Social and cultural history

A rich and vivid history of Britain's second city through the people who made it'What Manchester thinks today, England thinks tomorrow.

Nachdem die Faschismus-Forschung lange auf die beiden großen Protofaschismen in Italien und Deutschland konzentriert war, wendet sie sich in den letzten Jahren verstärkt den "kleinen" Regimen zu.

Descubre la esencia del 'hygge', el secreto danés para una vida más feliz y significativa, en esta guía práctica y acogedora que te llevará por un viaje transformador hacia el bienestar y la felicidad cotidiana.

Die Studie untersucht fur die Jahre vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg anhand der arabisch-palastinensischen Zeitung Filas?

"Una ambiciosa historia que replantea la Revolución industrial, la expansión del imperio británico y el surgimiento del capitalismo industrial como algo indisociable del comercio de armas.

A captivating collection that celebrates the wonderful recipes from the Betty Crocker archives in a package that appeals to the modern cook?

Epic and engrossing.

¿Puede un buen polvo influir en el futuro de un país?

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A moving account of how war is remembered - and by whom'Impressive.

La fascinación con la que los arqueólogos y arqueólogas interpretan el pasado a través de los estudios que realizan de los vestigios que encuentran como producto de las excavaciones resulta a veces difícil de ser transmitida.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt (now an Apple TV+ series) and in the tradition of Empire of the Summer Moon comes ';a vivid account' (The Wall Street Journal) of a forgotten chapter in American history: the deadly confrontation between natives and colonists in Massachusetts in 1704 and the tragic saga that unfolded.

'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper.

Wilma Pearl Mankiller's great-grandfather survived the deadly forced westward march of Native Americans known as the Trail of Tears.

The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern Americafrom eugenics and posture pageants to today's promoters of ';paleo posture'In 1995, a scandal erupted when the New York Times revealed that the Smithsonian possessed a century's worth of nude ';posture' photos of college students.

Im ›Zeitalter der Briefe‹ spielte das Korrespondieren eine bedeutungsvolle Rolle, um Liebesbeziehungen anzubahnen, zu vertiefen und eine gemeinsame Zukunft zu gestalten.

This book is the first major study of provincial history in the Qajar period.

This delightful, vividly detailed book takes you out on the town in New York from the American Revolution to today's Food Revolution.

The streets of Roman cities have received surprisingly little attention until recently.

Urban planning in today's world is inextricably linked to the processes of mass urbanization and modernization which have transformed our lives over the last hundred years.

Urban planning in today's world is inextricably linked to the processes of mass urbanization and modernization which have transformed our lives over the last hundred years.

Seit Beginn der Philosophie in der Antike wird die Beziehung von Endlichkeit und Transzendenz bedacht, zwischen denen die menschliche Existenz eingespannt ist.

A new collection of essays by the internationally recognized cultural critic and intellectual historian Martin Jay that revolves around the themes of violence and visuality, with essays on the Holocaust and virtual reality, religious violence, the art world, and the Unicorn Killer, among a wide range of other topics.

A new collection of essays by the internationally recognized cultural critic and intellectual historian Martin Jay that revolves around the themes of violence and visuality, with essays on the Holocaust and virtual reality, religious violence, the art world, and the Unicorn Killer, among a wide range of other topics.

This book is a comparative history that explores the social, cultural, and political formation of the modern nation through the construction of public schooling.

This book is a comparative history that explores the social, cultural, and political formation of the modern nation through the construction of public schooling.

First published in 1978, this unique work throws much-needed light upon the exact nature of privilege and elite life-styles in the contemporary Soviet Union, under the Communist regime.

First published in 1978, this unique work throws much-needed light upon the exact nature of privilege and elite life-styles in the contemporary Soviet Union, under the Communist regime.

The 'Syria idea' emerged in the nineteenth century as a concept of national awakening superseding both Arab nationalism and separatist currents.

The 'Syria idea' emerged in the nineteenth century as a concept of national awakening superseding both Arab nationalism and separatist currents.

In the past decade philosophers and political theorists have increasingly pondered the role of religion in a modern secular society, and of the possible value of religion as a resource for contemporary thinking.

In the past decade philosophers and political theorists have increasingly pondered the role of religion in a modern secular society, and of the possible value of religion as a resource for contemporary thinking.

UNA PIEDRA ANGULAR DEL ESTUDIO DE LA MUJER EN EL MUNDO CLÁSICO A pesar de ser una parte fundamental para la rica sociedad de la antigua Grecia, las mujeres han sido tradicionalmente apartadas del relato histórico y cultural dominado por voces masculinas.

This is a collection of essays by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, Patricia Buckley.

This is a collection of essays by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, Patricia Buckley.

Curchin explores how, why and to what extent the peoples of Central Spain were integrated into the Roman Empire during the period from the second century BC to the second century AD.

Curchin explores how, why and to what extent the peoples of Central Spain were integrated into the Roman Empire during the period from the second century BC to the second century AD.

The Subtle Beast: Snakes, from Myth to Medicine introduces you to the complex and absorbing world of these mysterious creatures.

The Subtle Beast: Snakes, from Myth to Medicine introduces you to the complex and absorbing world of these mysterious creatures.

Illustrated with prints from a unique archive of glass and celluloid negatives from the Aegean island of Anafi, this book deals with the life of people who were sent into internal exile under the Metaxas dictatorship (1936-1942).

Illustrated with prints from a unique archive of glass and celluloid negatives from the Aegean island of Anafi, this book deals with the life of people who were sent into internal exile under the Metaxas dictatorship (1936-1942).

Placing women's experiences in the context of the major social, economic and cultural shifts that accompanied the industrial and commercial transformations of this period, Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus paint a fascinating picture of the change, revolution, and continuity that were encountered by women of this time.

Placing women's experiences in the context of the major social, economic and cultural shifts that accompanied the industrial and commercial transformations of this period, Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus paint a fascinating picture of the change, revolution, and continuity that were encountered by women of this time.

In this fascinating book, Vic Satzewich traces one hundred and twenty-five years of Ukranian migration, from the economic migration at the end of the nineteenth century to the political migration during the inter-war period and throughout the 1960s and 1980s resulting from the troubled relationship between Russia and the Ukraine.

In this fascinating book, Vic Satzewich traces one hundred and twenty-five years of Ukranian migration, from the economic migration at the end of the nineteenth century to the political migration during the inter-war period and throughout the 1960s and 1980s resulting from the troubled relationship between Russia and the Ukraine.

The discovery and treatment of insanity remains one of the most debated and discussed issues in social history.

The Rise of Professional Society lays out a stimulating and controversial framework for the study of British society, challenging accepted paradigms based on class analysis.