Major Reference Works

Edited by Howard Davis, University of Oregon, USA A collection of essential readings in the study of vernacular architecture and the traditional building cultures of the world spanning the last 200 years. Each volume includes a substantial contextualizing introduction, while the texts are arranged according to themes which correspond to the chronological and intellectual development of the field, reflecting the subject’s evolution from primarily rural, romantic and traditional interpretations through to thoroughly contemporary and interdisciplinary definitions of the field.

Contents:

Volume 1 - Taxonomies and Geography Volume 2 - Social Life Volume 3 - The Culture of Construction Volume 4 - The Emerging Urban Vernacular

Special introductory offer (valid up to three months after publication): £595.00 / $804.00

UK July 2022 • US July 2022 • 4 vols • c.1,536 pages HB Pack 9781474283915 • £660.00 / $890.00 Series: Critical and Primary Sources • Bloomsbury Academic

Edited by Geraldine Biddle-Perry, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK “A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair ... There is plenty to inform and intrigue here ... The volumes appeal to period-specific scholars, but also slot together, forming a continuous, braided history.” Times Literary Supplement

6 vols • c.1,792 pages PB Pack • UK June 2022 • US June 2022 9781350287518 • £130 / $175 HB Pack • UK December 2018 • US December 2018 9781474232128 • £425 / $575 600 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories • Bloomsbury Academic

A Cultural History of Hair in Antiquity

Edited by Mary Harlow, University of Leicester, UK

PB • UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 240 pages 9781350285323 • £25.99 / $35.95 HB • UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 240 pages 9781474232012 • £75 / $110 75 bw illus

A Cultural History of Hair in the Middle Ages

Edited by Roberta Milliken, Shawnee State University, USA

PB • UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 256 pages 9781350285484 • £25.99 / $35.95 HB • UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 256 pages 9781474232036 • £75 / $110 83 bw illus

A Cultural History of Hair in the Renaissance

Edited by Edith Snook, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada

PB • UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 232 pages 9781350285545 • £25.99 / $35.95 HB • UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 232 pages 9781474232050 • £75 / $110 75-100 bw illus

A Cultural History of Hair in the Age of Empire

Edited by Sarah Heaton, University of Chester, UK

PB • UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 232 pages 9781350285880 • £25.99 / $35.95 HB • UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 232 pages 9781474232098 • £75 / $110 46 bw illus

A Cultural History of Hair in the Age of Enlightenment

Edited by Margaret K. Powell and Joseph Roach, both at Yale University, USA

PB • UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 256 pages 9781350285606 • £25.99 / $35.95 HB • UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 256 pages 9781474232074 • £75 / $110 75 bw illus

A Cultural History of Hair in the Modern Age

Geraldine Biddle-Perry, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK

PB • UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 256 pages 9781350285897 • £25.99 / $35.95 HB • UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 256 pages 9781474232111 • £75 / $110 75 bw illus