Social & cultural history books

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The Campbells, 1250-1513

The Campbells, 1250-1513

Author: Stephen Boardman
ISBN: 9780859767248
Format: Paperback
$44.99

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The Great European Stage Directors Volume 1: Antoine, Stanislavski, Saint-Denis

The Great European Stage Directors Volume 1: Antoine,...

Author: Prof. Peta Tait (La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia) ,  Simon Shepherd (Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, University of London, UK)
ISBN: 9781350445680
Format: Paperback
$44.99

This volume assesses the contributions of André Antoine, Konstantin Stanislavski and Michel Saint-Denis, whose work...  Read More >>

Britain 3000 BC

Britain 3000 BC

Author: Rodney Castleden ,  Penelope Lively
ISBN: 9781803995557
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Rodney Castleden explores the purpose of great prehistoric projects like Avebury and Stonehenge and the nature of...  Read More >>

Making Sense of the Great War: Crisis, Englishness, and Morale on the Western Front

Making Sense of the Great War: Crisis, Englishness,...

Author: Alex Mayhew (London School of Economics and Political Science)
ISBN: 9781009168755
Format: Hardback
$258.75

Alex Mayhew provides new perspectives on military morale by exploring the experiences of English infantrymen in...  Read More >>

Hate Speech and Academic Freedom: The Antisemitic Assault on Basic Principles

Hate Speech and Academic Freedom: The Antisemitic Assault...

Author: Cary Nelson
ISBN: 9798887194196
Format: Hardback
$270.00

This book reveals the damage that antisemitism does to the identity of Jewish students, staff, and faculty. It details...  Read More >>

The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in 18 Remarkable Lives

The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in 18 Remarkable...

Author: Adam Smyth
ISBN: 9781847926296
Format: Hardback
$69.99

Every book-lover's dream- a celebration of 550 years of the printed book, told through the lives of eighteen extraordinary...  Read More >>

Kith: Scottish Seasonal Food for Family and Friends

Kith: Scottish Seasonal Food for Family and Friends...

Author: Sarah Rankin
ISBN: 9781780278360
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A brand-new new cookery book from MasterChef finalist Sarah Rankin, showcasing the extraordinary versatility of...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Furniture in the Modern Age

A Cultural History of Furniture in the Modern Age

Author: Professor Megan Aldrich ,  Christina M. Anderson
ISBN: 9781472577887
Format: Hardback
$150.00

Furniture is a unique witness to the transformations of private and public experience amidst the upheavals of the...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Furniture in the Age of Empire and Industry

A Cultural History of Furniture in the Age of Empire...

Author: Professor Megan Aldrich ,  Christina M. Anderson
ISBN: 9781472577870
Format: Hardback
$150.00

The 19th century in Western culture was a time of both confidence and turbulence. Industrial developments resulted...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Furniture in the Age of Exploration

A Cultural History of Furniture in the Age of Exploration...

Author: Professor Megan Aldrich ,  Christina M. Anderson
ISBN: 9781472577849
Format: Hardback
$150.00

The 16th and 17th centuries in Europe witnessed a significant paradigm shift. Rooted in medieval beliefs and preoccupations,...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Furniture in the Age of Enlightenment

A Cultural History of Furniture in the Age of Enlightenment...

Author: Professor Megan Aldrich ,  Christina M. Anderson
ISBN: 9781472577856
Format: Hardback
$150.00

The 18th century saw the height of court culture in Europe as well as the beginnings of its demise with conflicts...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Furniture in Antiquity

A Cultural History of Furniture in Antiquity

Author: Dr Dimitra Andrianou
ISBN: 9781472577764
Format: Hardback
$150.00

Covering the period from 2500 BCE to the Byzantine Era, this volume focuses on the social history of furniture found...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Furniture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

A Cultural History of Furniture in the Middle Ages and...

Author: Dr Erin J. Campbell ,  Dr Stephanie Miller
ISBN: 9781472577801
Format: Hardback
$150.00

The Middle Ages were marked by dramatic social, economic, political, and religious changes. Diverse regional and...  Read More >>

Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History

Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors...

Author: Laura Helton
ISBN: 9780231212755
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Scattered and Fugitive Things tells the stories of the Black collectors who dedicated themselves to documenting...  Read More >>

From Feudalism to Capitalism: Social and Political Change in Castile and Western Europe, 1250–1520

From Feudalism to Capitalism: Social and Political Change...

Author: Carlos Astarita
ISBN: 9781642598261
Format: Paperback
$66.00

This groundbreaking study of the origins of capitalism in Castile sheds important new light on a number of historiographic...  Read More >>

The Indian Diary of Vera Luboshinsky (1938-1945)

The Indian Diary of Vera Luboshinsky (1938-1945)

Author: Vera Luboshinsky ,  Dušan Deák (Associate Professor, Comenius University, Bratislava)
ISBN: 9780192889690
Format: Hardback
$230.95

The Indian Diary of Vera Luboshinsky narrates life at the Indian princely court of Bhopal during the 1940s. Vera...  Read More >>

Wunderbar Country: Germans Look at Australia, 1850–1914

Wunderbar Country: Germans Look at Australia, 1850–1914...

Author: Jürgen Tampke
ISBN: 9781032403946
Format: Paperback
$60.99

Wunderbar Country (1982) examines the experiences of Australia’s second largest migrant community, the Germans....  Read More >>

1177 B.C.: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed

1177 B.C.: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization...

Author: Eric H. Cline ,  Glynnis Fawkes
ISBN: 9780691213026
Format: Paperback
$44.99

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Good Boys, Bad Hombres: The Racial Politics of Mentoring Latino Boys in Schools

Good Boys, Bad Hombres: The Racial Politics of Mentoring...

Author: Michael V Singh
ISBN: 9781517912987
Format: Paperback
$52.99

"""Good Boys, Bad Hombres examines the politics of empowerment and inclusion as aspects of youth control in schools....  Read More >>

Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory

Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions...

Author: Rose Miron
ISBN: 9781517912710
Format: Paperback
$54.99

Who has the right to represent Native history? The past several decades have seen a massive shift in debates...  Read More >>

A History of Books in Ancient China

A History of Books in Ancient China

Author: Li Chen ,  Yunyan Zheng
ISBN: 9789819989393
Format: Hardback
$316.77

This book presents a study of the history of ancient Chinese books, not only highlighting specific aspects of the...  Read More >>

Reparations and Reparatory Justice: Past, Present, and Future

Reparations and Reparatory Justice: Past, Present, and...

Author: Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua ,  Mary Frances Berry
ISBN: 9780252087875
Format: Paperback
$43.99

Changes at the global, federal, state, and municipal level are pushing forward the reparations movement for people...  Read More >>

Have You Got Good Religion?: Black Women's Faith, Courage, and Moral Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement

Have You Got Good Religion?: Black Women's Faith, Courage,...

Author: AnneMarie Mingo
ISBN: 9780252087769
Format: Paperback
$58.99

What compels a person to risk her life to change deeply rooted systems of injustice in ways that may not benefit...  Read More >>

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