The Season: A Social History of the Debutante (Richardson Kristen)(Paperback)

The Season: A Social History of the Debutante (Richardson Kristen)(Paperback)

Kristen Richardson traces the social seasons of debutantes on both sides of the Atlantic, sharing their stories in their own words, through diaries, letters, and interviews conducted at contemporary balls. Richardson takes the reader from Georgian England to colonial Philadelphia, from the

A Social History of the Media (Briggs Asa)(Paperback)

The first three editions of this bestselling book have established A Social History of the Media as a classic, providing a masterful overview of communication media and of the social and cultural contexts within which they emerged and evolved over time.This fourth edition has been revised and

Open the Social Sciences (Wallerstein Immanuel)(Paperback)

A distinguished international group of scholars traces the history of the social sciences, describes the recent debates surrounding them, and discusses in what ways they can be intelligently restructured in light of this history and the

The Gilded Stage: A Social History of Opera (Snowman Daniel)(Paperback)

Fascinating and highly readable, this is the definitive social history of the world's most romantic, flamboyant, glamorous, and politically influential art-form: opera From its beginnings in the Renaissance cities of northern Italy opera has permeated through Europe, America, and beyond, becoming a

The History of English: An Introduction (Gramley Stephan)(Paperback)

The History of English: An Introduction provides a chronological analysis of the linguistic, social, and cultural development of the English language from before its establishment in Britain around the year 450 to the present. Each chapter represents a new stage in the development of the language

The Devil's Milk: A Social History of Rubber (Tully John)(Paperback)

A history of the modern world told through the multiple lives of rubber Capital, as Marx once wrote, comes into the world 'dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt.' He might well have been describing the long, grim history of rubber. From the early stages of primitive

Just Get on the Pill, 4: The Uneven Burden of Reproductive Politics (Littlejohn Krystale E.)(Paperback)

Understanding the social history and urgent social implications of gendered compulsory birth control, an unbalanced and unjust approach to pregnancy prevention. The average person concerned about becoming pregnant spends approximately thirty years trying to prevent conception. People largely do so

The Field of Cloth of Gold (Richardson Glenn)(Paperback)

Historian Glenn Richardson offers a bold new appraisal of the Field of Cloth of Gold, arguably the most extravagant and controversial international summit of the Renaissance era, providing fresh insights into the political realities of the sixteenth century and the mentalities of Europe's

The Fifties (Halberstam David)(Paperback)

The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon, but

How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture (Wallach Jennifer Jensen)(Paperback)

How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture tells the story of America by examining American eating habits, and illustrates the many ways in which competing cultures, conquests and cuisines have helped form America's identity, and have helped define what it means to be

The Deceivers (Simmons Kristen)(Paperback)

Kristen Simmons, the author of the Article 5 series and Metaltown, brings her remarkable imagination to this intrigue-filled contemporary drama where good kids are needed to do some very bad things in The Deceivers. An Anthony Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel Welcome to Vale Hall, the

Island on the Edge of the World: The Story of St Kilda (MacLean Charles)(Paperback)

A classic work of social history and a moving account of the destruction of a remote Scottish

The Kennedy Debutante (Maher Kerri)(Paperback)

'A riveting reimagining of a true tale of forbidden love.'--People The captivating novel following the exploits of Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy, the forgotten and rebellious daughter of one of America's greatest political dynasties. London, 1938. The effervescent 'It girl' of London society since her

London 1945 (Waller Maureen)(Paperback / softback)

Reissued to commemorate the 75th VE Day anniversary, the critically acclaimed social history of London, during a crucial year in the city's great history, from the acclaimed writer of 1700: Scenes from London

Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution (Kershaw Ian)(Paperback)

A deeply insightful social history of Hitler's rise to power and the attitudes of the German people during the era of the Third Reich This book is the culmination of more than three decades of meticulous historiographic research on Nazi Germany by one of the period's most distinguished historians

Caribbean Rum: A Social and Economic History (Smith Frederick H.)(Paperback)

'The most significant contribution to the history of Caribbean rum since John McCusker's Rum and the American Revolution. . . . It adds significantly to McCusker's work by analyzing the Caribbean environment in greater depth and by bringing the story forward by two centuries.'--Anthony P. Maingot,

Secrets of the Soul: A Social and Cultural History of Psychoanalysis (Zaretsky Eli)(Paperback)

The fledgling science of psychoanalysis permanently altered the nineteenth-century worldview with its remarkable new insights into human behavior and motivation. It quickly became a benchmark for modernity in the twentieth century--though its durability in the twenty-first may now be in doubt. More

Order, Order! - The Rise and Fall of Political Drinking (Wright Ben)(Paperback / softback)

The paperback of this fascinating and entertaining social history of politics and

A History of Wales (Davies John)(Paperback)

Stretching from the Ice Ages to the present day, this masterful account traces the political, social and cultural history of the land that has come to be called Wales. Spanning prehistoric hill forts and Roman ruins to the Reformation, the Industrial Revolution and the series of strikes by Welsh

The Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact (Shulgin Alexander)(Pevná vazba)

The Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact, Volume 1, presents lectures from Alexander 'Sasha' Shulgin's popular course on what drugs are, how they work, how they are processed by the body, and how they affect our society. Transcribed from the original lectures recorded at San

The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility (Clark Gregory)(Paperback)

A surprising look at how ancestry still determines social outcomesHow much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does it influence our children? More than we wish to believe. While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater

Forgotten Continent: A History of the New Latin America (Reid Michael)(Paperback)

A newly updated edition of the best-selling primer on the social, political, and economic challenges facing Central and South America Ten years after its first publication, Michael Reid's best-selling survey of the state of contemporary Latin America has been wholly updated to reflect the new

Labrador - The Story of the World's Favourite Dog (Fogle Ben)(Paperback / softback)

A social history of Labradors, and how they have become the world's most beloved dogs, by writer, presenter and long-time dog lover Ben Fogle, whose beloved black Labrador, Inca, famously accompanied him on numerous journeys and

The Making of Casino Royale (1967) (Richardson Michael)(Paperback)