History: Specific Events & Topics

In 1834, a young Chinese woman named Afong Moy arrived in America, her bound feet stepping ashore in New York City. She was both a prized guest and...

Mistress of everything examines how indigenous people across Britain's settler colonies engaged with Queen Victoria in their lives and predicaments...

In 1857, a group of young people who had participated in an orgy in a private mansion was sentenced for contempt of public decency (outrage public ...

Walloniathe southern region of Belgiumboasts an extraordinarily rich cultural heritage. This book presents the first comprehensive overview of Wall...

Using Hamilton's local history to tell the wider story of the North American working-class, Lunch-Bucket Lives investigates how workers dealt with ...

As the wife of King George II, Caroline of Ansbach became queen of England in 1727.  Known for her intelligence and strong character, Queen Carolin...

In colonial times few Americans bathed regularly; by the mid-1800s, a cleanliness revolution had begun. Why this change, and what did it signify?It...

For over 100 years, at least one concentration camp has existed somewhere on Earth. First used as battlefield strategy, camps have evolved with eac...

Morale asks how is it that modern Britons have come to regard morale as a category of conduct, vital for the success of collective effort in war an...

Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), Lowland Scottish traveller, East India Company civil servant and educator, was one of the principal intellectu...

Based on a wide range of original sources, including folktales, anthropological studies, court statements, poetry and speeches, this book sheds new...

How did the rise of consumer society impact the domestic lives of ordinary workers? Funded by English Heritage, this study offers the first book-le...

This lively socio-cultural history examines household service, one of the largest, multi-layered, mobile and most indispensable sectors of employme...