Social History
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Fatherhood: A History of Love and Power
$20.00 Add to cart“Superbly intelligent…[a] rewarding Sapiens-style big history.” –The Times (London)
A bold and original history of the invention and transformation of masculinity’s most important institution, from- Author: Sedgewick, Augustine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 166804630X
- Language: English
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The Black List 1526 -2022: An Abridged History of Structural Racism in America
$18.99 Add to cart496 years. 100 historical facts. This brief museum of Black exploration connects the very first Angolans enslaved in America and the post-Civil War illusions of freedom to the Civil Rights struggles o
- Author: Bynum, Marquis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: June 19 2022
- ISBN10: 9798985511314
- Language: English
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On the Mark: From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World
$32.00 Read moreA lively history of punctuation, from ancient times to the age of the emoji.
You know the lively exclamation mark, the controversial semicolon, and the often-omitted apostrophe, but would you recogni- Author: Hazrat, Florence
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 11 2026
- ISBN10: 1541606493
- Language: English
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Up All Night: A World History of Nightlife
$28.00 Read moreFrom the glamorous depravity of Studio 54 to the underground cabarets of Weimar Berlin, from Georgian London’s gaudy pleasure gardens to the birth of techno in post-industrial Detroit, a brilliantly r
- Author: Willetts, Imogen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 14 2026
- ISBN10: 080216739X
- Language: English
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Thrill Ride: The Transformation of Hersheypark
$29.99 Add to cartMore than an amusement park linked to a chocolate empire, Hershey Park in its early years was an extension of industrialist Milton Hershey’s paternalistic capitalism. Hershey sought to avoid the labor
- Series: Keystone Books
- Author: Haddad, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0271099925
- Language: English
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Empire and Liberty: The Tied Histories of Two American Landmarks
$32.00 Add to cartA sweeping cultural history of two iconic landmarks that reflect the spirit, character, and values of the US–the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty–and the role they play in shaping Ame… [more below]
- Author: Cook, Vaneesa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 0807019682
- Language: English
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Control Science: How Management Made the Modern World
$29.95 Add to cartWhat are the rules that govern our workday? Who made them? And how do these rules dominate the rest of our lives?
Whether on Caribbean plantations in the seventeenth century or in Amazon warehous- Author: Snow, Henry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 1804293202
- Language: English
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Yiddish: The Biography of a Language
$24.95 Add to cartThe history, tragedies, and bitter controversies that characterized a language once spoken by 11 million people brought vividly to life
For a people of exile, the language took the place of a nation.- Author: Weinstein, Miriam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1586424289
- Language: English
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I Have a Dream American Classics Edition
$20.00 Add to cartIn celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, HarperCollins is proud to present this library of American classics drawn from our storied catalog. A beautiful collectible edition of Dr.
- Series: HarperCollins American Classics #21
- Author: King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 0063481960
- Language: English
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Exhumed: Unearthing the History of the American Vampire
$30.00 Read moreAn engrossing and macabre exploration of the folklore and early medical practices that led to the New England Vampire Panic in the 1890s, from critically acclaimed podcaster and bestselling author Aar… [more below]
- Author: Mahnke, Aaron
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 04 2026
- ISBN10: 9798894141817
- Language: English
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To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause (Pulitzer Prize Winner): The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement
$24.95 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2025 PULITZER PRIZE
Winner of the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize A “riveting history” (Wall Street Journal) of the Soviet dissident movement, which hastened the end of the USSR and sti- Author: Nathans, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 069125558X
- Language: English
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Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
$22.00 Add to cartMore than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and later in th… [more below]
- Author: Webb, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 11 2005
- ISBN10: 0767916891
- Language: English
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Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun
$19.00 Add to cartThe Glock pistol is America’s Gun. It has been rhapsodized by hip-hop artists and coveted by cops and crooks alike. Created in 1982 by Gaston Glock, the pistol arrived in America at a fortuitous time.
- Author: Barrett, Paul M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0307719952
- Language: English
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The Story of Scandinavia: From the Vikings to Social Democracy
$32.99 Add to cartIn The Story of Scandinavia, political scholar Stein Ringen chronicles more than 1,200 years of drama, economic rise and fall, crises, kings and queens, war, peace, language and culture.
Scandinavian- Author: Ringen, Stein
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1474625193
- Language: English
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Humans: A Monstrous History
$24.95 Add to cart“Surekha Davies invites readers to imagine the lives of historical monsters and to empathize with their often-wretched treatment.” ― Science Magazine
A history of how humans have created monster- Author: Davies, Surekha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 17 2026
- ISBN10: 0520430794
- Language: English
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Mendo: How an Unlikely Group of Rebels Turned Cannabis Into California’s Cash Crop
$30.00 Read moreA whip-smart and entertaining work of narrative history that shows how an unlikely partnership borne of necessity spawned a lucrative marijuana industry that changed the world
California’s homegrown w- Author: Harris, Charlie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 23 2026
- ISBN10: 1640096914
- Language: English
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American Crown: From Revolutionaries to Royalty: The Story of Prince William’s American Heritage
$29.95 Read moreThe fascinating story of Prince William’s American ancestors, and how this often-rebellious lineage will help shape the future King of Great Britain.
In this fresh and perspective-shifting narrative,- Author: Green, Stephanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 07 2026
- ISBN10: 9798897101054
- Language: English
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Hunting: The Pursuit That Shaped Humanity
$32.50 Add to cartFrom an acclaimed archaeological writer, a worldwide history of hunting
Hunting is one of humanity’s most ancient and universal activities. It has been embedded in every facet of our lives, shaping soc
- Author: Fagan, Brian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 0300273495
- Language: English
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Folklore of Trees: The Fascinating Stories Behind Nature’s Guardians
$16.99 Add to cartUncover the myths, legends, and secrets of the world’s most iconic trees.
Did you know that laurel is said to protect against snakebites and shield against witchcraft? Or that yews are often planted- Author: Meighan, Aidan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1836008554
- Language: English
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The Biggest Lie: The Prehistory of American Fascism, 1818-1915
$33.00 Read moreAn eye-opening work of narrative history tracing the roots of American fascism back to the Antebellum South.
When American fascists suddenly goose-stepped down Main Street in the 1930s, fascism was se- Author: Kelly, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 21 2026
- ISBN10: 163973211X
- Language: English
