History : Social History

Love it or hate it, celebrity is one of the dominant features of modern life--and one of the least understood. Fred Inglis sets out to correct this problem i......

Professional sports today have truly become a global force, a common language that anyone, regardless of their nationality, can understand. Yet sports also r......

In The Axe and the Oath, one of the world's leading medieval historians presents a compelling picture of daily life in the Middle Ages as it was experienced ......

The Black Panther Party suffers from a distorted image largely framed by television and print media, including the Panthers' own newspaper. These sources fre......

Over the Wall/After the Fall maps a new discourse on the evolution of cultural life in Eastern Europe following the end of communism. Departing from traditio......

How an ordinary country cloth became a symbol of the Indian nation Author: Trivedi, Lisa N. Publisher: Indiana University Press Illustration: N Language: EN......

"Who are we?" is the question at the core of these fascinating essays from one of the nation's leading intellectual historians. With old identities increasin......

This extraordinary retelling of American political history shows that--despite the clear separation of church and state--religion lies at the heart of Americ......

In the midst of the Great Depression, the American government initiated one of the most ambitious national photographic projects ever undertaken. Such photog......

A nation’s standards of private cleanliness reveal much about its ideals of civilization, fears of disease, and expectations for public life, says Kath......

"Saudi Arabia "provides a clear, concise yet analytical account of the development of the Saudi state. It details the country's historical and religious back......

"There is no feeling in the world like sitting in a side-door Pullman and watching the world go by, listening to the clickety-clack of the wheels, hearing th......

California has been fertile ground for country music since the 1920s, nurturing a multitude of talents from Gene Autry to Glen Campbell, Rose Maddox to Barba......

Herman Gray takes a sweeping look at black popular culture over the past decade to explore culture's role in the push for black political power and social re......

The Greeks have made an enormous contribution to Australian cultural and social life, and this book vividly tells their story. Beginning with an examination ......

John E. Archer examines the diversity of protest from 1780 to 1840 and how it altered during this period of extreme change. This textbook covers all forms of......

Jews form only a tiny proportion of the Australian population, yet they have made outstanding contributions and have influenced Australian society immeasurab......

Early Christianity in the context of Roman society raises important questions for historians, sociologists of religion and theologians alike. This work explo......

This book presents a social and cultural history of 'dishonourable people' (unehrliche Leute), an outcast group in early modern Germany. Executioners, skinne......

Our experiences of dying have been shaped by ancient ideas about death and social responsibility at the end of life. From Stone Age ideas about dying as othe......