Social & Cultural History

''Punctuation is not only an important part of our language code; an advanced system of punctuation has been a driving force in our entire Western ...

Walter Rodney was a scholar, working class militant, and revolutionary from Guyana. Strongly influenced by Marxist ideas, he remains central to rad...

The Marches the border area between Wales and England was semi-independent during much of the Middle Ages and today retains a special character. ...

'The most detailed, amusing and accurate account ever of the post-war world of the English Establishment' William Shawcross, Daily Telegraph'Extrem...

Kenneth Rose was one of the most astute observers of the post-war Establishment. The wry and amusing journals of the royal biographer and historian...

Black Icons in Herstory features colorfully illustrated portraits and inspiring biographies of 50 of the most admired women in the fields of music,...

An intoxicating read. You'll want to consume it twice. A.J. Baime, New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental President and Dewey Defeats ...

'ENORMOUS FUN' GUARDIAN'SO ENTERTAINING' THE TIMES'GOSSIPY, LIGHT AND FUN' TLSQueen Bees looks at the lives of six remarkable women who made career...

In 1973 a group of North Wales building workers were arrested for picketing-related offences during the first and only national building workers st...

Along with red London buses, bowler hats and cricket, few things are considered more British than fish and chips. Sprinkled with salt and vinegar, ...

Any history of English starts with the evidence its narrators select, the historical periods they focus on, and the guiding principles and framewor...

Everything you need to know about Britain's most iconic rural drama can be found in this beautifully designed and fact-filled book.Celebrating 50 y...

In The Third Reconstruction, distinguished historian Peniel E. Joseph offers a powerful and personal new interpretation of recent history. The raci...

The landscape of Britain is transformed at night when its man-made and natural landmarks are illuminated against a backdrop of magnificent stellar ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 (FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR) A club on the rise. A city in flux. This is Union Berlin. ...

How do British pavements remain free of dog mess? Why are paths not littered with cigarette butts or roads not lined with abandoned cars? What does...

A powerful account of the decline of the Cuban Revolution, told through the lives of five ordinary Cuban citizens. 'Masterful... Dore uses oral h...

A TIMES BEST PAPERBACK OF 2022 ------------------ 'Glorious ... It's rare to read anything so teeming with life' SPECTATOR, Books of the Year 'Thi...

The third volume in the much-admired The Colour of Time series. A Woman's World, 18501960 explores the many roles domestic, social, cultural and ...

An engaging portrait of Hampstead Heath a place rich not just in natural wonders but in history and monuments, emotions and memories, people and p...

Winner of the 2022 James Beard Book Award A Guardian Best History and Politics Book of 2022 Selected as one of the 25 Best Cookbooks of 2022 in Del...

The story of Alpha is of major significance for understanding the place of religious faith in the modern world, but that story has never been told ...

Some things never change: families in ancient Egypt still gathered round boardgames, and the yoyo was a plaything of boys and girls even in the Tud...

This is the book on porcelain we have been waiting for. . . . A remarkable achievement.Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber EyesA sweeping...

This newly updated illustrated guide provides a detailed insight into the origins and history of tartan, from the very earliest samples, through th...

'Fascinating.... Wonderfully exhilarating.' Mail on SundayFinalist for The Tolkien Society Best Book AwardAn engaging, original and radical reasses...

Winner, 2022 Max Weber Award for Distinguished Scholarship, given by the American Sociological Association's Section on Organizations, Occupations,...

This entertaining Very Short Introduction reflects the enduring popularity of archaeology - a subject which appeals as a pastime, career, and acade...

A century after the beginning of the Great War, the contributions of the Maritimes to the formation of the Canadian Expeditionary force remain rela...

Calcutta Then: Calcutta is where it all began. The city symbolised India's transformation from medievalism to modernity. The British created the fr...

Since the mid-twentieth century, political histories of late medieval England have focused almost exclusively on the relationship between the Crown...

Des formes d''association nouvelles entre les individus modifient sans cesse la realite sociale chinoise. En depit de l''indetermination et de l''i...

The nineteenth century was a period of profound change in Scottish history. Industrialisation, improved communications, agricultural transformatio...

Headline Britons paints a unique picture of British life in the 20th and 21st centuries by re-examining some of the country's most notable characte...

This microhistory investigates the famous and scandalous 1731 trial in which Catherine Cadière, a young woman in the south of France, accused her J...