Social and cultural history

There is a man who wakes up one morning as the only person left on Earth who can speak his own native language.

Offering the six historical essays from the out-of-print Bicentennial volume originally published by the U.

This collection of original essays provides a rare in-depth look at peasant life in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European Russia.

This is an examination of the consequences of Japan's rapid industrialization upon interpersonal relations.

In this monumental work, Raphael Patai opens up an entirely new field of cultural history by tracing Jewish alchemy from antiquity to the nineteenth century.

Blackjackal is a new three card  game that takes quick analytic thinking from blackjack, table aggression and blluffing from hold 'em poker and transports the player to the hot savanna of a new and fierce gambling experience.

From the acclaimed author of In Defence of Witches, a powerful exploration of self-blame, why women are prone to it, and what we can do about it.

De donde vienen las palabras mama o educar?

South Africa, a land of vibrant cultures, deep history, and unshakable resilience, stands at a crossroads.

James VI and I, the first monarch to reign over Scotland, England and Ireland, has long endured a mixed reputation.

Paving the Way traces the author's family history, from England, Ireland, Prussia and Bavaria to the Colony of South Australia.

Die Sorben lebten ebenso wie die Nordfriesen, Danen und teilweise die Polen im 20.

Der Oberamtshauptmann der Oberlausitz Reichsgraf Friedrich Caspar von Gersdorf (1699-1751) pragte als zentraler politischer Akteur und engagierter Pietist die Geschicke der Region in der ersten Halfte des 18.

Por que hay gente que toca madera despues de expresar un deseo o se siente incomodo ante determinados numeros (generalmente el trece) o palabras?

From the nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries, millions of American men and women participated in fraternal associations--self-selecting brotherhoods and sisterhoods that provided aid to members, enacted group rituals, and engaged in community service.

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The Marranos were former Jews forced to convert to Christianity in Spain and Portugal, and their later descendents.

From cucumber sandwiches to jam and scones, this comprehensive cookery book from the National Trust is chock full of recipes that go perfectly with a nice cup of tea.

Focusing on peasant family life in Upper Austria, this study moves beyond generalizations about the growth of the modern state to ask what social relations existed in the early modern period and how they worked.

In an investigation of the effects of racism on the American economy, Michael Reich evaluates the leading economic theories of racial inequality and presents the new theory that discrimination against blacks increases inequality of income among whites.

This remarkable portrayal of Jerusalem has become a favorite of many readers interested in this city's dramatic past.

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Though Greece is traditionally seen as an agrarian society, cattle were essential to Greek communal life, through religious sacrifice and dietary consumption.

Los Angeles has attracted intense attention as a "e;world city"e; characterized by multiculturalism and globalization.

Historians of the European Jewish experience have long marginalized the intellectual achievement of Jews in England, where it was assumed no seminal figures contributed to the development of modern Jewish thought.

Henry Duncan was a man of many parts: parish minister, savings bank founder, political lobbyist, anti-slavery campaigner, educator, geologist, poet, author.

A lively new translation of Strabo's complete Geographyan encyclopedic guide to the ancient world of the first century CEconnecting it with the world of the twenty-first centuryStrabo's Geography is an encyclopedic description of the ancient world as it appeared to a contemporary observer in the early Roman empire.

A brilliant history of Prince Rupert of the Rhine from his penniless start, becoming a soldier in his teenage years, up to his life as King Charles I's most famous and spectacular general.

The perfect introduction to Scottish tartans.

'Hugely readable and entertaining' JIM AL-KHALILI'An accessible and crystal-clear portrait of this discipline's breadth, largely told through its history' PHIL BALL, PHYSICS WORLDEinstein's Fridge tells the story of how scientists uncovered the least known and yet most consequential of all the sciences, and learned to harness the power of heat and ice.

'A joy' Philippe Sands'Glorious' David SpiegelhalterA fascinating, enchanting and personal look at the meaning of luck, and the way in which it has shaped our shared history and continues to inflect our day to day lives.

Unique, transgressive and as funny as its subject, A Life Discarded has all the suspense of a murder mystery.

When American victors entered Germany in the spring of 1945, they came armed not only with a commitment to democracy but also to Jim Crow practices.

Now available in ebook format.

They are voices that have been silent for centuries: those of captives and refugees, widows and orphans, the blind and infirm, and the underclass of the "e;working poor.

Food is so much more than fuel, and veganism is so much more than a diet.

Passionate, independent-minded nonfiction from the international bestselling author of 'The Corrections'.

'An elegant, densely textured work, like a tapestry .

An alternative look at Japanese life, history and cultureYour Rough Guide or Lonely Planet book can tell who where to stay or what to see, but how do you really get under the skin of Japan?

Alex Ross's sweeping history of twentieth-century classical music, winner of the Guardian First Book Award, is a gripping account of a musical revolution.

The dramatic story of Lady Hester Stanhope - a wilful beauty turned bohemian adventurer - who left England as a young woman, unashamedly enjoyed a string of lovers and established her own exotic fiefdom in the Lebanese mountains where she died in 1839.

A distinguished scholar and the well-known author of The Rise of the West and Plagues and Peoples, William McNeill has won widespread recgonition for his ideas on the role of disease in history.

Rio de Janeiro in the first half of the nineteenth century had the largest population of urban slaves in the Americas-primary contributors to the atmosphere and vitality of the city.

In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, many of America's Christian evangelicals have denounced Islam as a "e;demonic"e; and inherently violent religion, provoking frustration among other Christian conservatives who wish to present a more appealing message to the world's Muslims.

A Traffic of Dead Bodies enters the sphere of bodysnatching medical students, dissection-room pranks, and anatomical fantasy.

In ancient Greece, the spoken word connoted power, whether in the free speech accorded to citizens or in the voice of the poet, whose song was thought to know no earthly bounds.

Max Arthur, bestselling author of the hugely popular 'Forgotten Voices' series, recaptures the day-to-day lives of working people in the Edwardian era.

To coincide with the Channel 4 series to be aired at the end of this year - David Starkey's 'Monarchy' charts the rise of the British monarchy from the War of the Roses, the English Civil War and the Georgians, right up until the present day monarchs of the 20th Century.

The largely untold stories of innumerable, rather humble, lives spent 'in service' are lying just below the surface of many great houses.

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