Category: Social Sciences

Bunker

Since prehistory, bunkers have been built as protection from cataclysmic social and environmental forces, and as places of power and

The award-winning, field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid-20th century Gay New York brilliantly

Forgotten Women reaches around the world and its history to rediscover, retell and reinstate the lives of over 190 important and

The inspiring story of a Black doctor who was deeply affected by the violence that plagued his Brooklyn childhood and

The story of factory farmers, rescued farm animals, and rural communities standing up to big corporations and constructing their own

From a Washington Post critic and self-described meathead, a witty, incisive, poignant exploration of male body image, from the history of the

An acclaimed historian narrates the stories of newly emancipated children who were re-enslaved by white masters through apprenticeships and their

A mother and race scholar seeks to answer her daughter’s many questions about race and racism with an earnest exploration

Although we usually think of technology as something unique to modern times, our ancestors began to create the first technologies

From the Haitian-style “shotgun” houses of the 19th century to the lavish high-rises of the 21st century, a walk through