Social and cultural history

Laughter, Power, and the Unconscious offers paradigm-breaking insights into the psychological and sociopolitical dimensions of humour and comedy.

This book challenges the definition of a new approach for integrating protection and enhancing the Chinese heritage category of "e;Traditional Villages"e;.

This book presents the first systematic study of the 100-year history of translation, research, reception, and influence of Central and Eastern European literature in China from the late Qing Dynasty to the end of the twentieth century.

This book presents the first systematic study of the 100-year history of translation, research, reception, and influence of Central and Eastern European literature in China from the late Qing Dynasty to the end of the twentieth century.

This book examines one of the key issues shaping global considerations of human rights today: the idea of the family as a protected category.

This book presents a unique historical study on the origins of longevity risk management and its links to religious institutions in the eighteenth century.

Forty years after Ronald Reagan's successful re-election campaign, this book explores the significance of the year 1984 in the making of Reagan's presidential record and the shaping of his legacy.

Forty years after Ronald Reagan's successful re-election campaign, this book explores the significance of the year 1984 in the making of Reagan's presidential record and the shaping of his legacy.

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.

This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of the fiction of Constance Antonina (Nina) Boyle: a suffragette described in one obituary as 'second only to Mrs Pankhurst'.

This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of the fiction of Constance Antonina (Nina) Boyle: a suffragette described in one obituary as 'second only to Mrs Pankhurst'.

This book explores China's ambition to build itself into a maritime power.

Focusing on the attitudes and experiences of American female diplomats and spouses, this book examines the social, political, and cultural dimensions of American interactions with the Middle East and North Africa in the five decades after the Second World War.

Focusing on the attitudes and experiences of American female diplomats and spouses, this book examines the social, political, and cultural dimensions of American interactions with the Middle East and North Africa in the five decades after the Second World War.

This book explores China's ambition to build itself into a maritime power.

This edited collection sheds light on the complex nature of migratory movements through the lens of economic and social history.

This edited collection sheds light on the complex nature of migratory movements through the lens of economic and social history.

This book gathers essays on premodern plants, considering the position of critical plant studies in relation to medieval studies.

This book brings together several strands of medieval and medievalist work in the history of emotions, with a focus on literary, historical and cinema studies.

This book considers how to conceive of the group of islands known in our time as the British Isles in the Late Middle Ages.

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This book elucidates findings from an anthropological study that analyzes the patterns of Taiwan's Atayal tribe’s fabric in their ethnic dress codes.

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This book offers a detailed case study of the transfer of ownership to Nigeria in November 2022 of the 72 artworks in the Horniman's collections looted by the British from Benin City in 1897, as an occasion to explore the current state of the issue of restitution of cultural objects.

This book shows how inflation can disrupt politics and society.

This book features a global, historical analysis of the changes and continuities in one of society's basic functions: seeking to protect itself from disease.

This book offers fresh perspectives on the legacy of colonialism in the North-east frontiers of India, especially the Naga Hills.

This book takes its motive force from our contemporary climate crisis.

This book analyses the evolution of the city of Rome, in particular, papal Rome, from the plague of 1656 until 1870 when it became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy.

This book analyses the evolution of the city of Rome, in particular, papal Rome, from the plague of 1656 until 1870 when it became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy.

Since October 7, 2023, the world has witnessed a massive American Jewish uprising in support of Palestinian liberation.

Defining class broadly as an identity categorization based on status, wealth, family, bloodlines, and occupation, Intersectionalities of Class in Early Modern English Drama e xplores class as a complicated, contingent phenomenon modified by a wider range of social categories apart from those defining terms, including, but not limited to, race, gender, religion, and sexuality.

This book explores how digital authoritarianism operates in India, Pakistan, Turkey, Indonesia, and Malaysia, and how religion can be used to legitimize digital authoritarianism within democracies.

This book provides a unique ethnographic approach to the understanding of ethnogenesis in the Chinese context, with a particular focus on how it is being reshaped in the post-2000s era.

This book provides a unique ethnographic approach to the understanding of ethnogenesis in the Chinese context, with a particular focus on how it is being reshaped in the post-2000s era.

Defining class broadly as an identity categorization based on status, wealth, family, bloodlines, and occupation, Intersectionalities of Class in Early Modern English Drama e xplores class as a complicated, contingent phenomenon modified by a wider range of social categories apart from those defining terms, including, but not limited to, race, gender, religion, and sexuality.

This book explores the evaluations made by religious groups and individuals about the potential of public spheres for religious practice, focussing upon public religion in societies of the Asia-Pacific.

This volume examines the ways in which Scottish identity was expressed through visual and material culture in the early to mid-nineteenth centuries, culminating in Victoria's romanticisation of Scotland, or 'Balmorality'.

This book highlights the significant role played by Ignatius Sancho (c.

This book invites senior experts and scholars from the fields of Chinese archaeology and history to describe ten influential "e;national treasure-level"e; cultural antiquities.

This book provides readers with rich context and detailed description leading to new perspectives on major historical events in China.

This book explores how digital authoritarianism operates in India, Pakistan, Turkey, Indonesia, and Malaysia, and how religion can be used to legitimize digital authoritarianism within democracies.

This book highlights the significant role played by Ignatius Sancho (c.

This book invites senior experts and scholars from the fields of Chinese archaeology and history to describe ten influential "e;national treasure-level"e; cultural antiquities.

This book provides readers with rich context and detailed description leading to new perspectives on major historical events in China.

This book explores the evaluations made by religious groups and individuals about the potential of public spheres for religious practice, focussing upon public religion in societies of the Asia-Pacific.

This book takes its motive force from our contemporary climate crisis.