Social & Cultural History

The majority of medieval and sixteenth-century Iberian manuscripts, whether in Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, or Aljamiado (Spanish written in Ara...

Josephine McCarty had many identities. But in Albany, New York, she was known as Dr. Emma Burleigh, the abortionist of Howard Street. On January 17...

The New Spice Box includes short fiction, personal essays, and poetry by Jewish writers from a broad range of cultural backgrounds. Fresh and relev...

Modern Singapore is a miracle. Half a century ago, it was thrown out of the Malay Federation and unwillingly became an independent nation. It was t...

Known in early modern Europe by many names the French Disease, the Bubas, and, eventually, syphilis the Great Pox was a chronic disease that carr...

This bilingual edition of the Three Spanish Querelle Texts is very well-conceived and will attract a wide audience among specialists and non-specia...

Few cultural activities speak more powerfully to international histories of the modern world than football. In the late nineteenth century, this ch...

Few cultural activities speak more powerfully to international histories of the modern world than football. In the late nineteenth century, this ch...

In the Middle Ages, the life story of Alexander the Great was a well-traveled tale. Known in numerous versions, many of them derived from the ancie...

This is a comprehensive history of a legendarily proud and passionate but lonely people. Much of Europe once knew them as 'child-devouring cannibal...

Male Professionals in Nineteenth-Century Britain is the first statistically-based social, cultural and familial history of a fast-growing and socia...

Ukraine is Europe's second state and this lavishly illustrated volume provides a concise and easy to read historical survey of the country from ear...

In this fascinating volume, renowned historian Howard M. Sachar relates the tragedy of twentieth-century Europe through an innovative, riveting acc...

From our first ABCs to the Book of Revelations statement that Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, we see the world through our letters. More than just a ...

Spanning more than two hundred years of history, from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, Sisters or Strangers? explores the complex lives ...

Animation, Sport and Culture is a wide-ranging study of both sport and animated films. From Goofy to Goalkeepers, Wallace and Gromit to Tiger Woods...

In this volume on the history of the European nobility in the modern era, the boundary between the early modern and 'real' modern periods around 18...

As the leading fan magazine in the postwar era, Photoplay constructed female stars as social types who embodied a romantic and leisured Californi...

Discover the true story of a self-taught surgeon and trailblazing figure in medical history-Madame Restsell, a revolutionary surgeon who fought for...

Underground Leviathan explores the emergence, dynamics, and lasting impacts of a mining firm, the United States Company. Through its exercise of so...

Spanning more than two hundred years of history, from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, Sisters or Strangers? explores the complex lives ...