Koen Bostoen & Inge Brinkman 
Kongo Kingdom [PDF ebook] 
The Origins, Dynamics and Cosmopolitan Culture of an African Polity

Designing Disability traces the emergence of an idea and an ideal – physical access for the disabled – through the evolution of the iconic International Symbol of Access (ISA). The book draws on desi …

The Art of Suicide is a history of the visual representation of suicide from the ancient world to its decriminalization in the 20th century. After looking at instances of voluntary death in ancient G …

First Published in 1997. This book is intended as a resource for anyone interested in the artistic contributions and activities of women in nineteenth-century Britain. It is an index as well as an an …

Current discourse on Indigenous engagement in museum studies is often dominated by curatorial and academic perspectives, in which community voice, viewpoints, and reflections on their collaborations …

This book argues that touch and movement played a significant role, long overlooked, in generating perceptions of ancient material culture in the late 18th century. At this time the reception of clas …

This book provides a critical overview of rural change over the eighty years since the outbreak of the Great War, making clear the historical origins of present-day policy. It also provides a structu …

How might we develop products made with and by disabled users rather than for them? Could we change living and working spaces to make them accessible rather than designing products that ‘fix’ disabil …

”I imagine its being rediscovered with delight in some dusty book case a century hence and hailed as a classic” Spectator ”A wonderful book, a hymn to the pleasurable process of making things” Th …

We don”t just look at buildings: their facades, beautiful or ugly, conceal the spaces we inhabit. We are born, work, love and die in architecture. We buy and sell it, rent it and squat in it, create …

Amateur Craft provides an illuminating and historically-grounded account of amateur craft in the modern era, from 19th century Sunday painters and amateur carpenters to present day railway modellers …