Oral History

In another surreal and unprecedented year in which even the most seasoned commentators have struggled to keep pace with the news cycle, letter writ...

Tove was 12 and Liva 9, when the Germans occupied Norway. They remember everything as if it happened yesterday. A middle grade story of bravery, r...

This book sheds light on the untold stories of individual student activists at Queens College, New York City, during the 1960s. Against the backdro...

Discover a powerful collection of the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and mortal struggles of enslaved people seeking freedom: These are the true s...

Alien Soil: Oral Histories of Great Migration Newark explores Newarks Krueger-Scott African-American Cultural Center collection of over 100 oral hi...

Alien Soil: Oral Histories of Great Migration Newark explores Newarks Krueger-Scott African-American Cultural Center collection of over 100 oral hi...

Napoli introduces a remarkable group of young New Yorkers who went abroad with high hopes only to find a bewildering conflict. We meet, for instanc...

'Diverting, delightful and deliciously weird enough to satisfy the most demanding appetite' Christopher Hadley, author of The RoadFolklorist Ben Ga...

After first emerging in the 1920s, ladies Gaelic football was soon sidelined; breathless women chasing after a football was just too unladylike for...

Decidedly absurd, and always entertaining, revel in the very best letters to The Times. From tinned prime ministers to hiccup remedies, t...

Outside the imagination, witches don't exist. But in Poland and in Europe and its colonies in the early modern period, people imagined their neighb...

Reflecting on the relationship between artists and their audiences, this book examines how artists have presented themselves publicly through inter...

In June 2022, former miners secured through the Scottish Parliament a collective pardon for convictions acquired during the 1984-85 miners' strike....

In June 2022, former miners secured through the Scottish Parliament a collective pardon for convictions acquired during the 1984-85 miners' strike....

Whithorn: An Economy of People is an exploration of a unique face-to-face society in Galloway in the south west of Scotland. It paints a picture of...

In Ancient Greeks in their own Words, historian Matthew Dillon reveals the nature of everyday life in the classical world. Using a series of tellin...

This is a wide-ranging analysis of the internal dynamics of Irish republicanism between the outbreak of the Troubles in 1969 and the Good Friday Ag...

An innovative and accessible overview of how ancient Scandinavians understood and made use of their mythological stories. Old Norse Mythology pro...

Year after year,  so-called Tinkers visited Arran to work for farmers in a range of labouring jobs. Their tents and strange talk could cause fear ...

Historians and readers alike often overlook the everyday experiences of workers. Drawing on years of interviews and archival research, Daniel J. Cl...

Historians and readers alike often overlook the everyday experiences of workers. Drawing on years of interviews and archival research, Daniel J. Cl...