Social and cultural history

Pulitzer-winner Sebastian Smee relives the remarkable birth of Impressionism from the ashes of war 'Enjoyable.

This book looks at the relationship of the cock and cockfighting in Britain from the Enlightenment through the modern era, showing the societal and culture changes that affected that relationship.

This book looks at the relationship of the cock and cockfighting in Britain from the Enlightenment through the modern era, showing the societal and culture changes that affected that relationship.

This book brings together essays from a range of disciplines within Early Modern Italian Studies, which focus on research areas pioneered by the prestigious Italianist, Letizia Panizza.

This book brings together essays from a range of disciplines within Early Modern Italian Studies, which focus on research areas pioneered by the prestigious Italianist, Letizia Panizza.

Das Österreichische Patentamt ist die wichtigste österreichische Einrichtung im Bereich des gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes und erfüllt zahlreiche Aufgaben.

The volume explores how anthropological ideas emerged.

This book comprehensively examines the extensive history of India by focusing on the unifying themes of history.

The volume explores how anthropological ideas emerged.

In 1818 the Royal Forest of Exmoor was sold by the Crown to the Worcestershire ironfounder John Knight.

This book highlights the broad scope and span of resistance as a contentious practice in the early modern Iberian world.

This book highlights the broad scope and span of resistance as a contentious practice in the early modern Iberian world.

Nomadic New Women: Exile and Border-Crossing between Spain and the Americas, Early to Mid-Twentieth Century examines how gender and sexuality, border-crossing and exile intersect in women's intellectual and artistic practices during the volatile historical period of the first half of the twentieth century, in and around Spain and the Americas.

Nomadic New Women: Exile and Border-Crossing between Spain and the Americas, Early to Mid-Twentieth Century examines how gender and sexuality, border-crossing and exile intersect in women's intellectual and artistic practices during the volatile historical period of the first half of the twentieth century, in and around Spain and the Americas.

In the 1980s, the arrests of a group of teachers, doctors, and other professionals triggered a wave of protests - the first open resistance against Siad Barre's regime in northern Somalia - helping to pave the way for Somaliland's self-declaration in 1991.

This book looks at the relationship of the cock and cockfighting in Britain from ancient times to the early modern period, showing the societal and cultural changes that affected that relationship.

This textbook explores the histories of royal women in Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.

This textbook explores the histories of royal women in Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.

This book looks at the relationship of the cock and cockfighting in Britain from ancient times to the early modern period, showing the societal and cultural changes that affected that relationship.

This book explores the function and symbolism of monumental wooden crosses and crucifixes from medieval and early modern Norway.

This book explores the function and symbolism of monumental wooden crosses and crucifixes from medieval and early modern Norway.

In this groundbreaking study, Arthur Scherr examines the positions on slavery held by two of the most famous New Yorkers of the early American Republic: John Jay and Alexander Hamilton.

In this groundbreaking study, Arthur Scherr examines the positions on slavery held by two of the most famous New Yorkers of the early American Republic: John Jay and Alexander Hamilton.

This volume is a comprehensive historical exploration of the Red Sea, a vital maritime route that connects the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean.

This volume is a comprehensive historical exploration of the Red Sea, a vital maritime route that connects the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean.

Explores forgotten solidarity with African liberation struggles through the life of Black Chicagoan Prexy Nesbitt.

Queen Victoria in Bewitched.

This four-volume interdisciplinary collection explores loss, memory, and mourning in the long nineteenth century.

This four-volume interdisciplinary collection explores loss, memory, and mourning in the long nineteenth century.

Spanning thirty-five years of scholarly research, the articles in this collection represent key research findings from Helen J.

This four-volume interdisciplinary collection explores loss, memory, and mourning in the long nineteenth century.

This four-volume interdisciplinary collection explores loss, memory, and mourning in the long nineteenth century.

A major anthology that illuminates historical and contemporary solidarities between Black and Asian feminists.

This four-volume interdisciplinary collection explores loss, memory, and mourning in the long nineteenth century.

Spanning thirty-five years of scholarly research, the articles in this collection represent key research findings from Helen J.

This four-volume interdisciplinary collection explores loss, memory, and mourning in the long nineteenth century.

This four-volume interdisciplinary collection explores loss, memory, and mourning in the long nineteenth century.

This four-volume interdisciplinary collection explores loss, memory, and mourning in the long nineteenth century.

This book describes the battle between major Middle Eastern and Asian Muslim-majority states to control the definition of Islam in the 21st century.

This book describes the battle between major Middle Eastern and Asian Muslim-majority states to control the definition of Islam in the 21st century.

The book is about the role of religious leadership in settling disputes of a legal nature within religious communities and the effects of this process on immigrant integration in Canada and the USA.

This book explores portraits of significant women living in central and southeastern Europe whose lives and activities remain unknown, uncovering their lifestyles as well as the social entanglements relating to their education.

This book explores portraits of significant women living in central and southeastern Europe whose lives and activities remain unknown, uncovering their lifestyles as well as the social entanglements relating to their education.

This book is the first comprehensive study of the history, nature, and purposes of peace museums, comprising twenty-one essays by a leading authority in the field.

In April 1912, Prague artists, writers, and intellectuals often gathered nightly at the Caf Louvre, an intellectual center where music was played and high-level discussions were held.

From children's visions of angels to the cancerous belly of a king, this book shows how the body was at the centre of religious experience in seventeenth-century Lutheran culture.

Drawing on over a decade of meticulous research, this comprehensive book unveils the intricacies of traditional Persian ink making by examining the treatises of Persian master calligraphers.

Drawing on over a decade of meticulous research, this comprehensive book unveils the intricacies of traditional Persian ink making by examining the treatises of Persian master calligraphers.

This book presents a study of the history of ancient Chinese books, not only highlighting specific aspects of the ontology of book history, such as printing and publishing, but also analyzing the internal and external causes of the development of book undertakings from a macro-perspective.