Celebrate people's history

Nationalism: Past as Prologue began as a single volume being compiled by Ad Akande, a scholar from South Africa, who proposed it to me as co-author about two years ago. The origina...

This two-volume work presents a comprehensive survey of all the ways people celebrate religious life around the globe. Religious Celebrationsis an alphabetically organize...

The much-anticipated sequel to Butch Heroes, an ingenious retelling of history that combines portraits and texts to recover—and celebrate—queer subjects from around the world. ...

This essential guide has exactly the right books to help you celebrate special days throughout the year—even ""holidays"" you've never heard of—and provides hundreds of fun titles ...

Abstract A family seated round the fireplace Singing and making merry; A sprightly waltz played with grace Noche Buena brings us all the magic of the Christmas se...

How people dressed throughout history often reflects how they lived at the time, and Clothing in World History gives the reader a chance to explore clothing in a given place and ti...

‘Here lies our leader all cut down, the valiant man in the dust.’ The elegiac words of the “Battle of Maldon”, an epic poem written to celebrate the bravery of an English army defe...