Routledge Histories
About the Book Series
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.
The Routledge History of Witchcraft
1st Edition
Edited
By Johannes Dillinger
August 02, 2021
The Routledge History of Witchcraft is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary study of the belief in witches from antiquity to the present day, providing both an introduction to the subject of witchcraft and an overview of the on-going debates.This extensive collection covers the entire breadth of ...
The Routledge History of Human Rights
1st Edition
Edited
By Jean Quataert, Lora Wildenthal
June 30, 2021
The Routledge History of Human Rights is an interdisciplinary collection that provides historical and global perspectives on a range of human rights themes of the past 150 years.The volume is made up of 34 original contributions. It opens with the emergence of a "new internationalism" in the ...
The Routledge History of Medieval Magic
1st Edition
By Sophie Page, Catherine Rider
June 30, 2021
The Routledge History of Medieval Magic brings together the work of scholars from across Europe and North America to provide extensive insights into recent developments in the study of medieval magic between c.1100 and c.1500. This book covers a wide range of topics, including the magical texts ...
The Routledge History of Women in Early Modern Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Amanda L. Capern
June 30, 2021
The Routledge History of Women in Early Modern Europe is a comprehensive and ground-breaking survey of the lives of women in early-modern Europe between 1450 and 1750. Covering a period of dramatic political and cultural change, the book challenges the current contours and chronologies of European ...
The Routledge History of Monarchy
1st Edition
Edited
By Elena Woodacre, Lucinda H.S. Dean, Chris Jones, Zita Rohr, Russell Martin
March 31, 2021
The Routledge History of Monarchy draws together current research across the field of royal studies, providing a rich understanding of the history of monarchy from a variety of geographical, cultural and temporal contexts.Divided into four parts, this book presents a wide range of case studies ...
The Routledge History of Global War and Society
1st Edition
Edited
By Matthew S. Muehlbauer, David J. Ulbrich
December 18, 2020
The Routledge History of Global War and Society offers a sweeping introduction to the most significant research on the causes, experiences, and impacts of war throughout history. This collection of twenty-seven essays by leading historians demonstrates how war and society studies have dramatically ...
The Routledge History of World Peace since 1750
1st Edition
Edited
By Christian Philip Peterson, William M. Knoblauch, Michael Loadenthal
December 18, 2020
The Routledge History of World Peace since 1750 examines the varied and multifaceted scholarship surrounding the topic of peace and engages in a fruitful dialogue about the global history of peace since 1750. Interdisciplinary in nature, the book includes contributions from authors working in ...
The Routledge History of Disability
1st Edition
Edited
By Roy Hanes, Ivan Brown, Nancy E. Hansen
September 30, 2020
The Routledge History of Disability explores the shifting attitudes towards and representations of disabled people from the age of antiquity to the twenty-first century. Taking an international view of the subject, this wide-ranging collection shows that the history of disability cuts across racial...
The Routledge History of East Central Europe since 1700
1st Edition
Edited
By Irina Livezeanu, Arpad von Klimo
June 30, 2020
Covering territory from Russia in the east to Germany and Austria in the west, The Routledge History of East Central Europe since 1700 explores the origins and evolution of modernity in this turbulent region. This book applies fresh critical approaches to major historical controversies and debates,...
The Routledge History of the Twentieth-Century United States
1st Edition
Edited
By Jerald Podair, Darren Dochuk
June 30, 2020
The Routledge History of the Twentieth-Century United States is a comprehensive introduction to the most important trends and developments in the study of modern United States history. Driven by interdisciplinary scholarship, the thirty-four original chapters underscore the vast range of ...
The Routledge History of Disease
1st Edition
By Mark Jackson
December 12, 2019
The Routledge History of Disease draws on innovative scholarship in the history of medicine to explore the challenges involved in writing about health and disease throughout the past and across the globe, presenting a varied range of case studies and perspectives on the patterns, technologies and ...
The Routledge History of Food
1st Edition
Edited
By Carol Helstosky
December 12, 2019
The history of food is one of the fastest growing areas of historical investigation, incorporating methods and theories from cultural, social, and women’s history while forging a unique perspective on the past. The Routledge History of Food takes a global approach to this topic, focusing on the ...