Social and cultural history

This work plumbs two centuries of androcentric culture to reveal the women who defied convention as they built a career and earned a living.

Route 66 is the very essence of Americana - the embodiment of the American dream in diners, motels and gas stations.

Uber Walder und Forste, vermeintlich alte und sehr moderne, ihre Rodung und Wiederaufforstung.

Trees have been described as 'the lungs of the planet' because of their ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release oxygen.

Bristol has been one of England's largest cities since it became a county in 1373.

In the early eighteenth century, Christianity began to lose its hold on the story of humankind.

Auch anhand von Zeitzeugenberichten, Dokumenten und zahlreichen Fotos kommt eine wenig bekannte, aber erstaunlich positive Seite der deutschen Einheit in den Blick.

Peter Robinson and Peter Cox embark on a thoughtful exploration of the rich and diverse history of the British hospitality industry.

This book is the first in-depth study of the restoration and conservation field in the National Socialist era.

This book is the first in-depth study of the restoration and conservation field in the National Socialist era.

This book examines patterns of national integration and the mobilisation of the peasantry across two historical regions, Central and Eastern Europe, over a long historical timeframe, spanning from the 1848 Revolution to the outbreak of the Second World War.

Beginning with the premise that religious and non-religious identities were fluid, overlapping phenomena rather than static, binary conditions, this timely edited collection challenges the traditional notion that atheism was an acute intellectual innovation of Western modernity by rethinking its multifarious pre-modern manifestations and impact in Brazil, China, England, France, Italy, New England, Poland, Scotland, Spain, and Transylvania.

Beginning with the premise that religious and non-religious identities were fluid, overlapping phenomena rather than static, binary conditions, this timely edited collection challenges the traditional notion that atheism was an acute intellectual innovation of Western modernity by rethinking its multifarious pre-modern manifestations and impact in Brazil, China, England, France, Italy, New England, Poland, Scotland, Spain, and Transylvania.

Entre 1960 y 1975 mas de tres millones de espanoles salieron de su patria con destino a Europa impulsados por el atraso economico de la Espana franquista.

This book argues for reframing endometriosis as a chronic pain condition, rather than an infertility issue.

This book argues for reframing endometriosis as a chronic pain condition, rather than an infertility issue.

This book examines the previously hidden and unpublished submissions made to the Irish Boundary Commission in 1924-25, offering a rare glimpse into a pivotal moment in Irish and British history.

This work plumbs two centuries of androcentric culture to reveal the women who defied convention as they built a career and earned a living.

In October 1942, thirteen-year-old Rozia Handelsman (Rose Lipszyc) manages to escape certain death as her family is being deported from their home near Lublin, Poland.

How should we understand promises as public, private, or political commitments?

In October 1942, thirteen-year-old Rozia Handelsman (Rose Lipszyc) manages to escape certain death as her family is being deported from their home near Lublin, Poland.

Las ciencias sociales han buscado desde siempre entender como conviven y se transforman las sociedades.

Uberleben unter extremen Bedingungen offenbart die Grenzen und Moglichkeiten menschlicher Belastbarkeit.

Sklaverei gehort zu den dunkelsten Kapiteln der Menschheitsgeschichte.

Before electronic sensors, miners carried caged canaries into the tunnels.

Este libro es fruto del trabajo colaborativo desarrollado durante varios anos con las autoridades y mujeres arhuacas de la Casa de Gobierno en las estribaciones de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, en el departamento del Cesar (Colombia).

The factory owner expected them back by Monday.

Kulturrevolutionen verandern Gesellschaften tiefgreifender als politische Umsturze - sie transformieren Denkmuster, Wertesysteme und kollektive Identitaten.

Die traditionelle Geschichtsschreibung erzahlt von Konigen, Feldherren und Gelehrten - fast ausschlielich von Mannern.

Der Holocaust markiert die dunkelste Zasur europaischer Geschichte - doch judisches Leben in Europa war weit mehr als Verfolgung und Vernichtung.

The Holocaust's historical record exists because victims documented their own persecution even as it happened.

History is not only made by kings and battles-it unfolds in kitchens, workshops, and marketplaces where ordinary people shaped their worlds through daily choices and routines.

Medizin war einst Sache der Gotter, Priester und Schamanen.

Katastrophen offenbaren die Fragilitat menschlicher Zivilisationen - und ihre Fahigkeit zu Anpassung und Wiederaufbau.

What people ate reveals how they lived, what they valued, and how their societies functioned.

La historia contada desde el corazon y la memoriaTejiendo historia, cronica cultural y paisajes liricos, Los chorotegas: una historia de luchas y sobrevivencias recuerda y reivindica al pueblo chorotega, que ocupo el territorio centroamericano hoy Nicaragua y su legado.

This book examines the previously hidden and unpublished submissions made to the Irish Boundary Commission in 1924-25, offering a rare glimpse into a pivotal moment in Irish and British history.

St Columba is one of the most important figures in the early history of the British Isles.