Routledge Studies in Modern History
Appearance and Identity Crisis in Modern Indian History: The Third Design (1857 A.D. – 2014 A.D.)
1st Edition
By Jeevan Jyoti Chakarawarti
May 21, 2026
Chakarawarti explores the history of Indian eunuchs from the Mughal empire’s fall following the mutiny of 1857 A.D. to the Supreme Court of India’s historic ruling in 2014 A.D. This book examines the social, political, economic, and religious aspects of Indian eunuchs’ lives, providing a true ...
The Iranian Oil Crisis and Mossadegh in the Cold War, 1949-1953
1st Edition
By Jamil Hasanli
May 05, 2026
In the early 1950s, Iranian oil became a firebomb of the Cold War in the Middle East, creating one of the era's two major hot spots alongside Korea.This book examines the dramatic events surrounding Mohammad Mossadegh whose government unanimously passed legislation nationalizing the Iranian oil ...
Railways in the First World War, Volume 2
1st Edition
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By Andrea Giuntini, Henry Jacolin
April 17, 2026
This book, the second in a two- volume work resulting from a 2018 conference organized by the International Railway History Association (IRHA), examines the relationship between the railways and the First World War from a global theoretical, methodological and geographical perspective. Although the...
Allende, Pinochet, and the Jews
1st Edition
By Gustavo Guzmán
April 15, 2026
This book examines the attitudes of Chilean President Salvador Allende and General Augusto Pinochet toward Jews and the State of Israel. Throughout his political career, Allende expressed solidarity with European Jews in the 1930s, supported the establishment of a Jewish state in the 1940s, and ...
The Boycott or the Bullet: A Global History of Debates over Nonviolence since 1850
1st Edition
By Doug McGetchin
March 25, 2026
The Boycott or the Bullet: A Global History of Debates over Nonviolence since 1850 examines debates within nonviolent movements, including labor movements in Europe, Gandhi’s Indian independence struggle, and Martin Luther King’s US civil rights campaigns. Behind the scenes, nonviolent activists ...
Writing Antifascist Resistance, 1939–44: History Through Last Letters
1st Edition
By Mercedes Camino
March 20, 2026
The book, Writing Antifascist Resistance, 1939-44: History Through Last Letters, examines the final letters of five antifascist activists who faced execution during the Second World War, including three teenagers. From Julia Conesa and Guy Môquet, who were given mere hours to write before their ...
Creating Holocaust Memory: Reworking Trauma for Future Generations
1st Edition
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By Martin Herskovitz, Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz
February 24, 2026
Creating "Holocaust memory" has been an evolving, ongoing process. This volume surveys developments in a number of major disciplines and social sectors, followed by case studies that each express the ongoing dynamics of Holocaust memory and commemoration in a particular field. Encompassing numerous...
Outdoor Adventures in the Soviet Union and the Post-Soviet Space: The Metamorphoses of Proletarian Tourism
1st Edition
By Alexander Statiev
February 18, 2026
Exploring the evolution of adventure tourism in Russia from imperial times to the present, this book highlights the distinctive features of Soviet non-commercial trekking, boating, climbing and skiing expeditions organised by urbanites during their annual vacations. This study, based on archival ...
British West Indian Newspapers and the Abolition of Slavery
1st Edition
By Andrew Lewis
January 29, 2026
This book is the first overall survey of the British West Indian press in the early nineteenth century—a critical period in the history of the region. Based on extensive and ground-breaking archival research, this volume provides an in-depth history of early nineteenth-century British West Indian ...
Polish-Turkish Relations from the Eighteenth through the Twentieth Century
1st Edition
By Karolina Wanda Olszowska, Paulina Dominik, Agnieszka Ayşen Kaim, Hacer Topaktaş Üstüner, Zofia Gródek-Szostak, Karol Wasilewski
December 31, 2025
This interdisciplinary volume examines the longstanding and complex relations between Poland and Turkey from the 18th century to the present, exploring their cultural, diplomatic, political and economic dimensions. Drawing on extensive archival research across Europe and the Middle East, it ...
Wilsonianism in Southern Europe and Latin America: The Political Impact of Woodrow Wilson After the First World War
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By Maximiliano Fuentes Codera, Giaime Pala
December 31, 2025
Approaches to the impact of Wilsonianism have traditionally been developed from the fields of international relations, international law and the study of global self-determination movements. This book offers a complementary and original perspective by examining the political influence of Wilsonian ...
Corruption, Anti-Corruption, Vigilance, and State Building from Early to Late Modern Times
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By Ricard Torra-Prat, Joan Pubill-Brugués, Arndt Brendecke
December 26, 2025
Corruption, Anti-Corruption, Vigilance, and State Building from Early to Late Modern Times challenges current historiographical approaches, proposing new interpretations to rethink the relation between corruption and the socio-political and economic transformations since early globalisation. By ...