Social History
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Craft: An American History
$20.00 Read moreNew York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
A groundbreaking and endlessly surprising history of how artisans created America, from the nation’s origins to the present day. At the center of the United- Author: Adamson, Glenn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1635578469
- Language: English
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Wedded Wife: A Feminist History of Marriage
$22.00 Read moreIn this fascinating and insightful book, feminist curator Rachael Lennon provides an intimate and intersectional examination of the history of marriage, with a focus on the UK.
In this fascinating fe- Author: Lennon, Rachael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 0711267111
- Language: English
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The Gifts of Africa: How a Continent and Its People Changed the World
$34.95 Add to cartPast works have reinforced misconceptions about Africa, from its oral traditions and languages to its resistance to colonial powers. Other books have treated African achievements as a parade of honora
- Author: Pearce, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: April 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1633887707
- Language: English
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Your Money or Your Life: Economy and Religion in the Middle Ages
$22.95 Read moreIn this book, one of the most esteemed contemporary historians of the Middle Ages presents a concise examination of the problem that usury posed for the medieval Church, which had long denounced the l… [more below]
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: Goff, Jacques Le
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: November 04 1990
- ISBN10: 0942299159
- Language: English
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The Last Witches of England: A Tragedy of Sorcery and Superstition
$18.95 Read more“Fascinating and vivid.” New Statesman
“Thoroughly researched.” The Spectator
“Intriguing.” BBC History Magazine
“Vividly told.” BBC History Revealed
“A timely warning against persecution.” Morning Star
“A- Author: Callow, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1350387126
- Language: English
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Comics and Conflict: Patriotism and Propaganda from WWII Through Operation Iraqi Freedom
$30.95 Read moreIllustration has been an integral part of human history. Particularly before the advent of media such as photography, film, television, and now the Internet, illustrations in all their variety had bee… [more below]
- Author: Scott, Cord A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1682476553
- Language: English
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The Art of Walking: A History in 100 Images
$30.00 Read moreA lively and thought-provoking tour of the intertwined histories of art and walking
“A broad-ranging book [that] has something for every rambler.”–Benjamin Riley, New Criterion What does a walk loo- Author: Sharpe, William Chapman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0300266847
- Language: English
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Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village
$22.95 Read moreWoven from the words of the inhabitants of a small Suffolk village in the 1960s, Akenfield is a masterpiece of twentieth-century English literature, a scrupulously observed and deeply affecting portr… [more below]
- Author: Blythe, Ronald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 22 2015
- ISBN10: 1590178300
- Language: English
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Mudlark’d: Hidden Histories from the River Thames
$39.00 Read moreA captivating history of London as told through objects recovered from the muddy banks of the Thames and the lives of the people who owned them
Mudlark’d combines insights from two hundred rare object- Author: Russell, Malcolm
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0691235783
- Language: English
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Medicine: The Definitive Illustrated History
$40.00 Add to cartSee the greatest medical breakthroughs come to life through superb illustrations!
From ancient herbal medicine to traditional Chinese medicine, take a visual tour throughout the history of medicine wit… [more below]- Series: DK Definitive Visual Histories
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 11 2016
- ISBN10: 1465453415
- Language: English
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Revolution: The History of England from the Battle of the Boyne to the Battle of Waterloo
$19.99 Read moreThe fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd’s enthralling History of England, beginning in 1688 with a revolution and ending in 1815 with a famous victory.
In Revolution, Peter Ackroyd takes readers from Willi- Series: History of England, 4 #4
- Author: Ackroyd, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 22 2020
- ISBN10: 1250765978
- Language: English
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The Woolly West, 44: Colorado’s Hidden History of Sheepscapes
$38.00 Read moreWinner, 2019 National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Western Heritage Award for the Best Nonfiction Book
Winner, 2019 Colorado Book Awards History Category, sponsored by Colorado Center for the B… [more below]- Series: Elma Dill Russell Spencer the West and Southwest
- Author: Gulliford, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 420
- Publish Date: November 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1623499305
- Language: English
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The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design
$64.95 Read moreA fascinating survey of exceptional American chair design from the early nineteenth century to the present day.
Designed for function, each chair has a story to tell about the history and evolution of
- Author: Lang, Brian J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1913875210
- Language: English
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Coronation: A History of the British Monarchy
$34.99 Read moreThe definitive history of coronations and the Royal Family, from acclaimed writer Roy Strong.
‘What is the finest sight in the world? A Coronation.
What do people talk most about? A Coronation.
What is- Author: Strong, Roy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 0008550069
- Language: English
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Living Like a Tudor: Woodsmoke and Sage: A Sensory Journey Through Tudor England
$27.95 Read moreTake a 500-year journey back in time and experience the Tudor Era through the five senses.
Much has been written about the lives of the Tudors, but it is sometimes difficult to really grasp how they- Author: Licence, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1643138154
- Language: English
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The Good Old Days– They Were Terrible!
$18.00 Add to cartThe Good Old Days–were they really good? On the surface they appear to be so–especially the period to which this term is most often applied, the years from the end of the Civil War to the early 1900… [more below]
- Author: Bettmann, Otto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 12 1974
- ISBN10: 0394709411
- Language: English
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How to Be a Tudor: A Dawn-To-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life
$18.99 Read moreOn the heels of her triumphant How to Be a Victorian, Ruth Goodman travels even further back in English history to the era closest to her heart, the dramatic period from the crowning of Henry VII to t
- Author: Goodman, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 17 2017
- ISBN10: 1631492535
- Language: English
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Brewtown Tales: More Stories from Milwaukee and Beyond
$24.95 Read moreJohn Gurda’s South Side Milwaukee family loved potluck dinners. “From the Jell-O salads at the start of the line through the hot dishes in the middle and on to the pumpkin bars at the end, the food wa… [more below]
- Author: Gurda, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 087020999X
- Language: English
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The Shattering: America in the 1960s
$22.00 Read moreOn July 4, 1961, the rising middle-class families of a Chicago neighborhood gathered before their flag-bedecked houses, a confident vision of the American Dream. That vision was shattered over the fol
- Author: Boyle, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1324036117
- Language: English
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Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience
$40.00 Read moreLetters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant classic on publication in 2013, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. This new edition sees the collection
- Author: Usher, Shaun
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1838853170
- Language: English
