Major Works: Social & Cultural History

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41. Routledge Library Editions: Women's History

    By Various

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History

    Reissuing seminal works originally published between 1928 and 1992, Routledge Library Editions: Women's History offers a selection of scholarship covering women's roles, gender battles, feminism and other issues through the ages. Topics include women in the World Wars, prostitution in Victorian...

    Published October 8th 2012 by Routledge
42. Routledge Library Editions: Retailing and Distribution

    By Various

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Retailing and Distribution

    Routledge Library Editions: Retailing and Distribution brings together as one set, or individual volumes, groundbreaking retail studies from the field of human geography. Encompassing town and retail planning, marketing geography, the development of shopping centres and the rise of consumerism...

    Published August 8th 2012 by Routledge
43. Japan 1555-1800: A Comp. Bibliog (ES 1-vol.)

    A most comprehensive bibliography of books in English published before 1800 and includes descriptions of Japan or any related subjects. The value of bibliographic data of approx. 4,520 titles are added by the number of pages where Japan is depicted. From the Preface by Takaku Shimada:--- Since I...

    Published August 5th 2012 by Edition Synapse
44. Foundations of the Nat. Trust (ES 8-vol. set)

    Edited by Kazuyoshi Oishi, Yukiko Dejima

    The National Trust, which protects—and makes accessible—over 350 historic houses, gardens, and monuments for the benefit of the public, is a charity, totally independent of Government. The Trust relies for its income on membership fees and donations. It is now one of the most successful...

    Published August 5th 2012 by Edition Synapse
45. Victorian Household Management (ES 5-vol. set)

    Edited by Yoriko Imata

    A facsimile collection of six household and cookery manuals published in mid-Victorian Britain. An extremely valuable source of information for those studying Victorian life / culture and history of women. From the preface by Nicola Humble--- The nineteenth century saw a dramatic increase in the...

    Published August 5th 2012 by Edition Synapse
46. American Negro Spirituals (ES 4-vol. set)

    Edited by Keiko Wells

    - The first major reprint collection of African-American music, including negro spirituals, slave songs, and African-American folk songs: crucial cultural artefacts for those seeking to understand the development of African-American culture and its acceptance in by mainstream American society. -...

    Published August 5th 2012 by Edition Synapse
47. Lives Most Eminent British Painters (ES 6-vol. set)

    Edited by Kozo Shioe

    - Following the style of the most famous book of Renaissance art history, Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects by Giorgio Vasari, this is one of the most comprehensive books of British art history covering the early period to the early nineteenth century. - Alain...

    Published August 5th 2012 by Edition Synapse
48. The Modern Traveller (ES 6-vol. set)

    Edited by Noriyuki Harada

    --This is the first part of a new facsimile series which reprints The Modern Traveller , originally published in 30 volumes between 1825 and 1829. --Edited by Josiah Conder, known as the editor of journals like The Eclectic Review or The Patriot, The Modern Traveller was a successful series of...

    Published August 5th 2012 by Edition Synapse
49. Women's Body (ES 5-vol. set)

    Edited by Setsuko Kagawa

    PRODUCT DESCRIPTION A collection of facsimile reprints of early books and pamphlets on women’s physical education and related subjects of health and sports published in the nineteenth- to early twentieth-century Britain. The collection totals eighteen items, including: exercise books; school...

    Published August 5th 2012 by Edition Synapse
50. Modernizing Nursery (ES 4-vol. set)

    Edited by Junko Mitsui-Yamamoto

    The very first facsimile reprint collection of the works of Ada Ballin (1863–1906), the leader of childcare and parenting in Victorian Britain and a pioneer of the scientific management of infant health. Ballin founded an influential magazine, Baby, for middle-class mothers, organized a series of...

    Published August 5th 2012 by Edition Synapse