History books

Lex Lu argues in Appearance Politics that crafting an appealing and powerful outward image has long been an essential...  Read More >>

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, first published in 1905, provides an extraordinary account of the political corruption...  Read More >>

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This book is an account of the longest and most destructive war in Israel's history and in the immediate Middle...  Read More >>

Shaping S-Curves: Choreographic Process in Odissi theorizes choreographic practices in Odissi, an eastern Indian...  Read More >>

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Reclaiming Turkmenistan from the margins of global attention, Hein offers a lively history of the 'Mother of the...  Read More >>

Although of modest proportions as castles go, Tilquhillie Castle is revealed as an architectural masterpiece of...  Read More >>

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A lively history of the seaside holiday by train from Britain's 'Bard of the Buffer'  Read More >>

Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African provides an unequalled portrait of the everyday life of a Black...  Read More >>

The story behind what makes Beowulf such a remarkable work of art, and why it is of such cultural significance....  Read More >>

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An accessible and engaging overview of the history of the European Union, from the postwar era to the present day....  Read More >>

This book challenges assumptions about race through the lens of nineteenth-century Cuba, addressing contemporary,...  Read More >>

Sallust's Bellum Catilinae is an excellent text for students, giving a riveting narrative of a significant event...  Read More >>

One of the largest archives of writing by an eighteenth-century Black individual, this volume – the first of its...  Read More >>

Pindar was the single most important, canonical and influential lyric poet in the ancient Greek world. This is the...  Read More >>

Blending social, cultural, and political history, this book reveals how and why Americans mobilized the nation's...  Read More >>

A woman's quiet life became a wartime weapon. Jutta Graae - bank clerk, society hostess, master manipulator - ran...  Read More >>

Through a historical overview of this multifaceted concept, alongside gender construction in colonial Latin America,...  Read More >>

This Element explores the historiography of madness in the Modern era, including publications in the overlapping...  Read More >>

Medieval Icelandic Bodies in ""Tristram ok Ísodd"" examines the depiction of the bodies of the two main characters...  Read More >>