Stories
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The life and death of Tamagotchi and the virtual pet
Discover how the 1990s craze for Tamagotchis became a flood of robotic and virtual pets, sending their owners on an emotional rollercoaster ride.
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How my wheelchair changed my life
A young woman diagnosed with a disabling condition found her world shrank without the mobility aids she needed to get outside. Finally facing the stigma around using a wheelchair transformed her everyday life.
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Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
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Natural eating in Jamaica and the Caribbean
Riaz Phillips is passionate about the Jamaican food he grew up with and plant-based Caribbean food he came to later, like roti, baiganee and vegan stews and curries. Here he explores the origins and surging popularity of these natural ‘health foods’.
Catalogue
- Books
Socialist modern : East German everyday culture and politics / Katherine Pence and Paul Betts, editors.
Date: [2008]- Books
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The European in India, or, Anglo-Indian's vade-mecum : a handbook of useful and practical information for those proceeding to or residing in the East Indies, relating to outfits, routes, time for departure, Indian climate and seasons, housekeeping, servants, etc., etc. : also an account of Anglo-Indian social customs and native character / by Edmund C.P. Hull ; to which is added a Medical guide for Anglo-Indians, being a compendium of advice to Europeans in India ... / by R.S. Mair.
Mair R. S.Date: 1871- Books
Der jüdische Arzt in Kunst und Kultur / Caris-Petra Heidel (Hrsg.).
Date: 2012- Books
Death in Berlin : from Weimar to divided Germany / Monica Black, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Black, Monica, 1968-Date: 2010- Books
Within walls : private life in the German Democratic Republic / Paul Betts.
Betts, Paul, 1963-Date: 2010