Social & Cultural History

A book of brief essays, illustrative art, and photography from often obscure historical and ethnological studies of Apache history, life, and cultu...

In The Book of Christmas, best-selling author and acclaimed historian, Christopher Winn, casts a revealing eye over the stories, myths and legends ...

An affectionate but meticulously researched history of one of the most beautiful and best-loved corners of England Crosthwaite Parish, nestling de...

A laugh-out-loud visual history of the strangest piece of mens clothing ever created: the codpiece.The codpiece was fashioned in the Middle Ages to...

Walter Rodney was a scholar, working class militant, and revolutionary from Guyana. Strongly influenced by Marxist ideas, he remains central to rad...

This book explores social cohesion in rural settlements in western Europe from 7001050, asking to what extent settlements, or districts, constitute...

Revolutionary lives of the Red and Black Atlantic brings to light the life histories of a wide range of radical figures whose political activity in...

We can no longer see ourselves as minor spectators or weary watchers of history a­fter finishing this astonishing work of nonfiction. Kiese Laymon,...

The definitive new biography of Her Majesty The Queen by one of Britain''s leading royal authorities.With original insights from those who know her...

Millstone Grit takes the form of a fifty mile walk through the West Riding and East Lancashire, exploring the industrial towns and moors. Glyn Hugh...

An elegant, densely textured work, like a tapestry A welcome contribution to polar studies. Sara Wheeler, Spectator [MacInness] handles ...

An illustrated introduction to how British industries, supported by thousands of newly recruited women, strove to meet the nations wartime need for...

She cant stay awake. She sold drugs. Shes good at interrogations. She drinks in the mornings. She ate a rabbit. She smashed up a shop. She stabbed ...

Warwickshire, often known as Shakespeares County, has a host of strange and mysterious tales ranging from ancient legends and stories of the supern...

Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Min...

____________________ 'An eye-opening account of the controversial role this gorgeous, coveted pigment has played through the millennia' - Elle '[...

As long as we have been human, we have been mythmakers. In A Short History of Myth, Karen Armstrong holds up the mirror of mythology to show us the...

....a brilliant marriage of historical picture research, well-chosen recipes, and historical narrative... Taste ...the best single treatment ...

Dazzling recreation of the world of radical free-thinkers in 18th-century FranceFrom the 1750s to the 1770s, the Paris salon of Baron d'Holbach was...