Social and cultural history

A brilliant polymath and part of the 'first wave' of British Romanticism, Thomas Manning was one of the first Englishmen to study Chinese language and culture.

While premodern kabbalistic texts were not chronicles of historical events, they provided elaborate models for understanding the secret divine plan guiding human affairs.

Britain's footpaths and bridleways form a gossamer web over the face of the land.

"e;My Further Disillusionment in Russia"e; by Emma Goldman explores her deep sense of betrayal following the Russian Revolution.

Dialectical Materialism (1958) surveys the history of dialectical materialism from its Hegelian beginnings to the death of Stalin, and its sequel in the celebrated XXth Party Congress of the C.

Insolent proceedings brings together leading scholars working on the politics, religion and literature of the English Revolution.

'[It] reminds us that history can be a treasure trove - if one looks in the right places and asks the right questions' Peter Frankopan, author of Silk Roads 'A must-read' Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of History at Oriel College, OxfordFishing quotas on Lake Constance.

Hindu Customs and their Origins (1937) primarily examines the topic of caste in India, looking at the ancient ideas of the origins of caste and testing modern theories through a critical examination.

The era that inspired Stranger Things.

Single moms, you are not alone.

*SHORTLISTED FOR A PALESTINE BOOK AWARD*From the award-winning writer and thinker, an essential reckoning with the war in Gaza, its historical conditions, and moral and geopolitical ramifications'Courageous and bracing, learned and ethical, rigorous and mind-expanding' NAOMI KLEIN'Mishra has made a powerful contribution to the moral history of the world' ANDREW O'HAGAN'Urgent' HISHAM MATAR'Brilliant' WILLIAM DALRYMPLEMemory of the Holocaust, the ultimate atrocity of Europe s civil wars and the paradigmatic genocide, has shaped the Western political and moral imagination in the postwar era.

There are many views today on morality, relativity and right and wrong.

It's time for a change.

The postsocialist contemporary joins a growing body of scholarship debating the definition and nature of contemporary art.

The Soviet Way of Life (1948) is an objective description of the Soviet Russian political and economic systems.

The Solitary Warrior (1929) contains a large number of letters by Ruskin, none of which has been previously published.

During the Holocaust, Polish bystanders were witnesses not only to Nazi crimes but also to their own collective violence toward Jewish neighbors.

If you read only one non-fiction book this year, consider this one TOM HANKS If there s one book that I would urge everyone to read it is Nexus STEPHEN FRYThe mind-blowing story of how information networks from the stone age to AI -have shaped our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of SapiensStories brought us together.

Inmitten der politischen Wirren und religiösen Konflikte des 16.

Prophets and Witches offers an exploration of female prophecy and witchcraft during the political and religious upheavals of the English Revolutionary period from 1640 to 1660.

The author's aim in these essays, which complement his pioneering books on natural history, has been to find out more about the different categories of people who engaged in this field in the past, and to piece together how the subject has been shaped by changes in society as a whole.

Professor Russell-Wood's detailed studies of Brazilian social history in the colonial era have long been recognised as model contributions to the history of class, race, gender and religion.

This volume draws on the recently discovered and extraordinarily rich scrapbook compiled by prosecuting solicitor Francis Hobler about the 1840 murder of Lord William Russell to consider public engagement with the issues raised from discovery of the murder itself through the ensuing legal processes.

Revolutionary lives of the Red and Black Atlantic brings to light the life histories of a wide range of radical figures whose political activity in relation to the black liberation struggle was profoundly shaped by the global impact and legacy of the Russian Revolution of October 1917.

Let's spend the night together explores how sex and sexuality provided essential elements of British youth culture in the 1950s through to the 1980s.

This book investigates how people have thought about and experienced time, and how their ideas about time have shaped their political views and actions.

Wie konnte eine Philosophie, die für die moralische Autonomie und die Freiheit des menschlichen Willens eintritt, in einem System strenger Disziplin und Gehorsam zur tragenden Kraft werden?

The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller'The star of her generation' - Dan Snow, host of History Hit'Bursting with ideas and images' - Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl'Utterly, utterly brilliant' - Tracy Borman, author of The King's WitchAt eighteen, your life is full of of what-ifs and why-nots.

This book examines British eugenics from its origins in 1865 to the early 1990s.

Syrien, ein Land mit unerschöpflichem kulturellen Reichtum und faszinierender Ge-schichte, steht im Mittelpunkt dieser außergewöhnlichen Reise in die Vergangenheit.

In this fascinating collection, twelve colleagues of the late Mark Kishlansky come together to reconsider the meanings of England's mid-seventeenth-century revolution.

This book debunks one of the greatest myths ever told in Caribbean history: that the indigenous peoples who encountered a very lost Christopher Columbus are 'extinct.

The Business of Transition examines how the cosmopolitan bourgeoisie of the Eastern Mediterranean navigated the transition from empire to nation-state in the early twentieth century.

The Business of Transition examines how the cosmopolitan bourgeoisie of the Eastern Mediterranean navigated the transition from empire to nation-state in the early twentieth century.

The Spanish Inquisition has become such a byword for injustice that many forget it was also a judicial system capable of acquittal.