It Is Wood, It Is Stone
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With sharp, gorgeous prose, It Is Wood, It Is Stone takes place over the course of a year in São...
Contested Bodies: Pregnancy, Childrearing, and Slavery in Jamaica
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It is often thought that slaveholders only began to show an interest in female slaves' reproductive...
History Politics Gender Studies
The Distilleries of Campbeltown: The Rise and Fall of the Whisky Capital of the World
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Campbeltown was once the whisky capital of the world with 29 distilleries operating simultaneously...
Black Freemasonry: From Prince Hall to the Giants of Jazz
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When the first Masonic lodges opened in Paris in the early 18th century their membership included...
The Social Life of Kimono: Japanese Fashion Past and Present
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The kimono is an iconic garment with a history as rich and colourful as the textiles from which it...
How to be Massive
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You know your one Nikita? You've seen her around town: always within 100 metres of Penneys (where...
The Mistress Contract
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Inspired by the memoir The Mistress Contract by She and He For 30 years he has provided her with a...
Basque Firsts: People Who Changed the World
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Throughout history, Basque men and women have made contributions in navigation, education, science,...
God's House at Ewelme: Life, Devotion and Architecture in a Fifteenth-Century Almshouse
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This title was first published in 2001. God's House, at Ewelme, is an extraordinary survival from...