History means many things to many people. But finding an answer to the question 'What is history?' is a task few feel equipped to answer. If you want to explore this tantalising subject, where do you
This brand new bilingual play by young playwright Alun Saunders is a coming of age story about two brothers raised apart, in different families speaking different languages. With animated surtitles in
The notion of 'history' has always been one strenuously debated by both academics and the wider population. This deeply provocative re-thinking of our engagement with the past by one of the world's le
This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.Providing a new understanding of the meanings and motivations behind the wearing of beards, moustaches and whiskers, and their a
The second half of the eighteenth century brought changes in attitudes towards shaping the body. New expectations of polite conduct, deportment and demeanor were projected onto the body, with emphasis
Practising engineers on site, in the design office or in client organizations will find this book an excellent introduction to the design and construction of sprayed concrete lined (SCL) tunnels. The
Deploying a range of key concepts such as scepticism, aesthetics, ethics, standpoint, irony, authorship and a new understanding of truth, The Future of History examines history as a form of knowledge,
`The first stop for anyone thinking about history's current state'-Keith Jenkins, Emeritus Professor of Historical Theory, University of Chichester, UKThis is daring and will, or at least should impa
Based on the assumption that reality, reference and representation work together, this introductory textbook explains and illustrates the various ways in which historians write the past as histor
Physick and the Family offers new insights into the early modern sickness experience, through a study of the medical history of Wales. This first-ever monograph of early modern Welsh medicine utilizes
An eye-opening look at the winners and losers in the high-stakes story of Arctic transformation, from nations to natives to animals to the very landscape itself The Arctic?like the canary in the coal
