Routledge Revivals
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Drawing from over 100 years of innovative, cutting-edge publishing, Routledge Revivals is an exciting programme whereby key titles from the distinguished and extensive backlist of the many acclaimed imprints associated with Routledge will be re-issued.
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Sex and Society
1st Edition
By Helena Wright
November 30, 2024
First published in 1968, Sex and Society presents and analyses the code of sexual behaviour based on the universal use of contraceptive methods. It includes discussion of all forms of sexual activity, and emphasises in particular the attitudes that should be adopted in sex education. Backed up by ...
The Bourbon Tragedy
1st Edition
By Rupert Furneaux
November 30, 2024
First published in 1968, The Bourbon Tragedy marks the fall of the ancient French monarchy on August 10, 1792. The Bourbon Royal Family was imprisoned in the tower of the Temple, a dark, medieval dungeon. The following January Louis XVI was taken out, tried and guillotined, and later Marie ...
The Coherence of Gothic Conventions
1st Edition
By Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
November 30, 2024
First published in 1986, The Coherence of Gothic Conventions makes the case that the Gothic in English literature has been marked by a distinctive and highly influential set of ambitions about relations of meaning. Through readings of classic Gothic authors as well as of De Quincey and the Brontës,...
The Novels of Simone de Beauvoir
1st Edition
By Elizabeth Fallaize
November 30, 2024
First published in 1988, The Novels of Simone de Beauvoir concentrates specifically on the novels of the famous 20th Century French writer, Simone de Beauvoir. Her novels are popular with both the students and general readers of literature and philosophy, and they will welcome this authoritative ...
Values in Social Policy: Nine Contradictions
1st Edition
By Jean Hardy
November 30, 2024
First published in 1981, Values in Social Policy provides a means towards understanding the conflicts, contradictions and uncertainties involved in working in a welfare state. In the nine chapters, Jean Hardy explores the conflicting values posed within nine contradictions: authority versus ...
Vocabularies of Public Life: Empirical Essays in Symbolic Structure
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Wuthnow
November 30, 2024
First published in 1992, Vocabularies of Public Life explores the revolution that has taken place in our understanding of contemporary culture and decodes a number of the symbols which now dominate public life. Wuthnow divides the essays collected here into three distinct ‘vocabularies.’ Part I ...
Western Civilization in the Near East
1st Edition
By Hans Kohn
November 30, 2024
First published in 1936, Western Civilization in the Near East traces the spread and growth of Western civilization in the countries of the Levant and their immediate hinterland. The author argues that modern civilization took birth in Western Europe and then slowly spread to the rest of Europe and...
Wrongful Imprisonment: Mistaken Convictions and their Consequences
1st Edition
By Ruth Brandon, Christie Davies
November 30, 2024
First published in 1973, Wrongful Imprisonment aims to combine the human interest of individual cases of wrongful imprisonment with a general analysis of how and why they occur. It deals in detail with the English system, but also provides comparisons with Scotland, France, and the United States. ...
A History of Ireland Under the Union: 1801-1922
1st Edition
By P. S. O'Hegarty
November 14, 2024
Originally published in 1952, A History of Ireland Under the Union was written by an historian who played an active part in the political events of the later part of the period. In Ireland there are two national traditions: that of the Kingdom of the Gael, established at the end of the 4th Century ...
Data Management and Data Description
1st Edition
By Richard Williams
November 07, 2024
Published in 1992. The author sets out the main issues in Data Management, from the first principles of meta modelling and data description through the comprehensive management exploitation, re-use, valuation, extension and enhancement of data as a valuable organizational resource. Using his recent...
Representations of G.F. Watts: Art Making in Victorian Culture
1st Edition
By Colin Trodd
November 07, 2024
Originally published in 2004. Once the most popular Victorian artist, G. F. Watts was also a complex and elusive figure. Influenced by evolutionary theory, he reinterpreted the tradition of the classical body, while his philanthropic and educational interests informed projects for a more affective ...
Crossing Boundaries: Feminisms and the Critique of Knowledges
1st Edition
Edited
By Barbara Caine, E. A. Grosz, Marie de Lepervanche
November 01, 2024
First published in 1988, Crossing Boundaries challenges existing disciplines and fields of study from a feminist perspective, contesting their presumptions, and questioning and crossing their boundaries. The book provides a broad-ranging overview of the state of feminist interventions in the social...