Social & cultural history books

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Exiled in East Germany: Life Stories of Malawian and South African Freedom Fighters During the Cold War

Exiled in East Germany: Life Stories of Malawian and...

Author: Sebastian Pampuch
ISBN: 9783111201481
Format: Hardback
$35.72

"Recounting the life stories of Malawian and South African freedom fighters living in exile in East Germany during...  Read More >>

Human History: 1000 Interesting Facts About Humans from Ancient Times to the Present

Human History: 1000 Interesting Facts About Humans from...

Author: Ahoy Publications
ISBN: 9798892960687
Format: Hardback
$76.53

Dive into the fascinating history of the world with 1,000 interesting facts!  Read More >>

American History Stories: 101 True and Fascinating Tales of Major Events and People from the United States' Past

American History Stories: 101 True and Fascinating Tales...

Author: Ahoy Publications
ISBN: 9798892960632
Format: Hardback
$73.89

���� Uncover the soul of America with American History Stories! ����  Read More >>

The Korean Welfare State: Social Investment in an Aging Society

The Korean Welfare State: Social Investment in an Aging...

Author: Kyungbae Chung (, President of the Korean Socio-Economic Society) ,  Neil Gilbert (, Milton and Gertrude Chernin Chair in Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9780197644928
Format: Hardback
$170.95

This book examines the evolution of the Korean welfare state over the last several decades and the challenges it...  Read More >>

Antiguo Irak: Una gu�a fascinante sobre Mesopotamia: desde los sumerios y acadios hasta los asirios y persas, los romanos y el Imperio sas�nida

Antiguo Irak: Una gu�a fascinante sobre Mesopotamia:...

Author: Captivating History
ISBN: 9798893580549
Format: Hardback
$71.25

Los antiguos iraqu�es transformaron nuestro mundo: la primera rueda para transporte, la primera forma de escritura,...  Read More >>

MAGA Conspiracy (Make America Great Again)

MAGA Conspiracy (Make America Great Again)

Author: Jasmine Stone
ISBN: 9798224912292
Format: Paperback
$52.67

"In U.S. politics, MAGA is an acronym commonly known as ""Make America Great Again""; a slogan/movement made popular...  Read More >>

History of Ireland: An Enthralling Overview of Major Events and Figures in Irish History

History of Ireland: An Enthralling Overview of Major...

Author: Billy Wellman
ISBN: 9798887653549
Format: Hardback
$68.61

Dive into the heart of Ireland, an island whose history began long before it became part of the British Empire....  Read More >>

La China antigua: Un apasionante recorrido por la historia de China, desde la colonizaci�n del r�o Amarillo, pasando por las dinast�as Xia, Shang, Zhou y Qin, hasta la dinast�a Han

La China antigua: Un apasionante recorrido por la historia...

Author: Billy Wellman
ISBN: 9798887653488
Format: Hardback
$73.89

En este libro analizamos c�mo y por qu� el p�ndulo hist�rico de China giraba a veces en un sentido y luego en otro....  Read More >>

Antiguo Israel: Una gu�a apasionante sobre los reinos jud�os e israelitas

Antiguo Israel: Una gu�a apasionante sobre los reinos...

Author: Billy Wellman
ISBN: 9798887653556
Format: Hardback
$71.25

Los antiguos israelitas introdujeron una de las primeras religiones monote�stas del mundo. �Y todav�a hoy se practica!...  Read More >>

The Palgrave Handbook of Testimony and Culture

The Palgrave Handbook of Testimony and Culture

Author: Sara Jones ,  Roger Woods
ISBN: 9783031137969
Format: Paperback
$580.77

It explores the full range of testimony in the public sphere, including perpetrator testimony, testimony presented...  Read More >>

Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany

Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany

Author: Harald Jähner ,  Shaun Whiteside
ISBN: 9780753559970
Format: Paperback
$36.99

Baillie Gifford-shortlisted author Harald J hner (Aftermath- Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich) presents a...  Read More >>

Cursed Blessings: Sex and Religious Radical Dissent in Early Modern Europe

Cursed Blessings: Sex and Religious Radical Dissent...

Author: Umberto Grassi
ISBN: 9781032290867
Format: Hardback
$273.00

Cursed Blessings explores the relationship between sexual nonconformity and religious radical dissent in the early...  Read More >>

The Shapiro Family, Jewish Creativity and Courage in Russia and Eastern Europe

The Shapiro Family, Jewish Creativity and Courage in...

Author: Rachel Bayvel
ISBN: 9781803710358
Format: Paperback
$41.27

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Nine Visits to the Mythworld: Told by Ghandl of the Qayahl Llaanas

Nine Visits to the Mythworld: Told by Ghandl of the...

Author: Ghandl ,  Robert Bringhurst
ISBN: 9781771623773
Format: Paperback
$34.99

In the Fall of 1900, a young American anthropologist named John Swanton arrived in the Haida country, on the Northwest...  Read More >>

The Tobacco Lords: Scotland and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic

The Tobacco Lords: Scotland and the Eighteenth-Century...

Author: Tom M. Devine
ISBN: 9780859767255
Format: Paperback
$44.99

In the eighteenth century, Glasgow and its outports became the dominant force in the highly lucrative tobacco commerce...  Read More >>

Abduction, Marriage, and Consent in the Late Medieval Low Countries

Abduction, Marriage, and Consent in the Late Medieval...

Author: Chanelle Delameillieure
ISBN: 9789463724074
Format: Hardback
$292.39

The Middle Dutch term schaec referred to abduction with marital intent. This book explores this phenomenon to understand...  Read More >>

Being Human: How our biology shaped world history

Being Human: How our biology shaped world history

Author: Lewis Dartnell
ISBN: 9781529925531
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A unique reframing of human history as shaped by our physical abilities and limitations - by the Sunday Times-bestselling...  Read More >>

Groupthink: A Study in Self Delusion

Groupthink: A Study in Self Delusion

Author: Mr Christopher Booker
ISBN: 9781399417327
Format: Paperback
$22.99

The final book by celebrated columnist and bestselling author Christopher Booker.  Read More >>

Transoceanic Blackface: Empire, Race, Performance

Transoceanic Blackface: Empire, Race, Performance

Author: Kellen Hoxworth
ISBN: 9780810147072
Format: Paperback
$95.04

Tracing intertwined histories of racialized performance from the mid-eighteenth through the early twentieth century...  Read More >>

The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery; A Rediscovered Narrative, with a Full Biography

The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots:...

Author: John Swanson Jacobs ,  Jonathan D S Schroeder
ISBN: 9780226684307
Format: Paperback
$52.80

Lost on the other side of the world since 1855, the story of John Swanson Jacobs finally returns to America.  ...  Read More >>

The Destruction of Liberty: Creating the American Socialist Aristocracy

The Destruction of Liberty: Creating the American Socialist...

Author: Jon Anthony Hauser
ISBN: 9781662897542
Format: Paperback
$59.37

"Why do the self-proclaimed progressives always come to power using the rhetoric of fairness, equity, and inclusion,...  Read More >>

The Gates of Gaza: Critical Voices from Israel on October 7 and the War with Hamas

The Gates of Gaza: Critical Voices from Israel on October...

Author: Lihi Ben Shitrit
ISBN: 9783111434971
Format: Paperback
$65.97

This book offers critical reflection and analysis on the horrific attack by Hamas on October 7th, 2023, and the...  Read More >>

Willie, Waylon, and the Boys: How Nashville Outsiders Changed Country Music Forever

Willie, Waylon, and the Boys: How Nashville Outsiders...

Author: Brian Fairbanks
ISBN: 9780306831089
Format: Hardback
$55.00

The inspiring story of the leaders of Outlaw country and their influence on today's Alt-Country and Americana superstars,...  Read More >>

The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt

The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt

Author: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
ISBN: 9781541602922
Format: Hardback
$85.80

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