Routledge Studies in Modern European History
About the Book Series
This path-breaking series examines particular events, movements and people involved in the making of contemporary Europe. Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has presented diverse maps of division and union, conflict, peace and revolution across shifting national and racial boundaries. The volumes in this series aim to re-frame the history of the continent and its place in the world as the millennium.
The French-German Dynamic in an Age of Conflict, 1925–1963: Enemies, Collaborators, Friends
1st Edition
By Elana Passman
February 04, 2025
This book investigates the radical transformation of the relationship between Germany and France, neighbors whose border constituted one of the deepest fault lines of European history. For generations, the French and the Germans believed they were “eternal enemies,” and this myth of primordial ...
Gender, Emotion, and the Origins of Democracy in July Monarchy France: The Liberal Crucible
1st Edition
By Jeffrey B. Hobbs
December 31, 2024
This book provides a new perspective on the historical importance of a series of provincial rebellions in France after the Revolution of 1830. It demonstrates their crucial role in the development of popular ideas about liberty and democracy in modern France. Hobbs shows how the Duchesse de Berry’s...
Mussolini and the Rise of Populism: The Man who Made Fascism
1st Edition
By Spencer DiScala
December 18, 2024
This book analyzes the process by which Mussolini built the world’s first Fascist regime, describes how the Duce’s heirs have adapted to current political conditions, and how they have gone mainstream. With the rise of populism of the right in the new millennium, Benito Mussolini’s name has ...
Obscene Traffic: Prostitution and Global Migrations from the Italian Perspective (1890–1940)
1st Edition
By Laura Schettini
December 18, 2024
This book explores the early globalization of prostitution from the perspective of the Italian case. It is a story of prostitution, migration, and work, built through analyses of primary sources (the Italian archive of International Police) and covering a wide chronological period, from the end of...
Weapons Law in Western Europe, 1550-2020
1st Edition
By Gunner Lind
December 09, 2024
This book is a transnational history of European weapons law that utilizes the law and primary sources to trace the development from early portable firearms to modern-day weapons. Challenging many conventional assumptions, this book establishes that weapons control in the current sense is a new ...
Educational Internationalism in the Cold War: Plural Visions, Global Experiences
1st Edition
Edited
By Damiano Matasci, Raphaëlle Ruppen Coutaz
November 27, 2024
This edited volume delves into the intricate landscape of educational internationalism during the Cold War, providing an in-depth examination of its diverse forms, impulses, and global impacts. Through multilingual archival research, the chapters uncover a variety of experiences that have fostered ...
Discussing Pax Germanica: The Rise and Limits of German Hegemony in European Integration
1st Edition
Edited
By Emmanuel Comte, Fernando Guirao
October 08, 2024
Discussing Pax Germanica: The Rise and Limits of German Hegemony in European Integration examines and reconsiders Germany’s paramount role in shaping European integration from the aftermath of World War II to the present. This volume meticulously explores the ascendancy of Germany to a dominant ...
Building Europe Through Education, Building Education Through Europe: Actors, Spaces and Pedagogies in a Historical Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Raphaëlle Ruppen Coutaz, Simone Paoli
September 27, 2024
This edited volume explores the role of education in the process of European cooperation and integration as it has been conceived and realized in the late 20th century and the early 21st century, as well as the mirror of this narrative: the effects of the European integration process on education. ...
The United Kingdom and Spain in the Eighteenth Century: Beloved Enemy
1st Edition
Edited
By Manuel-Reyes García Hurtado
September 23, 2024
This book seeks to bridge a gap in the historiography of Spain and Great Britain by arguing that while the eighteenth century witnessed periods of tension, conflict and hostility between the two powers, their relationship remained multifaceted and significant in other spheres. Throughout the ...
The Brandt Commission and the Multinationals: Planetary Perspectives
1st Edition
By Bo Stråth
August 26, 2024
Set against the backdrop of dramatic world order transformations across the 1970s and 1980s, this book examines the competing planetary perspectives of the Brandt Commission and the multinationals, arguing that the missed opportunities of these decades created a path for contemporary political and ...
Refugees and Population Transfer Management in Europe, 1914–1920s
1st Edition
Edited
By Kamil Ruszała
August 20, 2024
This book provides a comprehensive study of refugee movements and population transfers across Europe during the First World War and the early postwar period. Drawing parallels with contemporary migration issues, the book serves a social and educational purpose by highlighting Europe's history of ...
Border Regimes in Twentieth Century Europe
1st Edition
By Péter Bencsik
May 27, 2024
This book offers a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the history of passports, border surveillance, border crossing, and other elements of European border regimes in the 20th century. Border regime is interpreted widely, including inbound and outbound travels, permanent and ...