Routledge Studies in Modern History
Citizens and Refugees: Stories from Afghanistan and Syria to Germany
1st Edition
By Joachim C. Häberlen
July 29, 2022
Following the stories of two dozen refugees from Syria and Afghanistan in 2015, Citizens and Refugees argues that we need to include the histories of these countries, notably the Syrian Revolution, into narratives of the refugee crisis. The book thus challenges a framing of the crisis that usually...
Redefining Propaganda in Modern China: The Mao Era and its Legacies
1st Edition
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By James Farley, Matthew D. Johnson
May 30, 2022
Usage of the political keyword 'propaganda' by the Chinese Communist Party has changed and expanded over time. These changes have been masked by strong continuities spanning periods in the history of the People's Republic of China from the Mao Zedong era (1949–76) to the new era of Xi Jinping (2012...
In the Shadow of the Swastika: The Relationships Between Indian Radical Nationalism, Italian Fascism and Nazism
1st Edition
By Marzia Casolari
May 06, 2022
This book examines and establishes connections between Italian Fascism and Hindu nationalism, connections which developed within the frame of Italy’s anti-British foreign policy. The most remarkable contacts with the Indian political milieu were established via Bengali nationalist circles. ...
Russia in Asia: Imaginations, Interactions, and Realities
1st Edition
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By Jane F. Hacking, Jeffrey S. Hardy, Matthew P. Romaniello
May 06, 2022
This edited volume presents new research on Russian-Asian connections by historians, art historians, literary scholars, and linguists. Of particular interest are imagined communities, social networks, and the legacy of colonialism in this important arena of global exchanges within the imperial, ...
Embassies in Crisis: Studies of Diplomatic Missions in Testing Situations
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By Rogelia Pastor-Castro, Martin Thomas
April 29, 2022
Embassies are integral to international diplomacy, their staff instrumental to inter-governmental dialogue, strategic partnerships, trading relationships and cultural exchange. But Embassies are also discreet political spaces. Notionally sovereign territory ‘immune’ from local jurisdiction, in ...
Ruler Personality Cults from Empires to Nation-States and Beyond: Symbolic Patterns and Interactional Dynamics
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By Kirill Postoutenko, Darin Stephanov
April 29, 2022
Encompassing five continents and twenty centuries, this book puts ruler personality cults on the crossroads of disciplines rarely, if ever, juxtaposed before: among its authors are historians, linguists, media scholars, political scientists and communication sociologists from Europe, the United ...
The Grand Strategies of Great Powers
1st Edition
By Tudor A. Onea
April 29, 2022
What is grand strategy and what is it good for? What are great powers, and which states are great powers today? What are the grand strategies available to great powers? What are the conditions under which a certain strategy is suitable and when should it be rejected? What are the factors affecting ...
The United Nations and Decolonization
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By Nicole Eggers, Jessica Lynne Pearson, Aurora Almada e Santos
April 29, 2022
Differing interpretations of the history of the United Nations on the one hand conceive of it as an instrument to promote colonial interests while on the other emphasize its influence in facilitating self-determination for dependent territories. The authors in this book explore this dynamic in order...
Censuses and Census Takers: A Global History
1st Edition
By Gunnar Thorvaldsen
May 07, 2019
This book analyses the international development of the census by comparing the history of census taking on all continents and in many countries. The timeframe is wide, from male censuses in the Bible to current censuses covering the whole population. There is a focus on the efforts and destinies ...
Landscapes and Voices of the Great War
1st Edition
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By Angela K. Smith, Krista Cowman
September 27, 2018
This volume aims to provide a wider view of First World War experience through focusing on landscapes less commonly considered in historiography, and on voices that have remained on the margins of popular understanding of the war. The landscape of the western front was captured during the conflict ...
Transnational Perspectives on Modern Irish History
1st Edition
By Niall Whelehan
August 23, 2018
This book explores the benefits and challenges of transnational history for the study of modern Ireland. In recent years the word "transnational" has become more and more conspicuous in history writing across the globe, with scholars seeking to move beyond national and local frameworks when ...
Black Cosmopolitanism and Anticolonialism: Pivotal Moments
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By Babacar M'Baye
August 14, 2018
This book examines the cosmopolitanism and anticolonialism that black intellectuals, such as the African American W.E.B. Du Bois, the Caribbeans Marcus Garvey and George Padmore, and the Francophone West Africans (Kojo Touvalou-Houénou, Lamine Senghor, and Léopold Sédar Senghor) developed during ...