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The quest for middle-class respectability in nineteenth-century...
The quest for middle-class respectability in nineteenth-century America is usually described as a process of inculcating positive values such as honesty, hard work, independence, and cultural refinement. But clergy, educators, and community leaders also defined respectability negatively, by maligning individuals and groups–“misfits”–who deviated from accepted norms.
Too many people, especially the rural poor, lack an affordable...
Too many people, especially the rural poor, lack an affordable means of disposing cleanly of the waste from their toilets, and, as a consequence, live amid filth. Flowers calls this America’s dirty secret.
Could Bobbie’s train really have stopped in time...
Could Bobbie’s train really have stopped in time (‘The Railway Children’)? Did Beatrix Potter have the 'flu in 1909, and did this lead to a certain darkness in her work..?
The Art of Stillness considers the unexpected adventure of...
The Art of Stillness considers the unexpected adventure of staying put and reveals a counterintuitive truth: The more ways we have to connect, the more we seem desperate to unplug.
Although largely forgotten now, the 1885 trial of German artist...
Although largely forgotten now, the 1885 trial of German artist Gustav Graef was a seminal event for those who observed it. Graef, a celebrated sixty-four-year-old portraitist, was accused of perjury and sexual impropriety with underage models.
Taiwan is one of the great paradoxes of the international order....
Taiwan is one of the great paradoxes of the international order. A place with its own flag, currency, government and military, but which most of the world does not recognise as a sovereign country.
In The Ethics of Sex, Thielicke confronts hot-button issues,...
In The Ethics of Sex, Thielicke confronts hot-button issues, many of which are still controversial today, like abortion, homosexuality and artificial insemination. Here he forges a path for the Christian philosopher that is consistent with Christian values of compassion and understanding.
The first full history of the Nazi Stormtroopers whose muscle...
The first full history of the Nazi Stormtroopers whose muscle brought Hitler to power, with revelations concerning their longevity and their contributions to the Holocaust Germany’s Stormtroopers engaged in a vicious siege of violence that propelled the National Socialists to power in the 1930s.
Groundbreaking analysis of how colonialism created new...
Groundbreaking analysis of how colonialism created new conceptual categories and spatial forms that reshaped rural societies.
The taco truck radiates Mexican culture within non-Mexican...
The taco truck radiates Mexican culture within non-Mexican spaces with a presence–sometimes desired, sometimes resented–that turns a public street corner into a bustling business.
Intentionally using “low tech” and inexpensive...
Intentionally using “low tech” and inexpensive materials from everyday life, Why Toast Lands Jelly-Side Down makes key principles of physics surprisingly easy to understand.
Viviana Beatriz MacManus restores women to the revolutionary...
Viviana Beatriz MacManus restores women to the revolutionary struggle at the heart of the era by rejecting both state projects and the leftist accounts focused on men.
Using historical narrative and social analysis to enter the...
Using historical narrative and social analysis to enter the debate on sport as religion, Ellis shows that modern sport may be said to have taken on some of the functions previously vested in organized religion.
While most scholars will look at a painting’s composition,...
While most scholars will look at a painting’s composition, style, and themes, often questions remain unanswered–who were these people and why were they painted?
During early periods of Japanese history the monkey’s...
During early periods of Japanese history the monkey’s nearness to the human-animal boundary made it a revered mediator or an animal deity closest to humans. Later it became a scapegoat mocked for its vain efforts to behave in a human fashion.
Those who passed muster were presented to the tsar, who...
Those who passed muster were presented to the tsar, who inspected the candidates one by one–usually without speaking to any of them–and chose one to be immediately escorted to the Kremlin to prepare for her wedding and new life as the tsar’s consort.
In this vivid and lively book, Takuma Melber breathes new life...
In this vivid and lively book, Takuma Melber breathes new life into the dramatic events that unfolded before, during and after Pearl Harbor by putting the perspective of the Japanese attackers at the centre of his account.
The 1960s were one of the most tumultuous periods in American...
The 1960s were one of the most tumultuous periods in American history. Perceptions of race, gender and age changed dramatically, ripping away beliefs that had endured for generations.
It introduces readers to individuals accused of infractions such...
It introduces readers to individuals accused of infractions such as corruption, political wrong thinking, homosexuality, illicit sexual activity, foreign ties, or “historical problems” (connections to the former Kuomintang regime) in the period between the revolution and Mao’s death in 1976.