Social & Cultural History

Brusselss idea of a wider Europe implies that Europeanisation is not limited to EU member states. The EU can, so it claims, also exert impact beyon...

The story of the intrepid young women who volunteered to help and entertain American servicemen fighting overseas, from World War I through the war...

A searing indictment of racial injustice in America - inspired by the life and work of James Baldwin - to help us understand the present moment, an...

The most dramatic, revealing and little-known story in Turkey's history - which illuminates the nation'Through the spellbinding career of a single,...

***SHORTLISTED FOR FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020*** FT Best books of 2020: Business 'In a world on fire, status quo is not a gre...

'A fantastically timely book written by one of the smartest thinkers in Britain' Piers Morgan'Impassioned, scholarly and succinct' The TimesFree sp...

'Barack Obama had a special talent for making different kinds of people feel comfortable around him because of his biracial life experience, says A...

Jokes change from generation to generation, but the experience of the comedian transcends the ages: the drive, jealousy, heartbreak, and triumph. F...

Written with clarity and thoroughly argued, Wyness confirms his place as one of the key authors within contemporary social science writing on child...

What makes a colour work? What do colours mean to artists or cultures? Why does grey make a colour stand out? What colour are the oceans? Why is t...

George Perkins Marsh Prize, American Society for Environmental HistoryVSNY Book Award, New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in Am...

Haunted presents: Europeans, Muslim immigrants, and the onus of European Jewish histories is an in-depth analysis of the interrelations between Mus...

In 1988, the renowned sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and the leading historian Roger Chartier met for a series of lively discussions that were broadca...

'This extraordinary book brings to life an astonishing place. Beautiful prose renders brutality vivid' The Times - BOOK OF THE WEEK From Peter the ...