Our list of some of the best Social History books & series in recent years. Get inspired by one or more of the following books.
- Domestic Revolutions: A Social History Of American Family Life (1989)
- A Social History of American Technology (2017)
- Pre-Modern East Asia: A Cultural, Social, and Political History, Volume I: To 1800 (2008)
- From Poor Law to Welfare State, 6th Edition: A History of Social Welfare in America (1998)
- Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational and Scientific (2013)
- Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, the Sixties, and Beyond (1994)
- Education And Social Change: Contours In The History Of American Schooling, 4Th Edn (2014)
- The Ancient World: Readings in Social and Cultural History (2009)
- Rock And Roll: A Social History by Paul Friedlander (1996-01-11) (1715)
- The Scotch-Irish: A Social History (1989)
- Discovering The News: A Social History Of American Newspapers (1981)
- As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman Social History, 2nd Edition (1998)
- Our Musicals, Ourselves: A Social History of the American Musical Theatre (2004)
- Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History (2017)
Domestic Revolutions: A Social History Of American Family Life (1989)
The American family has undergone a series of transformations from its socially sanctified role as the center of society to today’s private, independent unit. The authors explain just how the family has adapted and endured these changes.
A Social History of American Technology (2017)
A Social History of American Technology, Second Edition, tells the story of American technology from the tools used by its earliest inhabitants to the technological systems cars and computers, aircraft and antibiotics that we are familiar with today. Ruth Schwartz Cowan and Matthew H. Hersch demonstrate how technological change has always been closely related to social and economic development, and examine the important mutual relationships between social history and technological change.
Pre-Modern East Asia: A Cultural, Social, and Political History, Volume I: To 1800 (2008)
Designed for the East Asian history course, this text features the latest scholarship on the region’s cultural, political, economic, and intellectual history. Coverage is balanced among East Asian countries, with approximately 20 percent of the text focused on Korea, an area that has become increasingly important in world politics.
From Poor Law to Welfare State, 6th Edition: A History of Social Welfare in America (1998)
Over twenty-five years and through five editions, Walter I. Trattner’s From Poor Law to Welfare State has served as the standard text on the history of welfare policy in the United States.
Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational and Scientific (2013)
This is the great American pot story, a dramatic social exploration of a plant that sits at the nexus of political, legal, medical, and scientific discourse. From its ancient origins, to its cutting-edge therapeutic benefits, to its role in a culture war that has never ceased, marijuana has evolved beyond its own illicit subculture into a dynamic, multibillion-dollar industry.
Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, the Sixties, and Beyond (1994)
Few events have had a more profound impact on the social and cultural upheavals of the Sixties than the psychedelic revolution spawned by the spread of LSD.
Education And Social Change: Contours In The History Of American Schooling, 4Th Edn (2014)
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The Ancient World: Readings in Social and Cultural History (2009)
For courses in Ancient History (Ancient Near East – Egypt/Mesopotamia), Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome.
Rock And Roll: A Social History by Paul Friedlander (1996-01-11) (1715)
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The Scotch-Irish: A Social History (1989)
Dispelling much of what he terms the ‘mythology’ of the Scotch-Irish, James Leyburn provides an absorbing account of their heritage.
Discovering The News: A Social History Of American Newspapers (1981)
This instructive and entertaining social history of American newspapers shows that the very idea of impartial, objective “news” was the social product of the democratization of political, economic, and social life in the nineteenth century. Professor Schudson analyzes the shifts in reportorial style over the years and explains why the belief among journalists and readers alike that newspapers must be objective still lives on.
As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman Social History, 2nd Edition (1998)
Revised to include new selections and updated bibliographical material, the second edition of this popular sourcebook offers a rich, revealing look at everyday Roman life. It provides clear, lively translations of a fascinating array of documents drawn from Latin and Greek source material–from personal letters, farming manuals, medical texts, and recipes to poetry, graffiti, and tombstone inscriptions. Each selection has been translated into readable, contemporary English.
Our Musicals, Ourselves: A Social History of the American Musical Theatre (2004)
Our Musicals, Ourselves is the first full-scale social history of the American musical theater from the imported Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas of the late nineteenth century to such recent musicals as The Producers and Urinetown.
Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History (2017)
Revised and updated throughout, the fourth edition of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and economic history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety.
Best Social History Books: The Ultimate Collection
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The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women: A Social History
Author(s): Elizabeth Norton
ID: 1708128, Publisher: Pegasus Books, Year: July 2017, Size: 20 Mb, Format: epub
Women in the Ottoman Empire: A Social and Political History
Author(s): Suraiya Faroqhi
ID: 3521372, Publisher: I.B. Tauris, Year: 2023, Size: 85 Mb, Format: pdf
A Social History of Administrative Science in Italy: Planning a State of Happiness from Liberalism to Fascism
Author(s): Andrea Rapini
ID: 3567264, Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, Year: 2023, Size: 4 Mb, Format: pdf
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