Routledge Studies in Modern British History
Polish Refugee Doctors in Britain: War, Migration and the Globalisation of Medicine
1st Edition
By Michał Adam Palacz
September 07, 2026
Combining global history methods with insights from migration studies, this book discusses refugee integration and challenges the view of medical migration as a “brain drain” of foreign-trained professionals that benefits only the receiving society. This volume looks at the reception of Polish ...
Britain and the International Civil Service: Empire, Internationalism, and Expertise in the Twentieth Century
1st Edition
By Amy Limoncelli
June 22, 2026
This study emphasizes the legacies of British internationalism in the international organizations of the twentieth century while examining British responses to the end of the British Empire. After the First and Second World Wars, the victorious powers established international organizations such ...
The Rise and Fall of English Radicalism, 1760 to 1800
1st Edition
By Mark Hulliung
June 22, 2026
This book explores the major political debates in England during the final decades of the eighteenth century, a period when responses to the American and French Revolutions were a major concern and the entire future of public life in England was in question. Offering an in-depth treatment of the ...
The Early Years of the Football Association: Cunning, Moribund, Resurgent
1st Edition
By Graham Curry
June 05, 2026
Over the past two decades, academic, sociological/historical writing on football has flourished, mainly on the back of the debate over the game's early development led by Eric Dunning, Graham Curry, Tony Collins, and Adrian Harvey. This book adds to that debate, providing more information on the ...
Class, Servitude, and the Criminal Justice System in Early Victorian London: The Russell Murder
1st Edition
By Allyson N. May
May 21, 2026
This volume draws on the recently discovered and extraordinarily rich scrapbook compiled by prosecuting solicitor Francis Hobler about the 1840 murder of Lord William Russell to consider public engagement with the issues raised from discovery of the murder itself through the ensuing legal processes...
The Persistence of Witchcraft in Victorian England
1st Edition
By Julia Phillips
April 20, 2026
This book presents an alternative argument to the established opinion that witchcraft began to decline in the eighteenth century and that by the early twentieth century at the latest, it had largely ceased to exist. The idea that witchcraft disappeared from society is partially based on a ...
Migration on the Ballot?: Smethwick and the 1964 General Election
1st Edition
By Marc Collinson
March 06, 2026
Migration on the Ballot? re-examines the 1964 election contest at Smethwick. It considers the impact of deindustrialisation, urban redevelopment, and migration on the town, alongside the candidates and parties who stood, and how commentators have shaped our understanding of the result. The 1964 ...
Remembering and Forgetting Britain’s COVID-19 Pandemic
1st Edition
By David Tollerton
February 13, 2026
Remembering and Forgetting Britain’s COVID-19 Pandemic presents the first critical assessment of British memorial sites created in response to impacts of the COVID-19 virus. Covering memorials established during the half-decade since the start of the first lockdown, this book considers the ...
The Working Men's College and the Tradition of Adult Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Tom Schuller, Richard Taylor
December 25, 2025
The Working Men’s College (WMC) is the UK’s oldest continuously running adult education institution, and a very distinctive example of the British adult education tradition. This volume brings the history of the WMC up to date, following the 1954 centenary history by JFC Harrison. Contributions ...
The Influence of Railways on Economic Change
1st Edition
By Richard Marks
December 23, 2025
This book approaches the history of railway building and its impact on economic change in a new way. Using a more granular approach than has been used in the past, based on detailed case studies, this book aims to establish the effect of railway building on local economies and individual sectors ...
The Mystique of Running the Public House in England: Quest for El Dorado, 1840-1939
1st Edition
By David W. Gutzke
November 27, 2025
This book is the first scholarly study to explore economic relations between brewers and publicans in the brewing industry over a century. Based on overlooked historical evidence, this volume examines over 400 interviews with candidates for public houses, unpublished evidence of royal ...
Rethinking Thatcher and Europe: An Alternative Reading
1st Edition
By Alessandra Zanetti
November 23, 2025
This book offers a compelling exploration of Margaret Thatcher's approach to European integration during the years of her premiership, providing a nuanced portrait of one of the most fascinating and influential political figures of recent decades. Drawing on extensive archival research and ...