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The Routledge Histories is a series of landmark books surveying some of the most important topics and themes in history today. Edited and written by an international team of world-renowned experts, they are the works against which all future books on their subjects will be judged.

56 Series Titles


The Routledge History of Evangelical Christianity in America

The Routledge History of Evangelical Christianity in America

1st Edition

Edited By Darren Dochuk, Ian E. Van Dyke
January 28, 2026

This comprehensive reference work brings together a diverse cross-section of established and emerging historians to explore the broad and deep history of Bible-believing, born-again Protestantism, and its dynamic impact on American life and society. The first part of this handbook features nine ...

The Routledge History of Fashion and Dress, 1800 to the Present

The Routledge History of Fashion and Dress, 1800 to the Present

1st Edition

Edited By Veronique Pouillard, Vincent Dubé-Senécal
December 26, 2025

The time span covered by The Routledge History of Fashion and Dress starts in the nineteenth century, with the aftermath of the consumers’ revolution, and reaches all the way to the present. The fashion and garment industries have been international from the beginning and, as such, this volume ...

The Routledge History of Antisemitism

The Routledge History of Antisemitism

1st Edition

Edited By Mark Weitzman, Robert J. Williams, James Wald
October 27, 2025

Antisemitism is a topic on which there is a wide gap between scholarly and popular understanding, and as concern over antisemitism has grown, so too have the debates over how to understand and combat it. This handbook explores its history and manifestations, ranging from its origins to the internet...

The Routledge History of the Senses

The Routledge History of the Senses

1st Edition

Edited By Andrew Kettler, Will Tullett
June 26, 2025

The Routledge History of the Senses presents readers with an overview of the field. As well as pointing to directions for the future of the discipline, it illustrates the extent to which the subject offers a considerable space for the exploration of diverse historical topics through the lens of ...

The Routledge History of the Devil in the Western Tradition

The Routledge History of the Devil in the Western Tradition

1st Edition

Edited By Richard Raiswell, Michelle D. Brock, David R. Winter
May 29, 2025

Covering a period of 2000 years, this book offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the devil's role in the Western tradition and draws from history, religion, art, literature, media studies, and anthropology to provide a multifaceted view of the devil over time. The Routledge History of the ...

The Routledge History of the Modern Maritime World since 1500

The Routledge History of the Modern Maritime World since 1500

1st Edition

Edited By Kenneth Morgan
May 01, 2025

The Routledge History of the Modern Maritime World since 1500 provides a wide-ranging set of chapters, covering the sixteenth century to the present, which represent the main lines of current enquiry in maritime history. Over the past half-century, maritime history has become a significant ...

The Routledge History of American Science

The Routledge History of American Science

1st Edition

Edited By Timothy W. Kneeland
April 14, 2025

The Routledge History of American Science provides an essential companion to the most significant themes within the subject area. The field of the history of science continues to grow and expand into new areas and to adopt new theories to explain the role of science and its connections to ...

The Routledge History of Modern Latin American Migration

The Routledge History of Modern Latin American Migration

1st Edition

Edited By Andreas E. Feldmann, Xochitl Bada, Jorge Durand, Stephanie Schütze
April 14, 2025

The Routledge History of Modern Latin American Migration offers a systematic account of population movements to and from the region over the last 150 years, spanning from the massive transoceanic migration of the 1870s to contemporary intraregional and transnational movements. The volume ...

The Routledge History of Police Brutality in America

The Routledge History of Police Brutality in America

1st Edition

Edited By Thomas Aiello
April 14, 2025

This handbook offers a comprehensive historical overview and analysis of police brutality in US history and the variety of ways it has manifested itself. Police brutality has been a defining controversy of the modern age, brought into focus most readily by the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis ...

The Routledge History of Religion and Politics in the United States Since 1775

The Routledge History of Religion and Politics in the United States Since 1775

1st Edition

Edited By Cara Lea Burnidge, Lauren Frances Turek
December 30, 2024

Drawing together history and recent historiography, this volume offers a reference work for understanding how religion influenced politics and how politics shaped religion in the United States from the American Revolution through to the present day. The book brings together some of the most ...

The Routledge History of Crime in America

The Routledge History of Crime in America

1st Edition

Edited By James Campbell, Vivien Miller
December 27, 2024

Covering a broad chronology from the colonial era to the present, this volume’s 28 chapters reflect the diverse approaches, interests and findings of an international group of new and established scholars working on American crime histories today.  The book is organized around major themes in ...

The Routledge History of Loneliness

The Routledge History of Loneliness

1st Edition

Edited By Katie Barclay, Elaine Chalus, Deborah Simonton
December 19, 2024

The Routledge History of Loneliness takes a multidisciplinary approach to the history of a modern emotion, exploring its form and development across cultures from the seventeenth century to the present. Bringing together thirty scholars from various disciplines, including history, anthropology, ...

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