Colin Heywood's classic account of childhood from the early Middle Ages to the First World War combines a long-run historical perspective with a broad geographical spread.
In this devastatingly witty new book, Carl Cederstr m traces our present-day conception of happiness from its roots in early-twentieth-century European psychiatry, to the Beat generation, to Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.
This important new book from one of the world's leading sociologists of sport weaves together social theory, history and political economy to provide a highly original analysis of the complex relationship between sport and modernity.
Discover howand whyBlack, Indigenous, and people of color in America experience societal, economic, and infrastructural inequality throughout history covering everything from Columbus's arrival in 1492 to the War on Drugs to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Skip the crowded bar, coffee shop, and restaurant and bring the magic of Disney's drinks right your home with over 100 easy, delicious drink recipes inspired by the Disney Parks.
Discover insider secrets and insight from bartenders all over the country on how to properly order, serve, and drink alcohol without looking like a novice.
Don't wait for the stars to alignfind the perfect drink for your astrological sign with the Mixology of Astrology, by Allure magazine's go-to astrologer, Aliza Kelly Faragher.
A panoramic history of the Jewish American South, from European colonization to todayIn 1669, the Carolina colony issued the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina, which offered freedom of worship to ';Jews, heathens, and other dissenters,' ushering in an era that would see Jews settle in cities and towns throughout what would become the Confederate States.
*Updated with a new introduction* Journalist Rebecca Traister's New York Times bestselling exploration of the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement is ';a hopeful, maddening compendium of righteous feminine anger, and the good it can do when wielded efficientlyand collectively' (Vanity Fair).
New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist, Nina Burleigh, explores Donald Trump's attitudes toward women by providing in-depth analysis and background on the women who have had the most profound influence on his lifethe mother and grandmother who raised him, the wives who lived with him, and the daughter who is poised to inherit it all.
In this ';sharp-eyed account of a nearly forgotten African-American sports legend' (Publishers Weekly)the remarkable Major Taylor who became the world's fastest bicyclist at the height of the Jim Crow era';Kranish has done historians and fans a service by reminding us that such immortals as Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Serena Williams and Tiger Woods all followed in Major Taylor's wake' (The Washington Post).
From one of America's smartest political writers comes a ';captivating and comprehensive journey' (#1 New York Times bestselling author David Limbaugh) of the United States' unique and enduring relationship with guns.
An astonishing untold story from the nineteenth centurya ';rivetingengrossing';American Epic' (The Wall Street Journal) and necessary work of history that reads like Gone with the Wind for the Cherokee.
A brilliant, lively account of the Black Renaissance that burst forth in Pittsburgh from the 1920s through the 1950s';Smoketown will appeal to anybody interested in black history and anybody who loves a good storyterrific, eminently readablefascinating' (The Washington Post).
**2022 Will Rogers Medallion Award Silver Winner for Western Non-Fiction**When the last spike was hammered into the steel track of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Point, Utah, Western Union lines sounded the glorious news of the railroad's completion from New York to San Francisco.
In San Francisco, CA, in 1858, a young African American man was freed from the claims of a white man who sought to return him to slavery in Mississippi.
The next instalment in the acclaimed New Yorker 'decades' series featuring an all-star line-up of historical pieces from the 1960s alongside new pieces by current New Yorker staffers.
Desde la confluencia entre la historia social, la historia cultural y la historita urbana, Cartas para Pepo examina la vida cotidiana en relación con la genealogía del dibujante humorístico chileno René Ríos Boettiger (1911-2000), sus afectos, sensibilidades y emociones a partir de su colección epistolar, a través de la cual se establece una conexión con el carácter autobiográfico de su obra, su intersubjetividad y su agencia.
Moving portraits of seventeen independent women who helped make Arizona what it is todayRemarkable Arizona Women profiles the lives of seventeen of the state's most fascinating figureswomen from across Arizona, from many different backgrounds, and from various walks of life.
Often overlooked, disregarded, or hidden from historical accounts due to its racy connotations, the prostitution industry was one of the most important factors in the development of the American West.
While it's mindboggling to fathom anyone labeling a war ';splendid,' a high-ranking American official used that term to describe the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Tombstone was one of the last great boomtowns of the Old Westa small city that grew up overnight and has a larger-than-life presence in the mythology of the frontier.
This anthology of first person-accounts by women who toured Yellowstone Park more than a century ago includes tales of high adventure, raucous humor, and glorious sights of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
