Social & Cultural History

Archaeological case studies that explore the rituals and cultural significance of foods in the southeastern United States.  Understanding and expla...

After immigrants flooded into central Oklahoma during the land rush of 1889 and the future capital of Oklahoma City sprang up within a fortnight, t...

Those Good Gertrudes explores the professional, civic, and personal roles of women teachers throughout American history. Its voice, themes, and fin...

Indonesia is home to diverse peoples who differ from one another in terms of physical appearance as well as social and cultural practices. The way ...

This book uses the stories of early modern women in the Mediterranean who left their birthplaces, families, and religions to reveal the complex spa...

This book uses the stories of early modern women in the Mediterranean who left their birthplaces, families, and religions to reveal the complex spa...

In this update to his landmark publication, William J. Reese offers a comprehensive examination of the trends, theories, and practices that have sh...

A photograph with faint writing on the back. A traveling chess set. A silver pin. In her new memoir, noted scholar and author Susan Rubin Suleiman ...

Vienna combines drama and elegance like no other. For centuries the heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the stately city on the Danube, has been ...

The real story behind the Tavistock Institute and its network, from a popular conspiracy expert The Tavistock Institute, in Sussex, England, descri...

The Cheese and the Worms is an incisive study of popular culture in the sixteenth century as seen through the eyes of one man, the miller known as ...

Who would have guessed that the first sports bra was made out of two jockstraps sewn together or that it succeeded because of federal anti-discrimi...

Timber-framed buildings are a distinctive and treasured part of Britains heritage, with such noteworthy examples as Little Moreton Hall, Anne Hatha...

Throughout the late summer and fall of 1786, farmers in central and western Massachusetts organized themselves into armed groups to protest against...

In Born Southern, V. Lynn Kennedy addresses the pivotal roles of birth and motherhood in slaveholding families and communities in the Old South. Sh...

From the first edition of The Fannie Farmer Cookbook to the latest works by today's celebrity chefs, cookbooks reflect more than just passing culin...

One of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2022, Kirkus Reviews A righteous indictment of racism and misogyny.Publishers WeeklyA powerful account of viole...

Volume 1 of Mississippi Women enriched our understanding of women's roles in the state's history through profiles of notable, though often neglecte...

The sword is an important and multi-faceted symbol of military power, royal and communal authority, religion and mysticism. This study takes the sw...

Americans pay famously close attention to the market, obsessively watching trends, patterns, and swings and looking for clues in every fluctuation....

Modern international business has its origins in the overseas trade of the Middle Ages. Of the various communities active in trade in the Islamic c...

Between the generations of Thomas Jefferson and Jefferson Davis, the culture of white Southerners experienced significant changes, including the es...