This Element shows that existing models of global slavery derived from sociology and modelled closely on antebellum Amer......more
This Element shows that existing models of global slavery derived from sociology and modelled closely on antebellum Amer......more
This is the first book on Italian Fascism to analyse the rich historiography written in Italian for the benefit of the E......more
Starting from the central importance of memory in contemporary societies, this book encourages a transdisciplinary refle......more
This latest book in the Kent’s Untold History series explores the changing history of medicines, medical treatments, pil......more
This book is specifically dedicated to film history’s own history: It provides insights into the fabrication of film his......more
From premodern societies onward, humans have constructed and produced images of ideal masculinity to define the roles av......more
This book uses plasticity as a metaphor for understanding how the past endures and evolves within the landscape, and the......more
Representing the Dynasty in Flavian Rome investigates the problem of contemporary historiography and regime representati......more
Writing Time shows how serial literature based in journals and anthologies shaped the awareness of time at a transformat......more
Writing Time shows how serial literature based in journals and anthologies shaped the awareness of time at a transformat......more
Providing a reassessment of John Hill Burton, a significant figure in 19th-century Scottish thought, this book presents ......more
A historian and a political economist investigate the occult forces that control history. If historians measure the pass......more
This book is concerned with the appropriate form of explanations in historiography and the social sciences. It combines ......more
"For the last hundred years, Western colonialism has had a bad name." So began Professor Bruce Gilley’s watershed academ......more
The dynamics of transnational memory play a central role in modern politics, from postsocialist efforts at transitional ......more
This book is a historiographical study of the economic history of the Qing dynasty that systematically examines the rese......more
Women came through the doors at a community-based birthing center in the South Bronx seeking prenatal care. They had hea......more
The Routledge Companion to History and the Moving Image takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding history in ......more
When public history was imported from the United States to China around the turn of the twenty-first century, it was int......more
R.G. Collingwood (1889-1943) was an English philosopher, historian and practicing archaeologist. His work, particularly ......more
This book explores the experiences of ’Indo-Mozambicans, ’ citizens and residents of Mozambique who can trace their orig......more
The essays of this book show that we do not have to choose between Luke as a theologian and Luke as a writer, between a ......more
Historical actors are as central to the history of knowledge as to all historical scholarship. Every country, every era ......more
Through the lenses of geography, kinship, and priesthood, this book brings into focus varied biblical materials related ......more
This book explains some of the psychological processes that go into narrative construction and why it is that we have so......more
The volume in hand throws light on historical encounters with troubled pasts in contemporary Dutch and Greek historiogra......more
The volume in hand throws light on historical encounters with troubled pasts in contemporary Dutch and Greek historiogra......more
Nottingham or Snotta-inga-ham, as it was originally called, has a long and rich history with many stories and fables wri......more
Text and Textuality in Early Medieval Iberia is a study of the functions and conceptions of writing and reading, documen......more
"Combining elements of cultural history and translation studies, this book explores a new theoretical approach which rec......more
This book provides a critical examination of over 300 historical works about the French Revolution, published in Europe ......more
This book about receptions of Simon Magus uncovers further facets of one who was held to be the evil archetype of hereti......more
This book explores the uses of the past in foreign policy-making. It outlines why and how political leaders refer to his......more
This journal spin-off special issue publication begins by approaching the politics of memory with focus on the governanc......more
This book offers a collection of innovative methodological approaches to Memory Studies in Russia and Eastern Europe. Pr......more
This book challenges the binary distinction of developed and underdeveloped in the categorization of any country while p......more
This book attempts to study Panjab historiography from the viewpoint of cosmography, the concept derived from the cosmol......more
The Idea of History (1946) is a book of philosophy that explores the nature of history and the historian’s interpretatio......more
The Idea of History (1946) is a book of philosophy that explores the nature of history and the historian’s interpretatio......more
This book aims to perform a critical and broad assessment of the historiography of science produced from the late ninete......more
This monograph presents a critical analysis of the body of historical writing on the history of the Jewish population in......more
This book ’plays up’ stories of mostly unknown figures and their journeys through a life affected by movement, and a sea......more
The Routledge Handbook of the History and Sociology of Ideas establishes a new and comprehensive way of working in the h......more
"We are all descended from migrants. Humans are, in in fundamental ways, a migratory species, more so than any other lan......more
Digital history is a branch of digital humanities that involves the use of digital media to facilitate historical analys......more
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At the end of the 19th century, German historical scholarship had grown to great prominence. Academics around the world ......more
Prompted by the ’linguistic turn’ of the late 20th century, intellectual and conceptual historians continue to devote a ......more
This book redefines the relationship between Marxism and history. At its roots, Marxism was aimed at analyzing society i......more
This book explores (mis)representations of two female claimants to the Tudor throne, Lady Jane Grey and Mary I of Englan......more
Opening up Carolingian history to a new generation, this book draws on recently translated primary sources to examine th......more
This book offers a critical reflection of the historical genesis, transformation, and problématique of "humanity" in the......more
We Can Take It explores how the memory of the Second World War continues to affect British contemporary life and why the......more
Opening up Carolingian history to a new generation, this book draws on recently translated primary sources to examine th......more
This book explores hybrid memoirs, combining text and images, authored by photographers. It contextualizes this sub-cate......more
This book investigates the economic organization of ancient societies from a comparative perspective. By pursuing an int......more
In his Baptist History in England and America, David Beale illuminates numerous topics, including Baptist origins, their......more
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Historical time is a notoriously elusive notion. Yet, as societies attempt to make sense of rapidly changing worlds, it ......more
In A Brief History of History, acclaimed historian Jeremy Black seeks to reinvigorate and redefine our ideas about histo......more
This book presents eight papers about important historiographical issues as debated in the history of science in Islamic......more
Philosophy of history is currently dominated by postmodernist anti-realists who claim that historiography can never prov......more
Charlemagne and Rome is a wide-ranging exploration of cultural politics in the age of Charlemagne. It focuses on a remar......more
This book addresses early modern concepts of the body and the self - focussing on three self-narratives authored by the ......more
In a young American republic seeking to define itself in relation to European cultural and political models past and pre......more
Originally published in 1988, this biography was the result of 15 years research, including unearthing 70,000 letters an......more
This book foregrounds the figure of the perpetrator in a selection of British, American, and Canadian comics and explore......more
Originally published in 1971, this book gives the real substance of Scotland at the time of Mary Queen of Scots. It desc......more
This book addresses a little-considered aspect of the study of the history of emotions in medieval literature: the depic......more
This book translates and contextualizes the recollections of men and women who built, lived, and worked in some of the f......more
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The Roman fort of Trimontium, near the village of Newstead in the Scottish Borders, is renowned internationally thanks t......more
A searching dialogue between two leading legal scholars exploring the place of law in global affairs. The modern world i......more
"Offers snapshots of a discipline continuously rethinking its charge"--...more
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RecordCovid19. Historicizing Experiences of the Pandemic provides insights into the experience of the Covid19 pandemic f......more
"Regions of memory" are a scale of social and cultural memory that reaches above the national, yet remains narrower than......more
Albany Unravelled is a new and fascinating account of the foundation and history of the King George’s Sound/Albany regio......more
This book analyses photographic and cinematographic representations of war and its memorialisation rituals in the period......more
This book proposes a new Ethics of Political Commemoration adapted from the Just War tradition, reflecting that remembra......more
The growing interdependence of the local and the global demand innovative approaches to human development. Such approach......more
Living in Fear is a reminder of the threat to democracy posed by the current rise in extreme right-wing politicians and ......more
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How the notion of unique eras influenced the Roman view of time and the narration of history from various perspectives. ......more
At its very center, The Cultivation of Character and Culture in Roman Rhetorical Education: The Available Means is a stu......more
This book probes the complex relationship between memory and storytelling in contemporary literature. It not only examin......more
This book is a collection of essays in Indonesian history and archaeology dealing with different and multiple trajectori......more
This book is a collection of essays in Indonesian history and archaeology dealing with different and multiple trajectori......more
Popularizing the Past tells the stories of five postwar historians who changed the way ordinary Americans thought about ......more
Popularizing the Past tells the stories of five postwar historians who changed the way ordinary Americans thought about ......more
"A ground-breaking collection of essays regarding the history, implementation and challenges of using "antisemitism" and......more
"A ground-breaking collection of essays regarding the history, implementation and challenges of using "antisemitism" and......more
The past decades public interest in history is booming. This creates new opportunities but also challenges for professio......more
This book explores the social and intellectual history of American historians and their writing of the past. It examines......more