Social & Cultural History

Cecilia Lawton's life was changed forever when the bloodiest war in American history began in 1861. The daughter of a wealthy Georgia plantation ow...

A collection of thrilling samurai tales tracing the history of seppuku from ancient times to the twentieth century. The history of seppuku -- Japan...

True stories from the sharp edge of transatlantic deportation. In America, foreign nationals can be deported after serving prison sentences; some ...

A reflection, in chapters, on the lives of members of the author''s family, their friends and neighbours who lived in Orleans and Caledonia countie...

Songs of Power and Prayer in the Columbia Plateau explores the role of song as a transformative force in the twentieth century, tracing a cultural,...

Missouri, 2014. Michael Brown, a black teenager, is shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer. In this gripping and revelatory dram...

The Olympic games is a striking testimony to the influence which ancient Greece still exercises over the modern world, and to the important place w...

What makes an Irish home? Is it the neatly folded wrapping paper saved for another Christmas? Or the pressure cooker that you can't throw out but y...

Philadelphias Chinatown, like many urban chinatowns, began in the late nineteenth century as a refuge for immigrant laborers and merchants in which...

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearAccording to census projections, by 2050 nearly one in three U.S. residents will be Latino, and the ...

Many people first encounter Hawaii through the imaginationa postcard picture of hula girls, luaus, and plenty of sun, surf, and sea. While Hawaii i...

Among the Northwest Coast Indians (Tlingit, Haida, and others), potlatches traditionally are lavish community gatherings marking important events, ...

This book tells the story of Balithe paradise island of the Pacificits rulers and its people, and their encounters with the Western world.Bali is a...

Explore the history of filmmaking in this detailed work from a new talent. Going back as far as prehistoric times, where cavemen played with light ...

This book is a new and significantly revised version of the much acclaimed Charleston Kedding: A History of Kitchen Gardening, which was published ...