, P.J. (2013) Rich, R. (2011) Bourgeois consumption: food, space and identity in London and Paris, 1850-1914 Manchester: Manchester University Press; and Metcalfe, R.S. (2012) Meat, commerce and the city: the London food market, 1800-1855 London: Pickering and Chatto, reviewed in Victorian Studies 56, 134-37
  7. Atkins, P.J. (2012) Steere-Williams, J. (2011) The perfect food and the filth disease: milk, typhoid fever, and the science of state medicine in Victorian Britain, 1850-1900, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Minnesota, reviewed in Science Studies Dissertation Reviews 25 October
  8. Atkins, P.J. (2012) Foxcroft, L. (2012) Calories & corsets: a history of dieting over 2000 years London: Profile, reviewed in BBC History Magazine issue 2, February 64-5; reprinted in BBC Knowledge Mar/Apr 93
  9. Atkins, P.J. (2012) De Vooght, D. (Ed.)(2011) Royal taste: food, power and status at the European courts after 1789 Farnham: Ashgate, reviewed in Gastronomica 12, 3, 113-14
  10. Atkins, P.J. (2011) Velten, H. (2010) Milk: a global history, reviewed in Agricultural History 85, 287-88
  11. Atkins, P.J. (2009) Zadoks, J.C. (2008) On the political economy of plant disease epidemics Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers, reviewed in Studium. Tijdschrift voor Wetenschaps en Universiteitgeschiedenis 4, 235-6
  12. Atkins, P.J. (2009) Vernon, J. (2007) Hunger: a modern history Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, reviewed in Agricultural History 83, 412-3
  13. Atkins, P.J. (2007) Waddington, K. (2006) The Bovine Scourge: Meat, Tuberculosis and Public Health, 1850-1914 Woodbridge: Boydell, reviewed in English Historical Review 122, 564-5
  14. Atkins, P.J. (2007) Perren, R. (2006) Taste, Trade and Technology: the Development of the International Meat Industry since 1840 Aldershot: Ashgate, reviewed in Economic History Review 60, 234-35
  15. Atkins, P.J. (2004) Tames, R. (2003) Feeding London: a Taste of History London:Historical Publications, reviewed in The London Journal
  16. Atkins, P.J. (2003) Trubek, A.B. (2000) Haute Cuisine: How The French Invented The Culinary Profession Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, reviewed in Food & Foodways 11, 82-85
  17. Atkins, P.J. (2003) Wordie, J.R. (Ed.)(2000) Agriculture and politics in England, 1815-1939 Basingstoke: Macmillan, reviewed in Economic History Review 56, 377
  18. Atkins, P.J. (2003) K.J. Carpenter (2000) Beriberi, White Rice, and Vitamin B: a Disease, a Cause, and a Cure. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, reviewed in Annals of Science 60, 443-45
  19. Atkins, P.J. (2002) French, M. & Phillips, J. (2000) Cheated not poisoned? Food regulation in the United Kingdom, 1875-1938 Manchester: Manchester University Press, reviewed in Medical History 46, 112-14
  20. Atkins, P.J. (2001) Burnett, J. (1999) Liquid pleasures: a social history of drinks in modern Britain London: Routledge, reviewed in Agricultural History Review 49, 110-111
  21. Atkins, P.J. (1999) Shaw, G. & Coles, T. (1997) A guide to European town directories. Volume 1: Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Scandinavia Aldershot: Ashgate, reviewed in Urban History 26, 145-46
  22. Atkins, P.J. (1996) Pretty, J.N. (1995) Regenerating agriculture: policies and practice for sustainability and self-reliance London: Earthscan, reviewed in International Journal of Environmental Studies
  23. Atkins, P.J. (1995) Geissler, C. & Oddy, D.J. (Eds)(1993) Food, diet and economic change past and present Leicester: Leicester University Press, reviewed in Economic History Review 48, 209-210
  24. Atkins, P.J. (1995) Kiley-Worthington, M. (1993) Eco-agriculture: food first farming, theory and practice London: Souvenir Press, reviewed in International Journal of Environmental Studies 47, 298-99
  25. Atkins, P.J. (1995) Pretty, J.N. & Howes, R. (1993) Sustainable agriculture in Britain: recent achievements and new policy challenges London: International Institute for Environment and Development, reviewed in International Journal of Environmental Studies 47, 296-97
  26. Atkins, P.J. (1995) Roberts, N. (Ed.)(1994) The changing global environment Oxford: Blackwell, reviewed in International Journal of Environmental Studies 47, 288-89
  27. Atkins, P.J. (1995) Winter, J. (1993) London’s teeming streets 1830-1914 London: Routledge, reviewed in Journal of Historical Geography 21, 470-71
  28. Atkins, P.J. (1994) Bowler, I.R. (Ed) The geography of agriculture in developed market economies Harlow: Essex, reviewed in Applied Geography 14, 185-6
  29. Atkins, P.J. (1994) Rogers, K.H. (Ed.)(1992) Early trade directories of Wiltshire Trowbridge: Wiltshire Record Society XLVII, reviewed in Journal of the Society of Archivists 15, 1, 118
  30. Atkins, P.J. (1994) Benson, J. & Shaw, G. (1992) The evolution of retail systems c. 1800‑1914 Leicester: Leicester University Press, reviewed in Economic History Review 47, 841
  31. Atkins, P.J. (1993) Scola, R. (1992) Feeding the Victorian city: the food supply of Manchester 1770‑1870 Manchester: Manchester University Press, reviewed in Journal of Historical Geography 19, 217-218
  32. Atkins, P.J. (1992) Conway, G.R. & Barbier, E.B. (1990) After the green revolution: sustainable agriculture for development London: Earthscan, reviewed in Progress in Human Geography 16, 437‑8
  33. Atkins, P.J. (1992) Pearce, D., Barbier, E., & Markandya, A. (1990) Sustainable development: economics and environment in the third world London: Earthscan, reviewed in International Journal of Environmental Studies 40, 235‑6
  34. Atkins, P.J. (1992) Holderness, B.A. & Turner, M. (Eds)(1991) Land, labour and agriculture, 1700‑1920 London: Hambledon Press, reviewed in Economic History Review 45, 799
  35. Atkins, P.J. (1992) Sasson, A. (1988) Biotechnologies and development Paris: UNESCO, reviewed in International Journal of Environmental Studies 42, 227‑8
  36. Atkins, P.J. (1991) Walker, P. (1989) Famine early warning systems: victims and destitution London: Earthscan, reviewed in International Journal of Environmental Studies 37, 304‑5
  37. Atkins, P.J. (1990) Census of India (1988/9) Regional divisions of India ‑ a cartographic analysis, Census of India, Occasional Papers, Series 1 32 volumes New Delhi: Registrar General & Census Commissioner, reviewed in Cartographic Journal 27, 180‑1
  38. Atkins, P.J. (1990) Gyllstrom, B. & Rundquist, F‑M. (Eds)(1989) State, cooperatives and rural change, Lund Studies in Geography 53, reviewed in Area 22, 402
  39. Atkins, P.J. (1990) Lawton, R. & Lee, R. (Eds)(1990) Urban population development in western Europe from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, reviewed in Population Studies 44, 3, 519‑21
  40. Atkins, P.J. (1989) Barth, G. (1988) Instant cities: urbanization and the rise of San Francisco and Denver Albuquerque: University of Mexico Press, reviewed in International Journal of Environmental Studies 35, 142‑3
  41. Atkins, P.J. (1989) Skinner, R.J., Taylor, J.L. & Wegelin, E.A. (Eds)(1987) Shelter upgrading for the urban poor: evaluation of third world experience Manila: Island Publishing House, reviewed in International Journal of Environmental Studies 35, 143‑44
  42. Atkins, P.J. (1989) Shaw, G. & Tipper, A. (1989) British directories: a bibliography and guide to directories published in England and Wales (1850‑1950) and Scotland (1773‑1950) London: Leicester University Press, reviewed in London Journal 14, 2, 179-80
  43. Atkins, P.J. (1988) Coe, M., Snow, D. & Benson, E. (1986) Atlas of ancient America Oxford: Facts on File, reviewed in Bulletin of the Society of University Cartographers 22, 1, 40-41
  44. Atkins, P.J. (1988) Wolman, M.G. & Fournier, F.G.A. (Eds)(1987) Land transformation in agriculture Chichester: Wiley, reviewed in Outlook on Agriculture 17, 4, 187
  45. Atkins, P.J. (1989) Muthiah, S. (Ed.)(1989) A social and economic atlas of India New Delhi: O.U.P., reviewed in Durham University Geographical Society Journal 29, 55‑7