Social & Cultural History

A passionate and imaginative exploration of wood – the material that shaped human history. As a material, wood has no equal in strength, resilienc...

A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year ‘One of the most important books to be written about the Tudors in a generation.’ Tracy Borman In this gr...

An essential book on California’s Indigenous languages, updated for the first time in over 25 years.Before outsiders arrived, about one hundred dis...

Towards the end of 1974, a stranger arrived in the small town of Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. He could often be found sitting at the b...

'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 C...

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 Defea...

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...

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 Uni...

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...