Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession 9780374709372

Obsession: A History 9780226137797

We live in an age of obsession. Not only are we hopelessly devoted to our work, strangely addicted to our favorite telev

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Roe: The History of a National Obsession 0300266103, 9780300266108

The leading U.S. expert on abortion law charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year histo

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Roe: The History of a National Obsession 9780300271874

The leading U.S. expert on abortion law charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year histo

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A Cultural History of the British Empire: A Cultural History of the British Empire 9780300268812

A compelling history of British imperial culture, showing how it was adopted and subverted by colonial subjects around t

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EGYPTOMANIA: a history of fascination, obsession and fantasy 9781789143485, 1789143489

The land of pyramids and sphinxes, pharaohs and goddesses, Egypt has been a source of awe and fascination from the time

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A Short History of Cultural Studies 0761950281

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Snakes in Myth, Magic, and History: The Story of a Human Obsession 0274979586, 9780313352928, 0313352925

The snake is one of humankind's most powerful and ambiguous symbols: it has at various times represented immortalit

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A cultural history of Wallonia 9789061533207

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Possessed: A Cultural History of Hoarding 9781501752810

In Possessed, Rebecca R. Falkoff asks how hoarding—once a paradigm of economic rationality—came to be defined as a menta

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The American Robot: A Cultural History 9780226692852

Although they entered the world as pure science fiction, robots are now very much a fact of everyday life. Whether a spa

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