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Medieval Children
What was childhood like for medieval boys and girls in England? How were children named and brought up, what hazards faced them, what games did they play, and how were they prepared for adulthood? This richly detailed book...
English Vernacular Furniture, 1750-1900
The vernacular furniture used by ordinary people has only recently been considered a subject worthy of study. In this magisterial book—the first comprehensive scholarly analysis of English vernacular furniture...
The English Hospital, 1070-1570
The first English hospitals appeared soon after the Norman Conquest. By the year 1300 they numbered over 500, caring for the sick at every level of society—from the gentry and clergy to pilgrims, travelers, beggars, and...
Medieval Schools
Roman Britain to Renaissance England
A sequel to Nicholas Orme’s widely praised study, Medieval Children Children have gone to school in England since Roman times. By the end of the middle ages there were hundreds of schools, supporting...
A History of the Synoptic Problem
The Canon, the Text, the Composition, and the Interpretation of the Gospels
A History of the Synoptic Problem, by David Laird Dungan, is an accessible, academic study of a question that has needled readers of the New Testament since before the Bible was canonized: How does one reconcile...
Facts Are Subversive
Political Writing from a Decade Without a Name
“The best and most perceptive political writer of our time . . . This book shines the clearest of lights on an entire decade.”—John Simpson “One of the most reliable and acute observers of the past present,...
The Tyranny of the Moderns
The concept of individualism has gone through a fundamental change, according to distinguished political theorist Nadia Urbinati. In the nineteenth century, individualism was a philosophical and ethical perspective that...
Fake Silk
The Lethal History of Viscose Rayon
When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protectives steps are taken? This disturbing book tells a dark story of hazardous manufacturing, poisonous materials,...
The Progressives' Century
Political Reform, Constitutional Government, and the Modern American State
A landmark work on how the Progressive Era redefined the playing field for conservatives and liberals alike During the 1912 presidential campaign, Progressivism emerged as an alternative to what was then...
Strangers on Familiar Soil
Rediscovering the Chile-California Connection
A wide-ranging exploration of the diverse historical connections between Chile and California This groundbreaking history explores the many unrecognized, enduring linkages between the state of California...