Stories
- Article
Political brilliance and the power of self-promotion
How do you convince people you’re exceptional? Meet the ultimate self-styled genius.
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Bubbles of history
Since the 1960s, scientists have been able to study the air from past centuries by analysing particles in Arctic ice samples. But as the polar ice melts, the future of this research is changing.
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
- Book extract
A history of sex for sale
Kate Lister’s cultural history of the sex trade puts sex workers centre stage. In this extract, she argues why the way we write, think and talk about sex work matters.
Catalogue
- Books
Politics and science in wartime : comparative international perspectives on the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute / edited by Carola Sachse and Mark Walker.
Sachse, Carola, 1951-Date: [2005], ©2005- Books
A cultural history of race / general editor, Marius Turda.
Date: 2021- Books
Society, medicine and politics in colonial India / edited by Biswamoy Pati and Mark Harrison.
Date: 2018- Books
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Key concepts of Romanian history : alternative approaches to socio-political languages / edited by Victor Neumann and Armin Heinen.
Date: 2013- Books
Museums and migration : history, memory and politics / edited by Laurence Gourievidis.
Date: 2014