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 Genocide
1st Edition
Edited
By Cathie Carmichael, Richard C. Maguire
December 12, 2019
The Routledge History of Genocide takes an interdisciplinary yet historically focused look at history from the Iron Age to the recent past to examine episodes of extreme violence that could be interpreted as genocidal. Approaching the subject in a sensitive, inclusive and respectful way, each ...
The Routledge History of Madness and Mental Health
1st Edition
Edited
By Greg Eghigian
December 12, 2019
The Routledge History of Madness and Mental Health explores the history and historiography of madness from the ancient and medieval worlds to the present day. Global in scope, it includes case studies from Africa, Asia, and South America as well as Europe and North America, drawing together the ...
The Routledge History of Medieval Christianity: 1050-1500
1st Edition
Edited
By R. N. Swanson
December 12, 2019
The Routledge History of Medieval Christianity explores the role of Christianity in European society from the middle of the eleventh-century until the dawning of the Reformation. Arranged in four thematic sections and comprising 23 originally commissioned chapters plus introductory overviews to ...
The Routledge History of Terrorism
1st Edition
Edited
By Randall D. Law
December 12, 2019
Though the history of terrorism stretches back to the ancient world, today it is often understood as a recent development. Comprehensive enough to serve as a survey for students or newcomers to the field, yet with enough depth to engage the specialist, The Routledge History of Terrorism is the ...
The Routledge History of Western Empires
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Aldrich, Kirsten McKenzie
December 12, 2019
The Routledge History of Western Empires is an all new volume focusing on the history of Western Empires in a comparative and thematic perspective. Comprising of thirty-three original chapters arranged in eight thematic sections, the book explores European overseas expansion from the Age of ...
The Routledge History of the Renaissance
1st Edition
Edited
By William Caferro
December 12, 2019
Drawing together the latest research in the field, The Routledge History of the Renaissance treats the Renaissance not as a static concept, but as one of ongoing change within an international framework. It takes as its unifying theme the idea of exchange and interchange through the movement of ...
The Routledge History of Nineteenth-Century America
1st Edition
Edited
By Jonathan Daniel Wells
December 10, 2019
The Routledge History of Nineteenth-Century America provides an important overview of the main themes within the study of the long nineteenth century. The book explores major currents of research over the past few decades to give an up-to-date synthesis of nineteenth-century history. It shows how ...
The Routledge History of Italian Americans
1st Edition
Edited
By William Connell, Stanislao Pugliese
May 23, 2019
The Routledge History of Italian Americans weaves a narrative of the trials and triumphs of one of the nation’s largest ethnic groups. This history, comprising original essays by leading scholars and critics, addresses themes that include the Columbian legacy, immigration, the labor movement, ...
The Routledge History of the American South
1st Edition
Edited
By Maggi M. Morehouse
May 07, 2019
The Routledge History of the American South looks at the major themes that have developed in the interdisciplinary field of Southern Studies. With fifteen original essays from experts in their respective fields, the handbook addresses such diverse topics as southern linguistics, music (secular and ...
The Routledge History of American Sport
1st Edition
Edited
By Linda J. Borish, David K Wiggins, Gerald R. Gems
April 15, 2019
The Routledge History of American Sport provides the first comprehensive overview of historical research in American sport from the early Colonial period to the present day. Considering sport through innovative themes and topics such as the business of sport, material culture and sport, the ...
The Routledge History of Gender, War, and the U.S. Military
1st Edition
Edited
By Kara Vuic
April 15, 2019
The Routledge History of Gender, War, and the U.S. Military is the first examination of the interdisciplinary, intersecting fields of gender studies and the history of the United States military. In twenty-one original essays, the contributors tackle themes including gendering the "other," gender ...
The Routledge History of Queer America
1st Edition
Edited
By Don Romesburg
April 15, 2019
The Routledge History of Queer America presents the first comprehensive synthesis of the rapidly developing field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer US history. Featuring nearly thirty chapters on essential subjects and themes from colonial times through the present, this collection ...