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Adventures in Elegance by Cornelia Otis Skinner is a charming and witty collection of essays that explores the nuances, quirks, and delights of living a life imbued with grace and style. With her signature humor and keen observational eye, Skinner invites readers into a...
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Progress in the Household by Catherine E. Beecher is a pioneering work in the field of domestic science and home management, first published in the late 19th century. This comprehensive book explores the evolving role of the household in American society, emphasizing...
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The Workers: An Experiment in Reality.The East by Walter A. Wyckoff is a compelling firsthand account of the author’s journey as he immerses himself in the lives of America’s working class during the late nineteenth century. Determined to understand the realities faced...
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The Workers: An Experiment in Reality.The West by Walter A. Wyckoff is a compelling firsthand account of the author’s journey as a manual laborer in the American West during the late nineteenth century. As part of a unique social experiment, Wyckoff, a Princeton...
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Behind the Scenes in a Hotel offers readers a fascinating and detailed glimpse into the inner workings of a grand hotel during the early 20th century. Written by a seasoned hotelier, this book pulls back the curtain on the daily life, challenges, and triumphs of hotel...
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The Cholera:The Claims of the Poor Upon the Rich is a compelling and thought-provoking work by Charles Kingsley, first published in 1849, during a period of widespread cholera outbreaks in England. In this passionate treatise, Kingsley addresses the stark social...
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Society for Superseding the Necessity of Climbing Boys, by Encouraging a New Method of Sweeping Chimneys: Twenty-First Report, May 1, 1837 is a significant historical document that chronicles the ongoing efforts of a pioneering British society dedicated to eradicating...
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Social Legislation andSocial Activity is a comprehensive exploration of the evolution, principles, and impact of social legislation in modern society. Authored by John Graham Brooks, the book delves into the historical context and philosophical underpinnings of social...
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Domestic Service is a comprehensive and insightful exploration of the world of household employment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Authored by Lucy Maynard Salmon, the book delves into the intricate relationships between employers and domestic workers,...
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Woman's Work in America is a comprehensive and illuminating volume that explores the diverse roles, achievements, and challenges of women in the United States during the late nineteenth century. Edited by Annie Nathan Meyer and first published in 1891, the book brings...
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Thoughts on the Mechanism of Societies is a thought-provoking treatise by Auguste Comte, the renowned French philosopher and founder of positivism. In this seminal work, Comte delves into the intricate structures and underlying principles that govern human societies,...
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The 2011 war in Syria triggered a wave of people seeking asylum in Europe, bringing immigration into the political and media spotlight and sparking numerous debates on displaced people. These debates have been marked by a heightened focus on the terminology used to...
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In "Speed's Work", one of the most profound and radical confrontations with the modern concept of labour and its associated social values unfolds.
Timothy Speed - autistic artist, labour theorist, and human rights activist - has worked for over twenty years, almost...
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A month of Talking to AI
An extraordinary dialogue about the future, technology, and humanity
What happens when a person engages in regular conversations with an artificial intelligence for a whole year - not superficially, but deeply, seriously, and as equals? This...
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The concept of sine curves, i.e. regular upswings and downswings, can be used as a metaphor and, at the same time as a guideline in many areas of life. It describes cyclical movements, phases of peaks and troughs. Sine-curves in politics, sport, science, health,...
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This ethnographic project examines the Jumbo Savari Procession during the Dasara Festival in the city of Mysore in India with a particular interest in spatial organisation and social dynamics. The procession, which marks the culmination of the festival, involves the...
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Annette Bräker and Horst H. Geerken take us with them on a more than 3000-kilometre journey from Pakistan through the Hunza Valley to Kashgar in Xinjiang and back to Pakistan. The book deals with the history, culture and peoples of the Hunza Valley and Xinjiang. As well...
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Sexualized violence is omnipresent and takes place wherever people meet - including the workplace. Sexism, sexual harassment and abuse of power are rooted deeply, often difficult to recognize and even more difficult to eliminate.
Verena Arps-Roelle and Sebastian Arps...
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For centuries, migrants from the heart of Germany have hoped for a better life in the United States of America, for human rights, peace and democracy. Countless took their chance and changed their new homecountry for the better. Like members of the Giessen Emigration...
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This book argues that apart from a number of ambiguities and inner tensions, Marx' and Engels' historical materialism suffers from a misconception of the nature and motive power of historical development and transformations on which their unwarranted confidence in the...
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