Social & Cultural History

Queen Bees looks at the lives of six remarkable women who made careers out of being society hostesses, including Lady Astor, who went on to become ...

Casey was one of a group of Fenians arrested in 1865 in Cork and transported to Western Australia with other Fenians captured in the abortive 1867 ...

A New York Times bestseller An astonishing-and astonishingly entertaining-history of Hollywood's transformation over the past five decades as seen...

A captivating journey along the iconic River Po and through Italian history, society and culture.The Po is the longest river in Italy, travelling f...

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES, HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND'It's a trip - engrossing, eye-opening, mind altering' New Statesman 'Fas...

The law comes from, and runs through, society at all levels. It regulates human interactions and touches individuals at key moments in their lives....

For 150 years, Down's Syndrome has constituted the archetypal mental disability, easily recognisable by distinct facial anomalies and physical stig...

'Marvellously engaging' The Times'Brisk, informative and eye-opening' Daily TelegraphIn the 1600s, vast numbers of people left England for the Amer...

When World War II ended, Americans celebrated a military victory abroad, but the meaning of peace at home was yet to be defined. From roughly 1943 ...

Dine like the lords and ladies and bring the high society meals and treats home with these 100 delicious recipes inspired by Netflixs most-watched ...

Fairness and Freedom compares the history of two open societies - New Zealand and the United States - with much in common. Both have democratic pol...