Social History
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The Graveyard Wanderers: The Wise Ones and the Dead in Sweden
$18.00 Add to cartThis work presents the art of the Wise Ones concerning the Dead, collected from thirty-seven Black Art Books. These manuscript books, passed from one Wise One to another and copied, were ideally to be
- Series: Folk Necromancy in Transmission #7
- Author: Johnson, Thomas K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: October 22 2022
- ISBN10: 194754439X
- Language: English
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The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility
$22.95 Add to cartA surprising look at how ancestry still determines social outcomes
How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does it influence our children? More than we wis- Series: Princeton Economic History of the Western World #49
- Author: Clark, Gregory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 25 2015
- ISBN10: 0691168377
- Language: English
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Printer’s Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History
$20.99 Add to cartA funny and entertaining history of printed books as told through absurd moments in the lives of authors and printers, collected by television’s favorite rare-book expert from HISTORY’s hit series Paw
- Author: Romney, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0062412329
- Language: English
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Why Read Moby-Dick?
$16.00 Add to cartA “brilliant and provocative” (The New Yorker) celebration of Melville’s masterpiece–from the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane’s Eye
One of the gr- Author: Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 24 2013
- ISBN10: 0143123971
- Language: English
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The Rise of the Creative Class
$21.99 Add to cartWorld-renowned urbanist Richard Florida’s bestselling classic on the transformation of our cities in the twenty-first century — now updated with a new preface
In his modern classic The Rise of the Cre… [more below]- Author: Florida, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1541617746
- Language: English
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Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartJapan is arguably today’s most successful industrial economy, combining almost unprecedented affluence with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products–from animated m… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Goto-Jones, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199235694
- Language: English
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In Search of the Dark Ages: A History of Anglo-Saxon England
$24.99 Read moreFrom Boudica to William the Conqueror, this is the story of the Early Middle Ages and the hidden history of its people Updated with the latest archaeological research new chapters on the most influent… [more below]
- Author: Wood, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1785948202
- Language: English
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From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend: An Illustrated History of Labor in the United States
$31.15 Add to cartNewly updated: “An enjoyable introduction to American working-class history.” —The American Prospect
Praised for its “impressive even-handedness”, From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend has set- Author: Murolo, Priscilla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 28 2018
- ISBN10: 1620974487
- Language: English
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Covenant with God: A Biblical and Historical View at Healing Our Nation
$13.95 Add to cartCovenant with God-a Biblical and Historical View at Healing Our Nation is a labor of love truly focused on returning to God as a nation and examining how our country, which was founded on God’s princi… [more below]
- Author: Mahan, David L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 52
- Publish Date: September 13 2023
- ISBN10: 9798889435365
- Language: English
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The Sons of Molly Maguire: The Irish Roots of America’s First Labor War
$21.95 Add to cartSensational tales of true-life crime, the devastation of the Irish potato famine, the upheaval of the Civil War, and the turbulent emergence of the American labor movement are connected in a captivati
- Author: Bulik, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1531502954
- Language: English
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Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
$22.99 Add to cartNamed One of the Year’s Best Books by VULTURE – THE NEW REPUBLIC – DAZED – WIRED – BLOOMBERG – ESQUIRE – SALON – THE NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB
The history of Silicon Valley, from railroads to microchips, is- Author: Harris, Malcolm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0316592013
- Language: English
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Cinema of the 70s: 101 Iconic Movies
$29.99 Add to cartToday, over half a century later, great films are measured by those of the 70s. Has there been a more impactful 10-year period? For the first time, cinema reflected life and society, presenting both o
- Author: Foote, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 178675133X
- Language: English
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Worn: A People’s History of Clothing
$19.00 Add to cartA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR – A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of–an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives,… [more below]
- Author: Thanhauser, Sofi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 525566732
- Language: English
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The Last Philadelphia Gentlemen: The Sunset of an American Ruling Class
$28.95 Add to cartThe Book of Record Regarding the WASP Aristocracy and its Legacy
…From the Medieval chivalric code of the gentleman to the Ivy-covered quads of Princeton, Harvard, and Yale.
“In a style that echoes
- Author: Hutter, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: October 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1977256848
- Language: English
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Tales of Yesterday’s Florida Keys, First Edition
$12.95 Add to cartA collection of stories of people and events in the Florida Keys extending from the time the Keys were first occupied by humans, through the Second Seminole War, the coming of the Overseas Railway, an
- Author: Viele, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: September 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1561649937
- Language: English
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The Women’s History of the Modern World: How Radicals, Rebels, and Everywomen Revolutionized the Last 200 Years
$19.99 Add to cartThe internationally bestselling author of Who Cooked the Last Supper? presents a wickedly witty and very current history of the extraordinary female rebels, reactionaries, and trailblazers who left th
- Author: Miles, Rosalind
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0062444034
- Language: English
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Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies
$19.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Laura Thompson returns with Heiresses, a fascinating look at the lives of heiresses throughout history and the often tragic truth beneath the gilded surface.
Heiresse- Author: Thompson, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1250316340
- Language: English
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The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story
$22.99 Add to cartFor more than a century, the enduring feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys has been American shorthand for passionate, unyielding, and even violent confrontation. Yet despite numerous articles, b… [more below]
- Author: King, Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 27 2014
- ISBN10: 031616707X
- Language: English
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They Were Strong and Good
$20.99 Add to cartAwarded the Caldecott Medal in 1941, They Were Strong and Good is a classic book that follows the path of one family’s journey through American history. Robert Lawson introduces us to his forefathers … [more below]
- Author: Lawson, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: January 01 1940
- ISBN10: 0670699497
- Language: English
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Portland in Three Centuries: The Place and the People
$22.95 Add to cartA compact and comprehensive history of Portland from first European contact to the twenty-first century, Portland in Three Centuries introduces the women and men who have shaped Oregon’s largest city…. [more below]
- Author: Abbott, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0870712071
- Language: English
