Hollywood and the Baby Boom. A Social History, Paperback - Jim Whalley

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Revealing the fascinating social history of bricks in Britain!

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A rich and fresh survey of women's lives between George III and the First World War

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From leeches to lice, bowels to bedpans, nurses relate their experiences of hospital wards in the 20th century.

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The first three editions of this bestselling book have established A Social History of the Media as a classic, providing a masterful overview of co...

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The State of Freedom: A Social History of the British State since 1800 - Patrick Joyce

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One of the most devastating portraits ever drawn of a human society - life in Hitler's Germany during the Third ReichPublisher: Orion Publishing Co...

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A comprehensive study of Iceland's social and historical development, from tiny fishing settlements to a global economic power. It is of interest t...

Reducere. The American family has undergone a series of transformations from its socially sanctified role as the center of society to today's private, indepe...

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Reducere. DescriptionWhen the Chinese communists came to power in 1949, they promised to 'turn society upside down'. Efforts to build a communist society cre...

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Almost fifteen per cent of the world's population today experiences some form of mental or physical disability and society tries to accommodate the...

Hibbert tries to show by reference to history of punishments, to the reactions of those who suffered them or have been threatened by them, and to t...

Chinese Diasporas provides a concise and compelling new history of internal and external Chinese migration from the sixteenth century to the presen...

Kristen Richardson traces the social seasons of debutantes on both sides of the Atlantic, sharing their stories in their own words, through diaries...

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