Oxford University Press

In Travels in the Netherworld, Bryan J. Cuevas examines a fascinating but little-known genre of Tibetan narrative literature about the delok, ordinary men and women who claim to have died, traveled through hell, and then returned from the dead. Providing a clear, detailed analysis of four vivid return-from-death tales, including the story of a...

This book will trace the cultural history of natural history museums from their origins in the 18th century through to the present day, by tracing the changing attitudes and philosophies that influence the public displays of major natural history museums. The author will make his points with many anecdotes and stoies, showing the development over...

City Women is a major new study of the lives of ordinary women in early modern London. By using court testimonies written down by clerks, it tells the stories of these mostly illiterate women in their own words, and explores their dogged struggles for survival and advancement....

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