Social History

Social history might be

Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out G. M. Trevelyan

I read a lot of social history. If I’m in an art gallery and a picture intrigues me, I immediately write down the title and I google it. I do a lot of googling and looking out for good stories. I can almost smell them sometimes. Emma Donoghue

It\\’s a shame for

It’s a shame for women’s history to be all about men–first boys, then other boys, then men men men. It reminds me of the way our school history textbooks were all about wars and elections, one war after another, with the dull periods of peace skimmed over whenever they occurred. (Our teachers deplored this and … Read more

Political and social history

Political and social history are in my view two aspects of the same process. Social life loses half its interest and political movements lose most of their meaning if they are considered separately. F. M. Powicke

Nightclub City tells the

Nightclub City tells the behind-the-scenes story of Manhattan’s glamorous nightlife at its peak. Packed with colorful characters, terrific original research, and an unusually accessible writing style, Nightclub City is a gritty social history of America’s most glitzy fantasies. Debby Applegate

Man has traditionally ruled

Man has traditionally ruled the social sphere; feminism tells him to move over and share his power. But woman rules the sexual and emotional sphere, and there she has no rival. Victim ideology, a caricature of social history, blocks women from recognition of their dominance in the deepest, most important realm. ? Camille Paglia