History News & Updates

Recent Articles

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   Women’s Activism at the 3rd Swiss Congress of Historical Science, 7-9 February 2013

   Join Routledge authors Francisca de Haan and Karen Offen for a panel on balancing local and global concerns in historic international women’s organisations.

2. 

   The Battle of Cowpens anniversary – 17 January 2013

   Join Routledge author Melissa A. Walker for a reading and book signing at the Battle of Cowpens Anniversary Celebration this weekend.

3. 

   Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Monday 21st January

   Monday 21st January see's the celebration of the 27th 'Martin Luther King, Jr Day' as enshrined in US law by the then President Ronald Reagan, in 1983.

4. Author of the Month

   Have you seen our Author of the Month feature yet?
   Click here to see who we're talking about this month.

5. 

   British Cultural Identities, 4th Edition

   ‘Exactly the book we’ve been looking for! A non-institution based contemporary introduction to Britain.’ – M. J. J. Nyman, Joensuu, University, Finland

   In the 4th edition of this popular textbook Mike Storry and Peter Childs assess the degree to which being British impinges on the identity of the many people who live in Britain, alongside other critical and contemporary debates.

   Fully updated to include Britain's relationship with the wider world, changes in university education and testing in schools, the trend towards electronic entertainment and social networking, the new impact of 'class', and the culture of political leaking. Read more here.

   Instructors may request a complimentary exam copy of this title here.
    

6. Hilda Kean and Paul Martin, Authors of the Month, January 2013

   We're looking ahead to the publication of The Public History Reader in March and have selected Hilda Kean and Paul Martin as our authors of the month. Click here to read more on Hilda and Paul, the book and current events surrounding the destruction of archives at Ruskin college, Oxford.

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   Imagining the Pagan Past

   Exploring the novels, poetry, plays, chronicles and scientific and scholarly writings of the Middle Ages through to the 21st Century, Marion Gibson uncovers the stories of Britain's Pagan past and considers how these stories that have so oftentimes been dismissed in academic and scholarly thinking, are infact deeply rooted in British culture. Click here to read more on Imagining the Pagan Past - Gods and Goddesses in Literature and History since the Dark Ages.
    

8. Routledge Major Works WINTER BACKLIST OFFER!

   Routledge Major Works are pleased to announce a great Winter Warmer 20% discount offer on some of our backlist titles. For the next 3 months you will be able to purchase a number of multivolume collections spanning both the Humanities and Social Sciences at a reduced rate.

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   Alastair Kocho-Williams, Author of the Month, December 2012

   Vincent Barnett has been a Research Fellow on numerous economics and economic history projects at various UK Universities. His previous publications include E.E. Slutsky as Economist and Mathematician (2011), Marx (2009), and A History of Russian Economic Thought (2005).
    

10. Vincent Barnett, Author of the Month, November 2012

    Vincent Barnett has been a Research Fellow on numerous economics and economic history projects at various UK Universities. His previous publications include E.E. Slutsky as Economist and Mathematician (2011), Marx (2009), and A History of Russian Economic Thought (2005).