The Book Company: New Products - Social History

Vinyl: A History of the Analogue Record

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 02:14:41 +0000

This book traces the evolution of the recording format from its roots in the first sound recording experiments, to its survival in the world of digital technologies. Each chapter explores a different element: the groove, the disc shape, the label, vinyl itself, the album, the single, the b-side a..

Price: $233.99

The Viking Diaspora

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 02:14:34 +0000

The Viking Diaspora presents the early medieval migrations of people, language and culture from mainland Scandinavia to new homelands as a form of ‘diaspora’. Rather than the movements of armies, this book concentrates on the movements of people and the shared heritage and culture that..

Price: $200.00

Transport and Its Place in History (Making the Connections)

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 02:01:12 +0000

Containing contributions exploring transport and mobility history after 1800, this volume of eclectic chapters shows how new subjects are explored, new sources are being encountered, considered and used, and how increasingly diverse and innovative methodological lenses are applied to both new a..

Price: $233.99

The Social Scientific Gaze (The Social Question and the Rise of Academic Social Science in Sweden)

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 01:31:05 +0000

The Social Scientific Gaze examines the discursive formation of academic social science in the historical context of the 'social question', that is, the protracted and wide-ranging discussions on the social problems of modernity that were being debated with increased intensity during the nineteent..

Price: $233.99

A Social History of Anthropology in the United States

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 01:29:53 +0000

In part due to the recent Yanomami controversy, which has rocked anthropology to its very core, there is renewed interest in the discipline's history and intellectual roots, especially amongst anthropologists themselves.

Price: $233.99

The Selected Works of Robert Owen Vol I

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 01:20:59 +0000

Robert Owen (1771-1858) was the founder of British socialism, and one of the most influential reformers in Britain and America in the first half of the 19th century. This book contains all Owen's key writings on the ideal community, socialism, religion, and the capitalist economic system.

Price: $233.99

Scabs and Traitors (Taboo, Violence and Punishment in Labour Disputes in Britain, 1760-1871)

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 01:17:52 +0000

The taboos and punishment practices of organized labour in the 18th Century and 19th Century are the main focus of study for this book.

Price: $233.99

Russia's Missing Middle Class: The Professions in Russian History (The Professions in Russian History)

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 01:16:31 +0000

This work describes the emergence of the professions in late tsarist Russia and their struggle for autonomy from the aristocratic state. It also examines the ways in which the Russian professions both resembled and differed from their Western counterparts.

Price: $189.99

Revolutions in Sorrow (The American Experience of Death in Global Perspective)

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:59:50 +0000

Huge changes have occurred in both the physical facts of death and in the cultural modes that guide our reactions to it. These changes also affect policy issues ranging from punishments for crimes to birth control to the conduct of war. This book explores the impacts of these changes upon both per..

Price: $249.99

The Renaissance

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:53:39 +0000

The Renaissance, now in its third edition, engages with debates about the Renaissance, especially concerning its ‘modernity’, its elitism and gender-bias, and its globalism. This book is an invaluable source for students of the Renaissance, early modern history, and social and cultural..

Price: $233.99