History Uncut
Book excerpts from Oxford University Press exploring history, biography, and culture.
Extract from Continual Raving by Janet R. Gilsdorf
Extract from Continual Raving by Janet R. Gilsdorf
Continual Raving: A History of Meningitis and the People Who Conquered It tells the gripping story of how meningitis was defeated.
Challenging gender roles in Han dynasty China
Challenging gender roles in Han dynasty China
Explore gender roles during the Han Dynasty, and how contributions of women to family life challenged Confucian ideas of male superiority.
Was Israel created because of the Holocaust?
Was Israel created because of the Holocaust?
The chronological proximity of the Holocaust and Israel’s establishment has led many people to assume that the two events are connected.
A History of Impersonal Violence
A History of Impersonal Violence
At the heart of T. K. Wilson’s new book Killing Strangers lies a simple ambition — to explore how political violence has changed over time.
You’ll always be wishy-washy, Charlie Brown!
You’ll always be wishy-washy, Charlie Brown!
It has been argued that Peanuts was so beloved because it was apolitical. In this excerpt, Blake Scott Ball asks: was it, really?
A lone Chinese woman in 19th century America
A lone Chinese woman in 19th century America
Afong Moy was the first known Chinese woman in America and became well-known across the country due to her inclusion in P.T. Barnum’s…