African America, Spain, and Post-Humanist Critique
Enlists the principles of post-humanist critique in order to investigate decades of intimate dialogues between African American and Spanish intellectuals In Archives of Flesh, Robert Reid-Pharr reveals the deep history of intellectual engagement between African America and Spain. Opening a fascinating window onto black and anti-Fascist ......
African America, Spain, and Post-Humanist Critique
Enlists the principles of post-humanist critique in order to investigate decades of intimate dialogues between African American and Spanish intellectuals In Archives of Flesh, Robert Reid-Pharr reveals the deep history of intellectual engagement between African America and Spain. Opening a fascinating window onto black and anti-Fascist ......
Uncovers the history of hair removal practices and sheds light on the prolific culture of beauty
From the clamshell razors and homemade lye depilatories used in colonial America to the diode lasers and prescription pharmaceuticals available today, Americans have used a staggering array of tools to remove hair ......
The leading cultural historian Professor Peter Burke offers here several innovative approaches to cultural history. A key topic, from which the volume derives its name, is 'secret history'
A Study in the History of Victorian Reform Agitation
This work studies the interactions of three phenomena of 19th-century British politics: the electoral system, key pressure groups including the Anti-Corn Law League, the Liberation Society, the National Education League, and the United Kingdom Alliance; and the impact on the governing Liberal Party
A Study in the History of Victorian Reform Agitation
This work studies the interactions of three phenomena of 19th-century British politics: the electoral system, key pressure groups including the Anti-Corn Law League, the Liberation Society, the National Education League, and the United Kingdom Alliance; and the impact on the governing Liberal Party.
The Rise, Decline, and Revival of a Jewish Community
The complete story of Jewish Harlem and its significance in American Jewish history New York Times columnist David W. Dunlap wrote a decade ago that "on the map of the Jewish Diaspora, Harlem Is Atlantis. . . . A vibrant hub of industry, artistry and wealth is all but forgotten. It is as if Jewish Harlem sank 70 years ago beneath waves of memory ......
How Jews Sewed Their Way to Success in America and the British Empire
Winner, 2016 Best First Book Prize from the Immigration and Ethnic History Society Finalist, 2016 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature Winner, 2015 Book Prize from the Southern Jewish Historical Society Finalist, 2015 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award from the Association for Jewish Studies Winner, 2014 National Jewish Book Award in ......
This is a much enlarged edition - with 4 further essays and a new introduction added - of Professor Rubinstein's influential study of the evolution and composition of Britain's elites since 1750.
