Society & culture: general books

Policing the beats exposes the long history of policing Black music from the era of colonial slavery to the present...  Read More >>

Eight Septembers: a Woman on Wall Street From 9/11 to Lehman is a gripping memoir that captures the tumultuous landscape...  Read More >>

Policing the beats exposes the long history of policing Black music from the era of colonial slavery to the present...  Read More >>

A variety of essays by Mansfield scholars presenting criticism on Katherine Mansfield's relationship to London  Read More >>

Examines three dynamic and overlapping communities of women and adolescent girls who challenged Japanese gender...  Read More >>

This volume in offers a definitive account of newspaper and periodical press activity across Britain and Ireland...  Read More >>

Offers a new understanding of doubt in Montaigne's Essais and early modern intellectual culture  Read More >>

Argues for a rethinking of sexuality as a constellation, rather than substantive identity.  Read More >>

Investigates how the power of stories shapes war's legacy for veterans and societies  Read More >>

Explores the role of gender in shaping premodern Scottish identity and history  Read More >>

Explores Persian tribespeople's changing ethics, feelings and lifeways in tough times.  Read More >>

This second volume in the critical edition reproduces more than 170 lectures delivered by Alfred North Whitehead...  Read More >>

This is a unique collection of essays examining nineteenth-century British and Irish newspaper and periodical history...  Read More >>

Explores the centrality of hope to political thought and policy practice in the Anthropocene  Read More >>

When nineteen-year-old Prince took the stage to perform “I Wanna Be Your Lover” on American Bandstand, those who...  Read More >>

Examines theories of divine ideas from approximately 1250-1325 AD (St Bonaventure through Ockham). This is the only...  Read More >>

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“In the modern world,” author James Jay Carafano asserts, “winning online could be the key to being free, safe,...  Read More >>

A reflection on the nature of the seminal work of the German architect Hans Döllgast (1891-1974) and his relevance...  Read More >>

Elaborating on the transformative role of teachers' unions, the text argues that their mission extends well beyond...  Read More >>

In 1930, neurosyphilis struck an unsuspecting patient. Doctors at the Central State Hospital for the Insane in Indianapolis...  Read More >>

Womanism Rising concludes Maparyan’s three-book exploration of womanist studies. The collection showcases new work...  Read More >>

UndocuAsians tells the timely, compelling story of the contemporary US immigrant rights movement with a focus on...  Read More >>

Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, From Stars to Stones is the fourth installment of a...  Read More >>

Exploring human diversity from an evolutionary perspective, the narrative shows how inherent biological traits shape...  Read More >>