Social & Cultural History

Should the 1970s be seen as a decade of cultural decline. This collection challenges the view in a ground-breaking study that provides detailed analysis of the cultural production of the decade as a whole...

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

The now-forgotten genre of the bellum grammaticale flourished in the sixteenth- and seventeenth centuries as a means of satirizing outmoded cultural institutions and promoting new methods of instruction. Butler examines representations of language as war in texts written in Latin, French, and Germa..

The Biographical Turn showcases the latest research through which the field of biography is being explored. Chapters cover subjects such as gender, religion, race and microhistory, presenting biography as as a research methodology suited not only for historians but also for explorations in areas inc..

This book explores the work of the British anti-psychiatric group through its social and theoretical networks. It offers new readings of the group’s activities and writings by examining them as unfolding conversations, rather than focusing on any one writer. Through this exploration the book argues ..

_x005F_x000D_ The Construction of Reformed Identity in Jean Crespin’s Livre des Martyrs explores the construction of a distinct Reformed identity through Crespin's martyrology. Exploring Crespin’s martyrology can provide a window into the self-perception of the Reformed church during and around the ..

This book presents a series of researched biographies of professional accountants whose immigration and subsequent careers in the United States greatly influenced the Early American public accountancy profession...

This comprehensive and beautifully illustrated collection conveys a vivid picture of a fascinating and hugely significant period in history. Thematically organised, the volume explores how politics, religion, popular culture, the world of work and social practices fit together in an exciting world o..

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Discusses the status of children in society from the mid-Victorian period to the end of the First World War, showing that children were regarded principally as objects to be used and abused rather than people in their own right...

This work uses original material from clubs and sporting organizations to illuminate the evolution of sporting activity nation-wide...