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“An extraordinary and intriguing book series ... I don’t think I have ever come across anything quite like it.” Reference Reviews The Cultural Histories are beautifully illustrated, multi-volume sets that survey the social and cultural construction of specific subjects across 6 historical periods: Antiquity; Medieval Age; Renaissance; Age of Enlightenment; Age of Empire; Modern Age. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters. This enables readers to gain an understanding of a single period by reading an entire volume, or to follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume.
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UK September 2022 • US September 2022 6 vols • c.1,728 pages HB Pack 9781350007550 • £440.00 / $610.00 240 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Ideas
6-Volume Set
Edited by Sophia Rosenfeld and Peter T. Struck, both at the University of Pennsylvania, USA
How has the nature of ideas evolved over time? How have they been influenced and received by different social and cultural conditions? In a work that spans 2,800 years, these ambitious questions are addressed by 61 experts. The volumes explore the development of ideas throughout Western society from a range of interdisciplinary angles, as well as their receptions and contexts. Themes covered: Knowledge; The Human Self; Ethics and Social Relations; Politics and Economies; Nature; Religion and the Divine; Language, Poetry and Rhetoric; The Arts; History
Volume 1: A Cultural History of Ideas in Classical Antiquity Edited by Thomas Habinek (University of Southern California, USA), Giulia Sissa (University of California Los Angeles, USA) and Clifford Ando (University of Chicago, USA) Volume 2: A Cultural History of Ideas in the Medieval Age Edited by Dallas G. Denery II (Bowdoin College, USA) Volume 3: A Cultural History of Ideas in the Renaissance Edited by Jill Kraye (University of London and Warburg Institute, UK) Volume 4: A Cultural History of Ideas in the Age of Enlightenment Edited by Jack R. Censer (George Mason University, USA) Volume 5: A Cultural History of Ideas in the Age of Empire Edited by James H. Johnson (Boston University, USA) Volume 6: A Cultural History of Ideas in the Modern Age Edited by Stefanos Geroulanos (New York University, USA)
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UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 6 vols • c. 1,700 pages HB Pack 9781350027060 • £440.00 / $610.00 235 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Shopping
6-Volume Set
Edited by Jon Stobart, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK How has the activity of shopping changed over the centuries? And what does it tell us about the lives and interests of people living within different cultures? In a work that spans 2,500 years, these questions are answered by 55 experts. With the help of a broad range of case material they illustrate trends and nuances of the culture of shopping from antiquity to the present. Themes and chapter titles are: Practices and Processes; Spaces and Places; Shoppers and Identities; Luxury and Everyday; Home and Family; Visual and Literary Representations; Reputation, Trust and Credit; and Governance, Regulation and the State.
Volume 1: A Cultural History of Shopping in Antiquity Edited by Mary Harlow, University of Leicester, UK and Ray Laurence, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia Volume 2: A Cultural History of Shopping in the Middle Ages Edited by James Davis, Queen's University, Belfast, UK Volume 3: A Cultural History of Shopping in the Early Modern Age Edited by Tim Reinke-Williams, University of Northampton, UK Volume 4: A Cultural History of Shopping in the Age of Enlightenment Edited by Ilja Van Damme, University of Antwerp, Belgium Volume 5: A Cultural History of Shopping in the Age of Revolution and Empire Edited by Erika Rappaport, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Volume 6: A Cultural History of Shopping in the Modern Age Edited by Vicki Howard, University of Essex, UK
Edited by Geraldine Biddle-Perry, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK “A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair ... There is plenty to inform and intrigue here ... The volumes appeal to period-specific scholars, but also slot together, forming a continuous, braided history.” Times Literary Supplement
6 vols • c.1,792 pages PB Pack • UK June 2022 • US June 2022 9781350287518 • £130 / $175 HB Pack • UK December 2018 • US December 2018 9781474232128 • £425 / $575 600 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Hair in Antiquity
PB • UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 240 pages 9781350285323 • £25.99 / $35.95 HB • UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 240 pages 9781474232012 • £75 / $110 75 bw illus
A Cultural History of Hair in the Middle Ages
Edited by Roberta Milliken, Shawnee State University, USA
PB • UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 256 pages 9781350285484 • £25.99 / $35.95 HB • UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 256 pages 9781474232036 • £75 / $110 83 bw illus
A Cultural History of Hair in the Renaissance
Edited by Edith Snook, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada
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A Cultural History of Hair in the Age of Empire
Edited by Sarah Heaton, University of Chester, UK
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Edited by Margaret K. Powell and Joseph Roach, both at Yale University, USA
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A Cultural History of Hair in the Modern Age
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Edited by Howard Davis, University of Oregon, USA A collection of essential readings in the study of vernacular architecture and the traditional building cultures of the world spanning the last 200 years. Each volume includes a substantial contextualizing introduction, while the texts are arranged according to themes which correspond to the chronological and intellectual development of the field, reflecting the subject’s evolution from primarily rural, romantic and traditional interpretations through to thoroughly contemporary and interdisciplinary definitions of the field.
Contents:
Volume 1 - Taxonomies and Geography Volume 2 - Social Life Volume 3 - The Culture of Construction Volume 4 - The Emerging Urban Vernacular
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UK July 2022 • US July 2022 • 4 vols • c.1,536 pages HB Pack 9781474283915 • £660.00 / $890.00 Series: Critical and Primary Sources • Bloomsbury Academic
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4-Volume Set
Edited by Michael Sayer, Independent Historian This work surveys and contextualises the most significant primary sources relating to the status of nobility in Europe covering over 2,000 years from Roman times through the Medieval period and beyond. The work also examines the many juridical aspects of nobility – titles, arms, heraldry, chivalric orders and knighthoods, and offices – providing a thorough methodological basis for the study of nobility.
4 vols • c. 1,352 pages PB Pack • UK February 2022 • US February 2022 9781350284234 • £200 / $270 HB Pack • UK November 2019 • US November 2019 9781780764559 • £350 / $475 85 colour illus Bloomsbury Academic
PB • UK February 2022 • US February 2022 • 456 pages 9781350284180 • £54.99 / $74.95 HB • UK November 2019 • US November 2019 • 456 pages 9781350149908 • £70 / $95
PB • UK February 2022 • US February 2022 • 496 pages 9781350284227 • £54.99 / $74.95 HB • UK November 2019 • US November 2019 • 496 pages 9781350149922 • £70 / $95
PB • UK February 2022 • US February 2022 • 400 pages 9781350284210 • £54.99 / $74.95 HB • UK November 2019 • US November 2019 • 400 pages 9781350149915 • £70 / $95
VOLUME I:
Chapter 1. Nobility in Roman Antiquity Chapter 2. Nobles and Nobility in Early Medieval Europe Chapter 3. Feudalism, Tenure and Jurisdiction
VOLUME II:
Chapter 4. Knighthood and Orders of Chivalry Chapter 5. Arms, Heraldry and Nobility Chapter 6. Civic Nobility
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VOLUME III:
Chapter 7. Nobility and Office Chapter 8. Titled Nobility Chapter 9. The Rights of Nobility
VOLUME IV
Chapter 10. Proofs of Nobility and Reciprocity Chapter 11. Epilogue
