Humanities books

Exploring distinctive practices in the artisanal, mercantile, and governmental sites of London, Metropolitan Science...  Read More >>

Original and impressively broad in it scope, this is the first book to fully explore the aesthetics of weather in...  Read More >>

The experience of all occupied countries during the Second World War was characterised by severe material shortages....  Read More >>

Bridging the gap between introductory and advanced archaeology courses, this book builds confidence in working with...  Read More >>

This volume focuses on the musicscapes that contest, critique, and rethink Mediterraneidad (Mediterraneaness) in...  Read More >>

Informed by senior policymakers with extensive expertise in defense, this book provides a comprehensive regional...  Read More >>

Presents eyewitness account of Liberia’s political and presidential history covering the first half of the twentieth...  Read More >>

The third installment in Slavoj Žižek's essay series, Žižek's Essays, exploring the contemporary political phenomenon...  Read More >>

Accessible, entertaining introduction for undergrads, grads, and seminarians based on Professor Stephanie Mitchem’s...  Read More >>

Mark Twain's life as told by more than 200 contemporaries including Teddy Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Charles...  Read More >>

A gripping history of FBI surveillance, political repression, and the fight for Puerto Rican independence In...  Read More >>

Presents the history of education in Georgia through the life of Thomas Bog Slade, a significant reformer in the...  Read More >>

This book brings unusually brings together work on 15th century...  Read More >>

Narrates the complex relationship between Panama and the United States by tracing the paths of their music, tracking...  Read More >>

Leading thinker in consciousness studies Anthony Peake examines one of the greatest mysteries of them all - time...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1989, this book analyses France’s distinctive role in international affairs and examines...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1929, this volume discusses the early effects of the industrial revolution – the condition...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1963, this book covers one of the least known parts of Jewish history: the golden age of...  Read More >>

In this book, Mikael Stenmark identifies and explores several prominent religious and secular worldviews that people...  Read More >>

This volume focuses on and examines these forgotten or hidden ships as material culture, broadly defined to encompass...  Read More >>

A rigorous social-scientific study illuminating how fasting functioned within first-century Mediterranean honor-shame...  Read More >>

This book serves as a concise exploration of the Shâmaran's enduring presence, resilience, and the ongoing efforts...  Read More >>

This book offers a new and unique interpretation of Argentine essayist and fiction writer Jorge Luis Borges as...  Read More >>

This book explores the memoirs of three contemporary sojourners (Rachel Held Evans, David Gushee, and Macy Halford)...  Read More >>

This book offers a historical look at the life and theology of Charles Fletcher Dole.  Read More >>