Social and cultural history

Describes the Desert Fox's preparation for military greatness, his rise to prominence, and his early campaigns in Africa.

During the Civil War, Union and Confederate politicians, military commanders, everyday soldiers, and civilians claimed their approach to the conflict was civilized, in keeping with centuries of military tradition meant to restrain violence and preserve national honor.

Explores Irish nationalism in Britain, from the politics of John Redmond to the political violence of Michael Collins.

Queer history is a living practice.

The tragic story of the killing of 14-year-old George Junius Stinney Jr.

On 24 May 1497 Girolamo Savonarola was led out to a scaffold in the middle of the Piazza della Signoria.

This anthology examines the role of Loyalism in the American Revolution, building on the pioneering work of historian Robert M.

Twelve Voices from Greece and Rome is a book for all readers who want to know more about the literature that underpins Western civilization.

The history of America's third-largest city, as told through stories and photos from the Chicago Tribune archives.

The modern world is faced with a terrifying new disease , that of obesity .

A metaphysical interpretation of the New Testament, which teaches oneness as the only truth, and surrender (or letting go) as the practice that leads to spiritual enlightenment.

Artificial Intelligence meets Gettysburg.

Bertha Lee Bethea, a girl raised by a grandmother who was once a slave, adapted to a new way of life in the South during a time not long after slavery was abolished.

After the Civil War's end, reports surged of violence by Southern whites against Union troops and Black men, women, and children.

This is the first single-author study in over fifty years to offer an integrated appraisal of the early Middle Ages as a dynamic and formative period in European history.

This book offers a fascinating and insightful overview of seven centuries of murder in Europe.

Death is the one certainty in life, yet, with the decline of religion in the West, we have become collectively reluctant to talk about it.

For many Americans, the birth certificate is a mundane piece of paper, unearthed from deep storage when applying for a drivers license, verifying information for new employers, or claiming state and federal benefits.

In the aftermath of the First World War, the poet Paul Val ry wrote of a crisis of spirit , brought about by the instrumentalization of knowledge and the destructive subordination of culture to profit.

The Civil War historian recounts a significant yet smaller battle in the Shenandoah Valley—showing how it changed the war and the lives of those present.

From the author of Women from the Ankle Down comes a lively cultural biography of diamonds, which explores our societys obsession with the worlds most brilliant gemstone and the real-world characters who make them shine.

A "e;well researched and vigorously written"e; account of social activism, radical politics, and the failed War on Poverty in 1960s Appalachia (Journal of American History).

Run In MY Shoes is a chronological historical account regarding the political and social economic reasonsconcerning the development of Racism in American History.

A 1930s collection of more than 300 recipes from South Carolina housewives and the African American cooks they employedFirst published in 1930 as 200 Years of Charleston Cooking, this collection of more than three hundred recipes was gathered by Blanche S.

Through letters and other writings, this historical study chronicles an Irish Catholic family's influence on mid-nineteenth-century South Carolina.

'Bill Cooke is to be congratulated on his extensive and knowledgeable account of Warrington's history.

Narrative histories highlighting organization, combat experiences, and casualties of each division.

Some Confederates called him a "e;Bluebelly,"e; "e;Mudsill,"e; and even a "e;Lincolnite"e; (for President Abraham Lincoln), but the name that has carried down through the decades is simply "e;Billy Yank.

A compelling case for reparations based on powerful, first-person accounts detailing both the horrors of slavery and past promises made to its survivors.

Folly Monitor is essential for every Christian and all others who sincerely honor our heavenly Father and truly love the Messiah, our Risen Savior.

The Art of Conversation is a major contribution to the social history of language - a relatively new field which has become the focus of lively interdisciplinary debate in recent years.

Although he is best known as a mentor to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

Leonardo Da Vinci was left-handed.

On 24 May 1497 Girolamo Savonarola was led out to a scaffold in the middle of the Piazza della Signoria.

The stories of the doctors, nurses and patients at the Union Army’s hospital in Gettysburg come to life in this unique Civil War history.

This social history of post-Revolutionary South Carolina examines the successful reconciliation of Patriots and Loyalists.

Narrative histories highlighting organization, combat experiences, and casualties of each division.

During her many years in Iraq, Freya Stark was witness to the rise and fall of the British involvement in the country as well as the early years of independence.

The suffragette movement swept the country in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The story of the rise, fall and second ascendancy of nuclear power in the United Kingdom.

Who exactly are the intellectuals ?

Unraveling the Family History of Jesus approaches Jesus as an historical figure and sheds light on the details of the settings, the circumstances, and the context in which His family lived.

Mistress of everything examines how indigenous people across Britain's settler colonies engaged with Queen Victoria in their lives and predicaments, incorporated her into their political repertoires, and implicated her as they sought redress for the effects of imperial expansion during her long reign.