Caradonna, Jeremy L. (associate Professor, Associate Professor, University of Alberta)

An engaging primer of the history of the sustainability movement from the 1600s to the present day, illuminating how sustainability evolved from a rel

A timely overview of populism, one of the most contested concepts in political journalism and the social sciences.

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Hailing from the Syrian city of Palmyra, a woman named Zenobia (also Bathzabbai) governed territory in the eastern Roman empire from 268 to 272. She t

The City: A World History depicts the rise of urban centers from the middle of the fourth century BCE to the early twenty-first century. It begins in

The gentrification of Brooklyn has been one of the most striking developments in recent urban history. Considered one of the city's most notorious ind

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An urgent analysis of global gender inequality and a passionately argued case for change by a pioneer in the movement for women's economic empowerment

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A year on from the allegations against Harvey Weinstein and the beginnings of #metoo movement Mary Beard revisits the gender agenda with new material

Written by leading experts in the field, this textbook explores international human rights law in detail, from foundational issues to substantive righ

Peter C. Caldwell and Karrin Hanshew's Germany Since 1945 traces the social, political and cultural history of Germany from the end of the Second Worl