Social & Cultural History

Bringing together an international range of contributors from the fields of practice, theory and history, this book takes a fresh look at occupatio...

How do former enemies reconcile after civil wars? Do they ever really reconcile in any complete sense? How is political reunification related to lo...

The pursuit of authenticity is a contemporary obsession. From hipster fixations on artisan coffee and vintage clothing through to the electoral suc...

This volume concerns judges, judgment and judgmentalism. It studies the Victorians as judges across a range of important fields, including the lega...

Italian immigration from 1945 to the present is an American phenomenon too little explored in our historical studies. Until now. In this new collec...

This is a new edition of English Heritages widely acclaimed study of that great British institution, the public house. First published in 2004, thi...

This publication aims to increase levels of understanding, raise awareness, and heighten levels of protection afforded to inter-war pubs. The proje...

Fifty Key Theatre Designers looks at the history of theatrical scenography by examining the work and contributions of fifty ground-breaking set, co...

For the Victorian working class, lodging in someone elses home was commonplace. Yet, despite their prevalence, lodgers and their householders have ...

In A Sense of Arrival, Kevin Adonis Browne blends literary, visual, and material forms to present a narrative of Caribbean blackness. Arguing that ...

In A Sense of Arrival, Kevin Adonis Browne blends literary, visual, and material forms to present a narrative of Caribbean blackness. Arguing that ...

This groundbreaking resource moves us from theory to action with a practical plan for reparations.   A surge in interest in black reparations is ta...

Rise celebrates the inspirational stories of 100 remarkable women of colour. From the entrepreneur with a homemade marmalade business who went on t...

A daughter of freed African American slaves, Daisy Turner became a living repository of history. The family narrative entrusted to her--a well-poli...

In Reckoning with Slavery Jennifer L. Morgan draws on the lived experiences of enslaved African women in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to...

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Arab world has undergone a series of radical transformations. One of the most significant is the resurg...

The Staffordshire Hoard: An Anglo-Saxon Treasure tells the story of the Staffordshire Hoards discovery and acquisition, and the six-year research ...

Published in honour of Professor Yasir Suleiman, this collection acknowledges his contribution to the field of language and society in general, and...

Winner of the 2024 McCormick Prize from the New Jersey Studies Academic AllianceSeparate Paths: Lenapes and Colonists in West New Jersey is the fir...

Winner of the 2024 McCormick Prize from the New Jersey Studies Academic AllianceSeparate Paths: Lenapes and Colonists in West New Jersey is the fir...

A Cultural History of Color in the Renaissance covers the period 1400 to 1650, a time of change, conflict, and transformation. Innovations in color...

After more than four decades, the Viet Nam War continues to haunt our national memory, culture, politics, and military actions. In this probing int...

This is a study of Enlightenment in Edinburgh like no other. Using data and models provided by urban innovation and Smart City theory, it pinpoints...

Superstitions are commonplace in the modern world. Mostly, however, they evoke innocuous images of people reading their horoscopes or avoiding blac...

Every Valley is the cinematic and moving true story that lies behind the creation of one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, Handel's Mes...

Winner of the 2024 Getting To We Words Create Worlds Award In the vein of Think Again and Do Better, a revolutionary, welcome, and urgent invitatio...

Imagine investigating a murder in which there was no crime scene, no physical evidence, and no victim's body. How would you identify a person of in...

In The Second Battle for Africa, Erik S. McDuffie establishes the importance of the US Midwest to twentieth-century global Black history, internati...

A uniquely personal account of the life and enduring legacy of the Renaissance libraryWith the advent of print in the fifteenth century, Europes cu...

In The Second Battle for Africa, Erik S. McDuffie establishes the importance of the US Midwest to twentieth-century global Black history, internati...

This book discusses the diverse array of aquatic life of Indian waters, including rivers, lakes, and coastal regions. This book is a useful manual ...

This book provides a breadth of innovative and impactful research in the field of telecommunications led by women investigators. Topics covered inc...