Social & Cultural History

Before Russians crossed the Ural Mountains in the sixteenth century to settle their colony in North Asia, they heard rumours about bountiful fur, o...

At the dawn of European colonialism, the Southeast Asian region encompassed some of the most diverse and influential cultures in early modern histo...

Published to mark the 200th anniversary of Dickenss birth, this book celebrates the greatest of English novelists by illustrating some of his abidi...

A century ago, Britain was caught up in one of the most extraordinary events in the countrys history the struggle of its women to obtain the right...

H. V. Morton and Howard Spring (author of Fame is the Spur) were invited to accompany the Prime Minister and his entourage on this trip, which was ...

Set like a stronghold south-west of the Caucasus mountains, Armenia is caught between East and West. Briefly a great empire in the first century BC...

A many-faceted examination of how Shakespeare brought Rome alive for his readers through a masterful manipulation of ancient rhetoric Renaissance p...

Long before the American Revolution and the Declaration of the Rights of Man, a motely crew of sailors, slaves, pirates, labourers, market women, a...

This book explores the ordinary daily routines, behaviours, experiences and beliefs of the Scottish people during a period of immense political, so...

The place is London, and the year is 1966. It's a time when anything seems possible, especially if you are a young, free-spirited, mini-skirted gir...

This book explores the lasting cultural and political impact of the events of this remarkable year. Oscar Wilde's disastrous libel suit against the...

In When I Was a Nipper Alan Titchmarsh goes on a personal and nostalgic journey through post-War Britain in search of treasured values and traditio...

A beautifully illustrated account of the history and archaeology of an iconic feature of the English landscape, as part of the stunning Landmark Li...

'The Jago had got him, and it held him fast.' In the worst of London's East End slums, in an area called the Jago, young Dicky Perrott is used to ...

In this classic work which analyzes the context in which thirty years of war and revolution wracked the European continent, the great historian Arn...

In June 1940, Paris fell to the Nazis who made the world's cultural capital their favourite entertainment ground. Music halls and cabarets thrived ...

Academic perspectives and analysis of recent controversies relating to football and bigotry in Scottish society. Football is Scotland's most assidu...

Amid the deprivation and despair of the Great Depression, Shirley Temple radiated a spirit of optimism and plucky good cheer. Her image appeared in...

Over 200 traditional Scottish recipes - nutty oatcakes, broths and soups, lamb, barley, game, fish, breads and bannocks, crumbly cheeses, porridge ...

Basil William Douglas, Lord Daer, was a remarkable man who left an indelible impression on those who knew him, including the poet Robert Burns and ...

This second volume of Hertfordshire Garden History considers how Hertfordshires historic parks and gardens have been influenced by, and reflect, th...

Israel relies for its survival on its lucrative arms trade and American military support. Meanwhile, the Palestinians suffer poverty and destitutio...

From a manuscript that was lost for more than half a century comes new information about one of the greatest Jewish communities of all time. The co...

Londons sewers could be called the citys forgotten underground: mostly unseen subterranean spaces that are of absolutely vital importance, the capi...

This atlas consists of around ninety articles from over fifty contributors covering a wide range of topics that are central to the cultural and nat...

The term smuggling conjures up images of a sailor in long boots and a striped jersey, rolling barrels of brandy up a moonlit Cornish beach and into...

The History of the Royal Horticultural Society and its distinguished accomplishments in the fields of horticulture and gardening are already well d...

Sport is big business; international in nature and the focus of much media and cultural attention. In this Very Short Introduction, Mike Cronin cha...

Explore Britain's dark criminal history through the fascinating objects that have been hidden away in the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard, a collecti...

'Lively and engaging' Financial Times'Empathetic and deeply humanising' Peter Pomerantsev, author of This is Not PropagandaEach time Ukraine has re...

TRAVEL BACK IN TIME WITH THE BBC'S RUTH GOODMANWe know all about the dramas that played out in the Tudor court - most notably those of Henry VIII -...

The Camphill Movement is a worldwide network of homes and villages for children and adults with special needs. Inspired by the vision of its founde...

Did you know... In one of the last executions in Norwich Castle Gaol in 1885 an event so horrible occurred that a shadow was cast on the nations Pu...

During the Second World War over 1.5 million of women found themselves thrust into a male working world, having to learn new skills within a matter...

Having expelled the Norse invaders from his kingdom, Alfred the Great wanted to ensure that it remained peaceful and law-abiding. He therefore appo...

For millennia, mankind has devised ingenious and diabolical means of inflicting pain on fellow human beings. This deplorable but seemingly universa...