The nineteenth-century West saw extraordinary economic growth and cultural change. This volume explores and explains the birth of the modern world thr…
The 19th century ushered in an unprecedented boom in technology, the unification of European nations, the building of global empires and stabilization…
The 19th century saw intense urbanization, the development of a consumer culture, the formalization of gender roles, the solidification of class str…
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the production of dress shifted dramatically from being predominantly hand-crafted in small quanti…
Between 1800 and 1920, middle-class women in the West fought for education, employment, equitable marriage and custody laws, and the vote. Poor women…
Between 1800 and 1920, middle-class women in the West fought for education, employment, equitable marriage and custody laws, and the vote. Poor women…
A Cultural History of Women in Antiquity explores women's history in the West from 500 BCE to 1000CE. This time period includes women's participation …
A Cultural History of Women in Antiquity explores women's history in the West from 500 BCE to 1000CE. This time period includes women's participation …
The ancient world used the senses to express an enormous range of cultural meanings. Indeed the senses were functionally significant in all aspects of…
Sexual cultures have changed enormously in the 20th century. We have greater sexual equality than ever before and homosexuality has shifted from bei…
As much as the nineteenth and early twentieth century gardens and their designs were a product and representation of industrialisation and urbanisatio…
HBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epi…
Europe saw such revolutionary cultural change between 1450 and 1650 that those who witnessed the transformations conceived of the period as a time o…
The history of gardens in antiquity is characterized by a rich mix of cultures interacting throughout Europe, Africa and Asia. This period - from the …
'A savagely short novel of immeasurable ambition and violent beauty. This is the language of genius.' Juan Pablos Villalobos 'How often, honestly, do…
