Tag search:Social history

Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year

by David Ewing Duncan
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Non-Fiction, Astronomy, Time, History, Science, Cultural studies, Social history
Status
Available
Call number
529.309

How to Be an Antiracist

by Ibram X. Kendi
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
Racism, Race, Black studies, Non-Fiction, Social history, Social justice, Sociology, African Americans, Black Americans, Anti-racism, Race relations — 1 more, White privilege
Status
Available
Call number
305.800973

D.W. Griffith's the Birth of a Nation: A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time

by Melvyn Stokes
Paperback, 2008
Tags
Cultural studies, Cultural criticism, Non-Fiction, Social history, Film, Race, Racism, Black Americans, Black studies, Media studies, 20th Century
Status
Available
Call number
791.43

A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans: Pirates, Skinflints, Patriots, and Other Colorful Characters Stuck in the Footnotes of History

by Michael Farquhar
Paperback, 2008
Tags
American history, Non-Fiction, Humor, Social history, Pirates, Historical figures, Founding Fathers, Anecdotal, Biography, American Revolution
Status
Available
Call number
973

A Treasury of Great American Scandals: Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and Others Who Let Freedom Swing

by Michael Farquhar
Paperback, 2003
Tags
American history, Non-Fiction, Humor, Social history, Historical figures, Founding Fathers, POTUS, Scandal, Politics
Status
Available
Call number
973.099

Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times (The Midwife Trilogy)

by Jennifer Worth
Paperback, 2012
Tags
Memoir, Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Country - England - London, Midwifery, Nurses, 20th Century - 1950s, Poverty, Social history
Series
Midwife Trilogy (1)
Status
Available
Call number
618.2

A Treasury of Deception: Liars, Misleaders, Hoodwinkers, and the Extraordinary True Stories of History's Greatest Hoaxes, Fakes and Frauds

by Michael Farquhar
Paperback, 2005
Tags
History, Humor, Social history, Historical figures, Criminals, Crime, Hoaxes, Miscellanea, Deception, Fraud, Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
001.95

50 Facts that Should Change the World 2.0

by Jessica Williams
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Non-Fiction, American culture, Social history, Current affairs, Globalization, Politics, Poverty, Sociology, Economics, Consumerism, Cultural studies — 4 more, Environment, Journalism, Social justice, Political science
Status
Available
Call number
973

America Walks into a Bar: A Spirited History of Taverns and Saloons, Speakeasies and Grog Shops

by Christine Sismondo
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
Non-Fiction, American culture, Alcohol and liquor, Bars and taverns, American history, Social history, Manners and customs, Drinking, Food history
Status
Available
Call number
394.1

New York City folklore : legends, tall tales, anecdotes, stories, sagas, heroes and characters, customs, traditions, and sayings

by Benjamin Albert Botkin
Paper Book, 1956
Tags
Fairy tales, USA - New York - New York City, United States, Cultural studies, Social history, Folklore
Status
Available
Call number
917.471

Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City

by St. Clair Drake
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Non-Fiction, Black Americans, Black studies, USA - Illinois - Chicago, Social history, Sociology, 20th Century, Race, Racism, American history, American culture — 2 more, Urbanization, Urban life
Status
Available
Call number
305.896073077311

Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs

by Cyma Rubin
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Non-Fiction, Photography, Journalism, Picture books, Social history, History, Cultural studies, World history
Status
Available
Call number
070.4907973

The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance

by John Hale
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
Non-Fiction, History, Social history, European history, Europe, Renaissance, Civilization, 15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, Art History — 1 more, Western history
Status
Available
Call number
940.21

A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials

by Laurie Winn Carlson
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Non-Fiction, Salem Witch Trials, USA - Massachusetts - Salem, USA - New England, Witch trials, Witchcraft, Witches, Cultural studies, Social history, History, American history
Status
Available
Call number
133.4

A People's History of the United States

by Howard Zinn
Paperback, 2015
Tags
Non-Fiction, United States, American history, Social history, Politics
Series
A People's History
Status
Available
Call number
973

Reading the East India Company 1720-1840: Colonial Currencies of Gender (Women in Culture and Society)

by Betty Joseph
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Non-Fiction, Indian History, Colonialism, Postcolonialism, Cultural criticism, Women, History, British history, Social history
Status
Available
Call number
820.9358

How We Got the Bible

by Neil R. Lightfoot
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Non-Fiction, Religion, Scripture, Bible, Theology, Christianity, History of books, Social history, Apologetics, Textual criticism, Reference
Status
Available
Call number
220.09

What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-the Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England

by Daniel Pool
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Non-Fiction, 18th Century, 19th Century, Victorian England, Social history, Cultural studies, Manners and customs, Reference, Person - Charles Dickens, Person - Jane Austen, Regency England
Status
Available
Call number
820.9008
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